 | Helena MT, 1892-95 ~ Can you leave your past behind? Flower of the Rockies, the 4th book in the Queen of the Rockies series set in picturesque Helena MT at the end of the Gilded Age. No one knows the real Emmalee Warren, or the sacrifices she’s made for love. An infamous soiled dove of no consequence turned miner’s widow. Men are coming out of the woodwork to stake their claim on her and the mine she inherited. They wanted her body before. Now they want her money, and they’ll do anything to take it. But love and acceptance seem out of the question for Emmalee. Society wants nothing to do with her regardless of her changed ways. Who can she turn to when her inheritance and chance at a future is at risk? Will she be forced back into the brothel to survive? Hiring a lawyer, Richard Lewis, to save her from financial ruin might let her start over somewhere else — if he can save a little of her finances from her husband’s partner. She’ll go anyplace else where no one knows Miss Ellie’s name. Anywhere to leave the scorn behind. Becoming an unknown is the only way to freedom…or is it? Can she leave her past and build a new future? |
Genre: Historical Romance
Release date: December 1, 2021
Release date: December 1, 2021
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My Review
Will the town let her make a fresh start?
Once again author Angela Breidenbach has taken a fascinating tidbit of Montana history and woven a a story around it that is both charming and sweet. The work of the Montana Floral Emblem Society in the 1890s is the perfect backdrop for Flower Of The Rockies, a story of second chances that is part romance with a dash of suspense thrown in for good measure.
As with the rest of the books in the Queen Of The Rockies series, Flower Of The Rockies was a quick and easy read. The historical details are well done, particularly the amazing work done by Montana women in promoting and choosing a state flower. If you've never seen Montana's state flower, the Bitterroot, look it up as it is quite pretty and interesting.
Angela Breidenbach did a great job with this fourth Queen Of The Rockies novel. I liked the characters, minus the villains, of course, loved the history, and all around enjoyed the story. If you've never read one of Angela Breidenbach's works of fiction or you want to learn a little Montana history wrapped in an entertaining story the Queen Of The Rockies series is the one to check out. Just make sure you don't miss Flower Of The Rockies as it is probably one of my favorites of the series so far...
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives Flower Of The Rockies by Angela Breidenbach a 4 Bark rating.
Once again author Angela Breidenbach has taken a fascinating tidbit of Montana history and woven a a story around it that is both charming and sweet. The work of the Montana Floral Emblem Society in the 1890s is the perfect backdrop for Flower Of The Rockies, a story of second chances that is part romance with a dash of suspense thrown in for good measure.
As with the rest of the books in the Queen Of The Rockies series, Flower Of The Rockies was a quick and easy read. The historical details are well done, particularly the amazing work done by Montana women in promoting and choosing a state flower. If you've never seen Montana's state flower, the Bitterroot, look it up as it is quite pretty and interesting.
Angela Breidenbach did a great job with this fourth Queen Of The Rockies novel. I liked the characters, minus the villains, of course, loved the history, and all around enjoyed the story. If you've never read one of Angela Breidenbach's works of fiction or you want to learn a little Montana history wrapped in an entertaining story the Queen Of The Rockies series is the one to check out. Just make sure you don't miss Flower Of The Rockies as it is probably one of my favorites of the series so far...
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives Flower Of The Rockies by Angela Breidenbach a 4 Bark rating.
(I received a copy of this book from the author. All opinions are entirely my own.)
More from Angela
Flower of the Rockies is one of my favorite stories. I didn’t realize when I started writing about the Montana state flower that I’d be digging into a deeper part of myself. A part I didn’t want to remember.
Stumbling on the women’s club that worked so hard to create symbolism for the state of Montana sparked a story idea. Then that idea needed a character help me tell the story. Then she told me she didn’t know how to read. Okay, I can run with that… But I’m a really good reader. So how do I connect to this widow who needs to learn to read to stop her husband’s partner from cooking her books and stealing everything she has left?
It hit me. She and I had a lot in common. As a kid, I was awkward. I didn’t connect well because I couldn’t read people. Ironically, I read books to learn about people. But it took getting out and being with people to begin really connecting and communicating.
Emmalee doesn’t want to be around people because she’s been rejected for her past and ridiculed publicly. Who wants to be friends with a soiled dove? But, she’s lonely. I suddenly connected on an even deeper level with her. I understood her need for love and acceptance. Her desire to become someone respectable.
On a bigger scale, that’s what the women of Montana were trying to prove, too. That their state fit in with the other states, had something special, something symbolic that showed she was accepted and respected. She had a flag, a state flower, and people who mattered.
Come join me in the Flower of the Rockies. I think you’ll like Emmalee and her journey toward acceptance. There are a lot of layers to the story’s symbolism. I wrote it and have been amazed at how God keeps revealing those layers to me in one short book. Let me know what is revealed to you.
Stumbling on the women’s club that worked so hard to create symbolism for the state of Montana sparked a story idea. Then that idea needed a character help me tell the story. Then she told me she didn’t know how to read. Okay, I can run with that… But I’m a really good reader. So how do I connect to this widow who needs to learn to read to stop her husband’s partner from cooking her books and stealing everything she has left?
It hit me. She and I had a lot in common. As a kid, I was awkward. I didn’t connect well because I couldn’t read people. Ironically, I read books to learn about people. But it took getting out and being with people to begin really connecting and communicating.
Emmalee doesn’t want to be around people because she’s been rejected for her past and ridiculed publicly. Who wants to be friends with a soiled dove? But, she’s lonely. I suddenly connected on an even deeper level with her. I understood her need for love and acceptance. Her desire to become someone respectable.
On a bigger scale, that’s what the women of Montana were trying to prove, too. That their state fit in with the other states, had something special, something symbolic that showed she was accepted and respected. She had a flag, a state flower, and people who mattered.
Come join me in the Flower of the Rockies. I think you’ll like Emmalee and her journey toward acceptance. There are a lot of layers to the story’s symbolism. I wrote it and have been amazed at how God keeps revealing those layers to me in one short book. Let me know what is revealed to you.
 Angela Breidenbach | Angela Breidenbach is a professional genealogist, media personality, conference speaker, bestselling author of eighteen books, and screenwriter. Angela lives in Montana with her hubby and Muse, a trained fe-lion, who shakes hands, rolls over, and jumps through a hoop. Surprisingly, Angela can also. Catch her show and podcast, Genealogy Publishing Coach! |
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