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Wild Rose (Wild Rose Series #1) (Steeple Hill Women's Fiction #15)
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780373786091
ISBN: 0373786093
Label: Steeple Hill
Manufacturer: Steeple Hill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: March 01, 2007
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Studio: Steeple Hill
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Editorial Review:
All her life, Geneva Patterson was an outcast in Haven's End. Plain, awkward, thought to be unmarriageable, she endured the townspeople's cruel taunts in solitude. But then she encountered a man who made her dream of more....
Once a respected sea captain, Caleb Phelps had been accused of a shameful crime. He still held his head high, but pain shone in his eyes. Believing in his innocence, Geneva longed to help this proud man find redemption—through God's grace and a woman's love.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - The Fragrance of Love
Wild Rose is a delightful love story. It is a tale about two unlikely misfits, Geneva Patterson and Captain Caleb Phelps.
Geneva grew up in a small coastal town, Haven's End, Maine. Her mother died when she was young and her harsh father raised her. Upon his death, Geneva was left alone. She lives a solitary life selling fish and produce to the local villagers. Her large retriever, Jake, is her only companion.
Caleb Phelps, raised in Boston in his father's shipping business has had every ... Read More
Rating: - Sweet, endearing story
Wild Rose is basically a re-telling of My Fair Lady. Geneva Patterson is a social outcast- no one pays her much attention and she likes it that way. She dresses like a man, hoping to avoid any unwanted and inappropriate advances. She lives alone with her feisty dog, Jake, gardening, fishing, and selling her wares. She lives a lonely existence but it suits her. That is until a fateful meeting with Captain Caleb Phelps. He becomes her knight in shining armor. She helps him grow and tend a garden. ... Read More
Rating: - A Review of Wild Rose
Ruth Axtell Morren has written a tender Cinderella story - Wild Rose. In this historical, Geneva Patterson is scorned by the members of her small fishing village, Haven's End, rather than the members of her family. What family? She has none.
After the death of her father, Geneva is left alone to fend for herself. Her mother had passed away years before, and there are no siblings. Geneva lives her life as she sees fit, doing the best she can and ignoring the loneliness.
Only ... Read More
Rating: - Hard-to-put-down historical romance
Morren is an excellent storyteller. Wild Rose will keep you turning pages until the satisfying end.
Geneva Patterson--"Salt Fish Ginny" to the townspeople of Haven's End--has only herself and her faithful dog Jake to rely on. Ever since her father's death, she has taken care of herself by selling vegetables from her garden and fishing. Dressed like a man in overalls and hat, she hopes to avoid those who would compromise her.
A careless prank by some youngsters while on the pier, ... Read More
Rating: - A winner
Social outcast Geneva Patterson lives a solitary existence...and she likes that just fine. Until, that is, a disgraced Captain Caleb Phelps moves into her small village and turns everything she's ever know inside out. The classic premise of a woman transformed from diamond-in-the-rough to belle of the ball through an unlikely match is made completely new in Morren's novel. You'll fall in love with the book and want to read it a second and third time. I had a hard time letting the characters go at the novel's ... Read More
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