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Wild Rose Pass (Trans-Pecos Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Karen Hulene Bartell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Cadence McShane, free-spirited nonconformist, yearns to escape the rigid code, clothes, and sidesaddles of 1880s military society in Fort Davis, Texas. She finds the daring new lieutenant exhilarating, but as the daughter of the commanding officer, she is expected to keep with family tradition and marry West Point graduate James West. Orphaned, Comanche-raised, and always the outsider looking in, Ben Williams yearns to belong. Cadence embodies everything he craves, but as a battlefield-commissioned officer with the Buffalo Soldiers instead of a West Point graduate, he is neither accepted into military society nor considered marriageable. Can two people of different worlds, drawn together by conflicting needs, flout society and forge a life together on the frontier?
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    Trans-Pecos Series
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    April 8, 2020
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B084ZTC9MR
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Wild Rose Press, Inc (April 8, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 8, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3292 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 266 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Karen Hulene Bartell

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Author of the Trans-Pecos, Sacred Emblem, Sacred Journey, and Sacred Messenger series, as well as Kissing Kin, Fox Tale, Wild Rose Pass, The Keys: Voice of the Turtle, and others, Karen is a best-selling author, motivational keynote speaker, IT technical editor, wife, and all-around pilgrim of life. She writes multicultural, offbeat love stories steeped in the supernatural that lift the spirit. Born to rolling-stone parents who moved annually, Bartell found her earliest playmates as fictional friends in books. Paperbacks became her portable pals. Ghost stories kept her up at night—reading feverishly. The paranormal was her passion. Novels offered an imaginative escape. An only child, she began writing her first novel at the age of nine, learning the joy of creating her own happy endings. Professor emeritus of the University of Texas at Austin, Karen resides in the Piney Woods with her husband and her mews—three rescued cats and a rescued *Cat*ahoula Leopard dog.

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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girluvsart
5.0 out of 5 stars Intense story of survival sprinkled with the food and landscape of the Old West.
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2020
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This author was very skillful in writing about Cadence, a woman who could work for what she wanted in the Old West. She and Ben developed a wonderful bond and respect for each other. Dr. Bartell has everything in this book, mystery, revenge, forgiveness and love, sprinkled with interesting facts about recipes, Mexican and Native American cultures, etc., from that time period. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
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lindar
4.0 out of 5 stars Great story with an unusual perspective.
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2021
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Bartell does an excellent job of conveying the daily struggles of both focal characters in this frontier story. While Cadence and Ben are from contrasting backgrounds, they are realistically compatible. Their attraction to each other is believable, but I kept wondering how their individual goals were going to mesh. The romance is second to the story, which is something I always appreciate.
This story reinforces the idea that life isn't what we are given, but what we do with it. While the story was authentic for the time, it reminded me how people are pretty much the same regardless of generation. Many of the problems people faced back then compare to the problems we face now – propriety, bullying, violence and more.
I had trouble getting into this book because the writing style and my dyslexia clashed, but I'm glad I didn't give up. I enjoyed the shared adventures between these two people and their creativity in solving problems. I didn't expect the twist at the end, but it was satisfying.
I applaud this author for the way she tied everything together and turned research and history into entertainment. I hope to see more from this author in the future.
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WindRider
3.0 out of 5 stars Not really my cup of tea =3.5 STARS
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2020
While this book had good main characters, and good history of the times, it was just okay for me. I have to say that the author did their homework when it came to the foods, natural trees and fruits just to name a few things. But it also seemed to almost be too much details for me. There was also an overuse of the words, "sneering, snickered, snickering." It's like it kind of jumped up at me time and time again. That sure distracted me from the story.
Now, on the positive side, I did like both Ben and Cadence. It wasn't hard to have empathy for Ben when you look at all he'd been through. Plus the emotional part of his longing to belong to a family. He was lonely and so tired of now belonging anywhere. Never really welcomed and always feeling like he was on the outside looking in. Even with all of that I liked that he hadn't turned bitter and his compassion often showed up.
Cadence had some growing up to do and was often immature. But she was the only child of the commanding captain, so I get it. But she was also compassionate, loving, and intelligent. Well, when she wasn't doing stupid stuff a time or two. It still doesn't rule out the rest of her good points.
Other people who play a big part in the story are not only Cadence's parents but also James and Mariana. James was one nasty piece of work. His main concern was himself no matter what it cost others. Mariana is a little girl who makes you care about her and what her future will be.
The story ends with an unexpected twist, a H.E.A. for several people. Also a couple of recipes from the story are included as well.

"I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”
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cherie frances glover
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Frontier Days Tale
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2020
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This is an exciting tale mixing romance with the rough & tumble Texas history in Frontier Times---I read non-stop--a great page turner! Vivid details put the reader right into the locale and the explanation of the customs/culture of the day gave the story the historical weight to place it among a great book of the Old West!
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linda
5.0 out of 5 stars cowboys and indians my favorite
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2020
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MEMBER OF THE PARANORMAL ROMANCE GUILD REVIEW TEAM
I don’t remember the last time I read a cowboy and indian book, oh I remember, never. A huge fan of cowboy movies somehow I never really took the time to read a book about the times, won’t happen again.

Fort Davis in Texas is the setting for this story, a time when Apache renegades burned and killed farmers and their families and a time when the army tried to protect people the best they could. The two main characters are Ben Williams and Cadence McShane, from two different worlds brought together by chance.

Ben was kidnapped and raised by the Comanches who burned his home and killed his parents when he was very young. After a while he left the Comanches and was raised by a white family broadening his knowledge of both very different societies. As a second lieutenant he has been transferred to Fort Davis where once again because of his upbringing he is treated like an outsider. He has always wanted nothing more than a family and to belong but being raised by Comanches for most of his life he is considered a savage.

Cadence is what we would refer to as an army brat travelling from place to place with her mother and father. Even living in a fort and surrounded by danger every day there is still a pecking order and she as the captain’s daughter must only hang out with officer’s wives. These wives are married and with children and she has little in common with them. She always feels like she is in a cage and wants freedom but it isn’t possible for her to wander out of the fort alone.

Cadence is being courted by first Lt. James West who expects her to marry him, only since the arrival of Ben she doubts very much that James is the man for her and in short order he proves her right. When a Mexican family comes begging for help after their home was burned to the ground James shows no compassion and wants them gone while Ben insists on finding them a safe place to stay and getting them food and supplies. It was while helping this family with a young child that brought Cadence and Ben together.

I don’t want to give anything away by saying too much but I will say that this book held my interest from the first page till the last. Cadence is not a typical woman of the times since she refuses to follow the norm, instead fighting for what she wants. Ben is a wonderful character who lived through a nightmare and came out an amazing, caring man who just wants to belong.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a good love story and especially loves stories involving cowboys and indians.
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