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Sentence Of Marriage (2000)

by Shayne Parkinson(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Romance

series

Promises to Keep

review 1: It took me a while to get into Sentence of Marriage, but I'm so glad I kept going, until I just had to find out what happened to the main character, Amy.At the start of this family saga, Amy's father surprises her and her two brothers by returning home from a trip to Auckland with a new wife. Her step-mother Susannah, who is from a pampered background, has great difficulty adapting to her new role as a farmer’s wife in the remote countryside. This leaves the teenaged Amy still having to do most of the work about the house under the thumb of her insensitive step-mother.Amy finds some respite in the company of her cousin Lizzie, who has a wise determined head on her. Lizzie thinks she's really grown up as she forcefully pursues a marriage with slow thinking but reliable yo... moreung farmer Frank. Their sweet and humorous courtship is one of the highlights of the novel.But it is the younger Amy who first tastes a real secret romance with Jimmy, the brother of her step-mother, who visits for several months. This forces Amy to grow up rather too quickly and spins her life around 180 degrees. The sensual scenes are written with a lightness of touch and honesty that will make even the most sensitive of readers appreciate them.I'm not sure that the author can devised something suitably wicked to happen to Amy's step-mother Susannah to satisfy my lust for her to get her comeuppance, but I'll have to read the sequel to find out.
review 2: I enjoyed this story. I admired the main character's strength as she dealt with her "wicked step-mother" issues. I felt drawn into the story almost wanting to go and live on a peaceful farm myself. I felt sorry for Amy that she was so naïve and sheltered from many things because she lived in a small village on a farm, but then again it was a different time and life for a farm girl would seem that way. I found myself trying to tell Amy "No. Stop!" I loved that her brothers were so good to her and protective of her even standing up to their father for her. I can't wait to read the next books. less

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