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Customer Reviews for Revell Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
Revell Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
Mail-order bride Sarah Dobbs arrives in Texas in 1850, only to learn that her future husband, Austin Canfield, is dead! Seeking refuge with his family, she tries to reconcile herself to an uncertain future. Will Austin's stubborn brother, Clay, spoil her happiness? Or is he the man she was looking for all along? 416 pages, softcover from Revell.
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Customer Reviews for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
Review 1 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
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An original story, with surprising twists
Date:February 27, 2013
AMDG7flames
Location:Long Beach, CA
Age:18-24
Gender:female
Quality:
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Paper Roses surprised me in many ways, and I was delighted by the details such as the different languages spoken, the complex relationship between the brothers, the element of a murder mystery and its suspenseful resolution. It was a very sweet story and I especially loved the hidden garden.
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Review 2 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
Overall Rating:
Recommended
Date:February 14, 2013
Quality:
5
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I would recommend this book. Enjoyed reading. Paper Roses is a good Christian fiction book.
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Review 3 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
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Date:January 25, 2013
Jools
Location:Queensland, Australia
Age:35-44
Gender:female
Quality:
5
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5
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5
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What a great read, couldn't put it down. I loved the intrigue, the romance and the story telling.
Can't wait for the next one!
Can't wait for the next one!
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Review 4 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
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This book is a keeper.
Date:November 1, 2012
kathy
Quality:
4
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once I started to read this book I couldn't put it down it kept me revivided to the story just to find out what was going to happen next. a touching story of loss, love and a smedgen of adventure.
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Review 5 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
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very well written the characters felt very real
Date:August 15, 2012
readsalot
Location:Kitchener, ONtario Canada
Age:55-65
Gender:female
Quality:
5
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4
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to me a good book does a few things and this book did it for me
it made me laugh, and sigh, and think,
that what makes a good book great at least in my book
Margaret
it made me laugh, and sigh, and think,
that what makes a good book great at least in my book
Margaret
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Review 6 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
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Date:August 14, 2012
Nanajen
Location:New Zealand
Age:55-65
Gender:female
Quality:
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5
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5
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Really enjoyed this book . Would recommend it. Love the period novels
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Review 7 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
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Date:August 8, 2012
Katw
Location:SC
Age:45-54
Gender:female
Quality:
5
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Value:
5
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5
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A great book to download and read. I fully enjoyed it and look forward to more similar ebooks.
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Review 8 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
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Date:May 5, 2012
Quality:
5
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5
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I loved this book. Loved the characters and I read it in one afternoon. This was the first book I read from this author and I'm glad I took the chance.
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Review 9 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
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Awesome book
Date:May 26, 2012
msdnne
Age:45-54
Gender:female
Quality:
5
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5
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I really enjoyed the book. The foreshadowing is wonderful to see how God works.
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Review 10 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
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Date:May 22, 2012
DH
Location:Calgary, AB
Age:25-34
Gender:female
Quality:
4
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5
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4
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I admit, this book was exactly as I expected. It was a simple, sweet, love story. In an easy, light-read fashion, the author does a great job of creating a storyline that hooks the reader right to the end. I was looking for a simple, feel-good read, and that is exactly what was delivered.
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Review 11 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
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Date:September 19, 2011
Rae Joy
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5
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It was adorable! The book was great and Thea was always written in at just the right times.
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Review 12 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
Overall Rating:
Great Christian Themes throughout
Date:August 3, 2011
Quality:
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What an enjoyable read. Amanda Cabot does a wonderful job of weaving a good story line with plenty of discussion of the Lord and the hope that we can have in Jesus. I liked the fact that Amanda shows people who are struggling with God. They are angry with humans, but come to realize that the anger is really more directed at God for how He has treated them poorly. Amanda does a good job of debating the concept of "Why would a good God allow bad things to happen to good people?" The other thing I appreciated was that when a character in the novel comes to understand their need for forgiveness and salvation it isn't some dramatic event that brings that about, instead it happens in the simple act of listening to a sermon, allowing the Holy Spirit to bring conviction and then acting on that conviction and seeking forgiveness.
The general gist of the novel is that Sarah and Thea (two sisters) are traveling to Texas to start their lives over. Through a tragic event their parents have been killed and the girls are left without family and without any assets. Sarah is quite a bit older than Thea (who is two) so that people think that Thea is Sarah's daughter not sister. Although she makes it plan that they are sisters.
Sarah has started a correspondence with Austin Canfield who is looking for a wife to come and live on the ranch with he and his family. Sarah falls in love with Austin through the letters that he writes (unknowingly to her it is actually his brother who writes the letters for him). Sarah agrees to become his wife and she packs up Thea and moves to Texas.
Upon arrival in Texas she learns from Clay Canfield that his brother has been killed, Sarah's marriage is not going to happen and she might as well get back in the stagecoach and go back to Philadelphia. But she is not going to do that. She is going to stay, because there is nothing to go back to.
Did I mention that Sarah also has a problem? She walks with a limp because of a riding accident. Her horse fell on her and crushed her leg. They thought she would never walk again, but she proved everyone wrong. But who wants to marry a crippled woman with a two year old ward?
