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Chances (Love's Valley Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Carolyn Brown (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Adelida Broussau took a big chance by saying she was Rueben Hamilton’s new bride. But even a rat will stand up and fight when it’s cornered and she was surely feeling the pinch of being pushed in the corner. Her sister, Maria, was dead. Her sorry, Yankee loving brother-in-law, Victor, had issued her an ultimatum to be out of New Orleans by night, or else; then stole the rest of her money so she couldn’t leave. Then there was Rueben, hit on the head for attempting to thwart a bank robbery, his memory gone and leaving town that very day. All she had to do was say she was truly his wife. Everyone in the chaos after the robbery already thought they were newlyweds. So she took a big chance and let them go right on believing she was.

Rueben Hamilton went to New Orleans from southern Pennsylvania at the request of the President of the United States to help with the reconstruction of Louisiana after the Civil War. He’d gone into the bank to finish his business before boarding The Queen for the first leg of his journey home. He didn’t remember the bank robbery. All he remembered was awaking with a headache, no memory, and a wife fresh from the Acadian bayou country. None of it made a bit of sense.

It was supposed to take a month for them to reach Love’s Valley, an obscure little valley near Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania. That was if everything went according to plan and Rueben’s memory didn’t return; if he didn’t toss Adelida off at the next port of call to fend for herself, or worse, throw her overboard. But fate played her hand and dealt the two of them some unforeseen cards that turned their world upside down.

Their hearts didn’t care that there’d been a war and it was the worst possible time for a Yankee soldier and a Louisiana bayou woman to fall in love. But listening to the stirrings of hearts bound for love isn’t an easy thing to do.

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    Love's Valley
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    192 pages
  3. Language
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  5. Publisher
    Montlake Romance
  6. Publication date
    18 December 2012
  7. File size
    339 KB
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Carolyn Brown is a New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, as well as a RITA finalist with more than one hundred published works to her name. Her books include romantic women’s fiction, historical, contemporary, and cowboys and country music mass-market paperbacks. She and her husband live in the small town of Davis, Oklahoma, where everyone knows everyone else, knows what they are doing and when―and they read the local newspaper on Wednesdays to see who got caught. They have three grown children and enough grandchildren and great-grandchildren to keep them young. For more information, visit www.carolynbrownbooks.com.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AMAZJQ8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Montlake Romance; Reprint edition (18 December 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 339 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1477811192
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Carolyn Brown is a New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publisher’s Weekly and #1 Amazon and #1 Washington Post bestselling author. She is the author of more than 100 novels and several novellas. She’s a recipient of the Bookseller’s Best Award, Montlake Romance’s prestigious Montlake Diamond Award, and also a three-time recipient of the National Reader’s Choice Award. Brown has been published for more than 20 years, and her books have been translated 21 foreign languages.

When she’s not writing, she likes to plot new stories in her backyard with her tom cat, Boots Randolph Terminator Outlaw, who protects the yard from all kinds of wicked varmints like crickets, locusts, and spiders. Visit her at www.carolynbrownbooks.com.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sassy Cajun Rebel lady meets a Yankee
Reviewed in the United States on 4 November 2023
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Adelida’s world has been destroyed and she just lost her only remaining family member. But, fate has several curves for this sassy Cajun. Reuben is excited to finally be heading home. Then, a bank robbery, confusion and Lady Luck throw Adelida and Reuben together. These two fight and bicker from the beginning. Sparks definitely fly! Will the two become friends or lovers? Fun read. Great story and series
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Julia Morris
5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting, fast moving and gripping.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 June 2023
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A good yarn, full of pirates, treasure chests, skeletons and villains. But true love will conquer. I loved as much as some of the stories from my childhood, although with more adult themes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved all the stories of the series
Reviewed in India on 27 June 2021
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Story is very simple but filled with adventures. A pirate treasure and sailor chasing them . Interesting stories to read
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Cathy G.
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Read
Reviewed in the United States on 31 May 2023
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Similar storyline but with fun new characters to liven up the novel. A great way to escape the trials and tribulations of this world and discover the fictional characters have enough trouble of their own.
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Enjoying the series. Great story about strong women and their ability to find happiness. How different women’s roles were compared to today.
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