For the Roses
Written by Julie Garwood
Narrated by Mikael Naramore
4/5
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About this audiobook
Julie Garwood’s bestselling novels of the beloved Clayborne family began with this critically acclaimed masterpiece.…
The Clayborne brothers were a rough gang of street urchins—until they found an abandoned baby girl in a New York City alley, named her Mary Rose, and headed to Blue Belle, Montana, to raise her to be a lady. They became a family—held together by loyalty and love if not blood—when suddenly a stranger threatened to tear them apart.…
Lord Harrison Stanford MacDonald brandished a six-shooter and a swagger, but he soon proved to be a gentleman to the core. The brothers taught him frontier survival, while Mary Rose touched his heart with a deep and desperate passion. But soon, a shattering secret would challenge everything Mary Rose believed about herself, her life, and her newfound love.
Julie Garwood
Julie Garwood (1944--2023) was the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Fire and Ice, Shadow Music, Shadow Dance, Murder List, Killjoy, Mercy, Heartbreaker, Ransom, and Come the Spring. There are more than thirty-six million copies of her books in print.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent book. I have read it previously but hearing it as an audiobook was amazing!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really love this book. I really dislike that the recording “skips.”
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5captivating ,touching ,and endearing...I've read it ..now listened love it
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pretty sweet story. Great character development and engaging plot. When I give it a 5 I’m not suggesting it’s a classic, just a fun read I enjoyed.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I'm a hopeless romantic so I LOVED the story. It did feel a little dragged out though. I look forward to reading more from the series. l also enjoyed Adam being an educated former slave.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Mary Rose was kidnapped and then abandoned as an infant. She was found and adopted by 4 street children in New York City. they traveled west to find a safe place to live and settled in Blue Belle, Montana. They became a family,prospered and eventually founded the ranch Rosehill. Twenty years later a stranger Lord harrison Stanford MacDonald come looking for the abandoned infant to reunite her with her father in England.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5For the Roses by Julie Garwood is a paperback that is well-worn in my personal library. Garwood’s talent for making her heroines spunky, daring, and innocent, while allowing them to be strong, is a plus for her books. Mary Rose is no exception. Mary Rose interacts with her family and friends with caring. She allows her interactions to be realistic and fun. It is easy to visualize this spunky heroine. She is allowed a temper, even at times that women are angry for no reason, but has that temper in such a fun way that one cannot be angry back at her. Garwood’s pen allows endearment, not anger. Mary Rose realizes her complaining makes her brothers uncomfortable, so she complains when she wants them to quit bothering her because they change the subject or find another place to go. She gives caring to Corrie, a woman living away from civilization because she was treated horribly by indigents and is disfigured. She protects Corrie from trouble-makers in town when they attempt to burn Corrie out. Although this is an older book, it is worth a read, even if you are not a lover of historical romance. Her characters are individual, not dull, and bring a good time to the reader. This is the kind of book that is enjoyable, relaxing, and fun. NOTE: I purchased this book with my own funds.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I really enjoyed this story, though it may have had a bit too much description at times. I did find in the first half of the book at least that I could skip a couple of chapters and not miss too much.The Clayborne's were a family drawn together when 4 urchin boys who were living roughly on the streets of New York City in 1860 found a baby girl (Mary Rose) in a dumpster. At the time Adam was 14, Cole and Douglas were 12 and Travis was 10 - a bit young to do what they did (in these days anyway) but I guess in 1860 children of that age were more adult. Because Adam was on run they decided to move to the country to bring up the baby, they chose Montana. The boys wanted Mary Rose to be a lady so they sent her to boarding school in St Louis to finish her education.When she returned home in 1879 after, she had finished schoo ,a stranger came to town and started working on their ranch, his name was Harrison Stanford MacDonald and he was going to change their lives forever.I did love the closeness of this misfit family, they certainly looked after each other. You get to know each person very well. Adam is the scholar and the quiet one, Douglas in the healer, Cole is mean (most of the time) and Travis is the thinker. Mary Rose thinks everyone deserves a chance.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Time and again when I read For the Roses my favourite part remains the bond between the Claybornes. The Claybornes have made a family bonded not by blood but love. Neither Douglas, Cole, Travis or Mary Rose have any problems of thinking of Adam's Mama Rose as their own mother. And they soon make Harrison and Elliot a part of their family. A family where one brother shoots the imaginary monsters under his sister's bed so she can sleep without worries at night while another learns how to play the piano with his sister in order to give her a well-rounded education. There is nothing special in the love story itself. Instead it is the story of the Claybornes' past glimpsed through letters communicated between the siblings to Mama Rose and Harrison's experiences when he first joins them which provides both the humor and warmth. It is this which continually makes this story a keeper and makes me wish to read on in order to learn more of the Claybornes.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is the first in a series of books by Julie Garwood about the Claybourne family, and I think the most thorough. Sadly, I read it last, but each book holds its own as a novel. This one simply explains the characters and their background a bit more. One character, after reading all the other four books, I'd never realized was African American until I'd read this book! But it's an amazing book, a wonderful read, and a definite page turner!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent book. I don't often care for historical romances, but I really enjoyed this one. The characters are interesting and well-developed. The story had me riveted.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A long and involved story about a group of boys who find a girl child thrown on a rubbish heap. They decided that they should become a family and bring her up. They're held together by loyalty and love and the girl that they've called Mary Rose has just returned from school.Lord Harrison Stanford MacDonald has arrived at their town and Mary Rose has taken pity on him as it looks like he's lost in their town. However he has a secret that could break the family apart.I liked the story and enjoyed the characters, I would like to read more in this series and meet more of them again.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was the first book I read from Garwood and put me in a frenzy to read the rest of her books. The story in FOR THE ROSES is driven by love and loyalty. While a bit hoaky, the twists and turns, and the reality of slavery (and how it tore families apart) was heartwrenching. Garwood captured the essence of love and family. A truly magical book.