Waiting for Hope, Karen J. Hasley
Waiting for Hope, Karen J. Hasley
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Waiting for Hope

Author: Karen J. Hasley

Series: Laramie #2

Narrator: Callie Beaulieu

Unabridged: 8 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/14/2017


Synopsis

It's 1905, and the new century overflows with opportunities for the smart, the strong, the confident, and the determined. All words that describe Hope Birdwell to a T. Her first twenty years had their share of trouble and torment, but she's certain the next twenty hold only promise. Hope leaves her past behind and heads for Wyoming to take up homesteading. Never mind that she's alone in the world and has never known a real home in her life. Her name is Hope, and she's sure that a bright and independent future waits right around the corner.

Until the long reach of perverted violence from a brute she would rather forget gets in the way of her dreams. And the warmly distracting appeal of friends and community tries to compromise her independence. And the loving attention of a handsome young man causes her to falter. Hope is poised at the edge of a bright future, if she can only protect herself and the people she's grown to love from the deadly menace of her past. She'll go to any lengths, risk all her dreams and plans, to make things right. Unless it's too late for that.

Hope Birdwell will discover some surprising truths in the wilds of Wyoming: that there's danger in deception, freedom in sacrifice, and a cost to love.

About Karen J. Hasley

Karen J. Hasley grew up in America's heartland. Research into seventeenth-century female poets showed her the rich treasures in women's lives of the past, and in 2006 Karen's first novel, Lily's Sister, hit the stands. The rest is-quite literally-history.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mela

A feel-good story (romance) taking place in American prairies at the beginning of the XX century. Nicely written. A strong, determined heroine with a tragic past. A hard-working and caring hero (more alpha than beta). But, as a whole, it was Hallmark-ish. Far from such masterpieces as These Is My Wor......more

This series was unique in that each subsequent book follows characters who were only tangentially related to the people in the book before, this one being one of the exceptions. However, historical fiction always fascinates me, and Hasley has done an excellent job describing these places as they wer......more

Goodreads review by Elinor

I love pioneer stories and I expected that a young woman homesteading alone would experience some hardships, but everything came pretty easy for her -- due in part to her blonde beauty, which meant she was surrounded by people who wanted to help out. This was more a historical romance than a genuine......more

Goodreads review by Jo Ann

Thoroughly enjoyed this story! This is my first read of the Davis family saga and now I'm going back to read book one. The author did a wonderful job with the historical details of the early 1900's. The characters are well drawn and it's easy to care about them - glad there are 6 books about this fa......more