For the Roses
Julie Garwood's For the Roses (1995) is a historical romance novel. Much of the action takes place in Montana. It features Mary Rose and Lord Harrison Stanford MacDonald. Key subjects include adoptees, family and clayborne family.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, and 31 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 10 editions.
It runs to roughly 528 pages — 9–10 hours of reading at an average pace.
About For the Roses
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. (From the Author's web-site.)
Quick answers
Who wrote For the Roses?
For the Roses was written by Julie Garwood and first published in 1995.
What genre is For the Roses?
It is usually shelved as Historical Romance.
How long is For the Roses?
The median edition has 528 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to For the Roses?
Readers who like it often enjoy Atonement, The Duke and I and The Notebook.
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