There are plenty of other twists in the story. One of those is that the town the Canfield's live near is that of immigrants from France and Germany. Thus people speak one of three languages. This will play into the story. Also there is ethnic tension between the two groups, that will also play into the story. Finally, someone is out to destroy the Canfield family and has caused them much pain and grief.
I won't give away the full story, but I am sure that you will enjoy it. It is a simple story line, fairly predictable, but the fact that Amanda does such a good job of tying in the truth of the Gospel in the novel sets it apart from others that I have read. This wouldn't be my number one Christian novel of the year, but I would think that it comes in at either second or third.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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Review 13 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
Overall Rating:
Not Your Typical Mail Order Bride Story
Date:July 4, 2011
Quality:
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Sarah Dobbs agreed to be a mail order bride-anything to leave Philadelphia after the deaths of her parents. Austin Canfield wooed her from afar with beautiful letters Sarah called her paper roses. Finally Sarah arrives in Ladreville, Texas, only to discover that Austin has been killed. His brother, Clay, offers her the fare back to Philadelphia, but Sarah won't go. Instead, she's determined to make a new start in Ladreville, a small town divided in half with French and German immigrants from the Alsace region.
Clay Canfield is a Boston-trained doctor who feels trapped at his father's ranch after the death of his wife, but he's determined to find his brother's killer and enact vengeance before he leaves. But no one will talk. Meanwhile, someone is stirring up trouble between the immigrants, pitting them against each other. Sarah starts a school for the local children, but the ethnic groups alternate weeks of attendance, the parents refusing to let the children learn together. Sarah, being an outsider to the local problems, is courted by men from both groups. She's not interested. As time goes on, Sarah and Clay begin to fall in love, but their romance is complicated by Clay's quest for vengeance and the trouble in the town.
While Paper Roses starts out in the trope of mail order brides, it quickly deviates with Sarah's discovery, upon arrival in Texas, of the death of her intended. The dual cultures of the small town and the intrigue Sarah and Clay become involved in add layers to this historical novel. I found that the author tied up all of the various threads quite tidily by the end. The weakest thread, in my personal opinion, was the one that titled the book. I have trouble understanding a woman as practical as Sarah (or any other woman) thinking of love letters as paper roses.
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Review 14 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
Overall Rating:
Great Book!
Date:June 5, 2011
Elena Wiens
Age:25-34
Gender:female
Quality:
5
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5
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I really enjoyed this book. Made it very clear how important forgiveness is.
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Review 15 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
Overall Rating:
I loved the though of letters being 'paper roses'.
Date:May 22, 2011
dingo4mum
Location:Vicoria, Australia
Age:25-34
Gender:female
Quality:
3
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Value:
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This was an ok book. At times I felt the plot moved a bit slow and focused on other details rather than the main characters getting to know each other. Had a few twists that I didn't see coming. I loved that it showed faith in God and how that shapes a persons decisions. Also the idea that letters are/can be 'paper roses'.
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Review 16 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
Overall Rating:
Very enjoyable
Date:May 13, 2011
bcgranny
Location:East Texas
Age:55-65
Gender:female
Quality:
5
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Value:
5
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4
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The characters were very much like people I know today.
Some that can not imagine life without God as the center of it, and then the ones that have stopped believing God still loves them, and answers prayers.
I loved the setting for this story.
Some that can not imagine life without God as the center of it, and then the ones that have stopped believing God still loves them, and answers prayers.
I loved the setting for this story.
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Review 17 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
Overall Rating:
A great read
Date:May 11, 2011
Mary
Location:NY
Age:55-65
Gender:female
Quality:
5
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5
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Meets Expectations:
5
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Not your run of the mill romance novel. Set in the frontier times this novel has romance, mystery, murder and lots of surprises. It had it all. Best of all no foul language or impurity. A clean and enjoyable read. This was a free ebook at the time I downloaded it to my NOOK.
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Review 18 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
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Date:May 8, 2011
chris
Age:35-44
Gender:female
Quality:
4
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5
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4
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Enjoyable read. The idea of "Paper Roses" is beautiful.
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Review 19 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
Overall Rating:
Enjoyable story and characters
Date:May 4, 2011
Gitta
Location:Grass Valley, CA
Age:55-65
Gender:female
Quality:
4
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Value:
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4
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This is the first in the Texas Dream series about love, forgiveness and moving past your past. I loved the development of the main characters and their relationships with each other through an unusual story line. I liked the secondary characters as much as the main characters which made me hope for a book about them. I was not disappointed as Scattered Petals is the second in the series and a very special book to me!
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Review 20 for Paper Roses, Texas Dreams Series #1
Overall Rating:
Fantastic book
Date:May 3, 2011
OwlReader
Location:NY
Age:45-54
Gender:female
Quality:
5
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Value:
5
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5
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I loved this book! It was not only a great story, it also hit me deeply on several points about my own faith...God dows wonderous and miraculous things in all of our lives each day...We have to remain open to Him! Thank you for this book!
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