This was an intense book for me, and one that reread frequently growing up. The start of the story really sucks you right into the story. Jessie's father beats her mother Rachel within an inch of her life, because he sees a black-haired women in bed with another man, and thinks it's his wife, who is cheating on him. She manages to survive the beating and not lose the baby that she is carrying. She is promptly kicked out by her husband and left to survive on her on, separated from her child. That tells you right there that K. Jessica Blair is not meant to have an easy life, not living with an extremely misogynistic father who has raised her to deny every ounce of her femininity. He even gives her the first name of Kenneth because the child's nursemaid told him she was a boy to keep the father from harming the newborn infant and herself.Thus, one can put into perspective Jessie's interpersonal communication issues. Yes, she comes off as a brat, but I could see why she acted so hard-headed and stubborn and resisted being under any man's thumb, after being in the totalitarian grip of her father. In Jessie's mind, she's a man, and she resents any part of herself that stands out as feminine. She just wants to be one of the guys. Chase Summers is the first man that comes along that makes Jessica want to feel like a woman, which isn't exactly ideal for her. They fight the attraction between them until they succumb one night, and this event is swept under the rug and left best forgotten by mutual agreement, until it becomes very clear that their night of passion has consequences, leaving Jessie pregnant. She saves Chase's life when he is badly wounded, and nurses him back to health. Fairly soon, Chase catches on that she's pregnant. Marriage is the only option, and Chase has determined that his mission is to teach Jessie that being a woman is a beautiful thing.This is one of those books where you get to see an immature character grow up and develop her sense of integrity and purpose. I have heard Jessie called a brat. She wasn't always very mature and logical in the way she acted, but she didn't really have an ideal homelife. She was raised to believe her mother was a harlot who abandoned her. Her father acted like he hated her. Chase certainly didn't act very honorable seducing her, even if he thought she was immodest in how she interacted with her Indian friends. Especially since he had come on behalf of her estranged mother, Rachel. Neither character is perfect, but it did't spoil this story for me. Brave the Wild Wind was a very good, character-driven and relationship-focused western romance, and a sure keeper for me.
BRAVE THE WILD WIND by Johanna Lindsey is 244 pages in paperback form. This is #1 in The Wyoming Series.Brief Description:UNTIL A WOMAN KNOWS A MAN'S DESIRE, SHE CAN NEVER KNOW HIS LOVE.When she overheard him refuse to marry her, she swore to make him suffer any way she could. But Chase Summers wasn't a man to be trifled with. Even thought beautiful Jessie Blair could hold her own against any man in the territory and was running a ranch by herself after land grabbers had murdered her father - Chase Summers drove her to a fury of frustration.In her innocence, she did not understand how very much he desired her. Her beauty haunted him, her arrogance enraged him, she defied and tormented him...until his passion spilled over into violence. Yet nothing could soften her stubborn heart, it seemed, but to tame a man's pride. And no woman tamed Chase Summers.Yet when fortune called him halfway across the world, he realized how empty his world was without her. And the girl who had become a woman in his arms, knew at last in her heart where her destiny lay.I loved this book. It was set in the wild west and Jessie was a very strong young girl with very interesting things going on in her life. I have not read one of these in a long time and wish I had the rest of the series, as I am sure I would enjoy the next one in the same manner that I liked this one.It is a very quick and easy read. The only thing I didn't like is that you didn't learn what happened to her Indian friends. Maybe the next book talked of what happened there. You were just hanging on the Indian front.I am giving this 5 out of 5 stars because it was so easy to read and it had a very cute and interesting story line.Buy Now: Conniesbookshelf $2.99
What do You think about Brave The Wild Wind (1984)?
Older Lindsey, set in the west...If the copy I have didn't look old, I'd still get the impression - the interaction feels very dated to me. The book does have the disadvantage of being set in the West which I've realized is not my favorite for this type of novel. Annoying heroine, in my opinion, hero not much better. The story probably would have intrigued me more if Lindsey had decided to go with the Sioux, perhaps. A scream the way the protagonists show up in Spain (miniscule country, right?) and immediately find the person they're looking for. Whatever, not too bad for passing the time during a train ride.
—penelopewanders
WOW WHAT A WILD RIDE! Johanna Lindsey brings the first book in this series to life in the western background as Jessie and Chase navigate through their relationship and their families pasts. Their passion,frustrations,dangerous situations,surprising revelations about each other's families, fighting their own attraction and relationship between the two main characters is a rollercoaster romance. You'll fall in love with the characters and this fantastic series. I'm recommending that you check it out for yourself and enjoy this series with me!!!
—Betty Malchek
Tragic. That is the first word I wanna describe about this book. From the beginning, I sense that the heroine is so pity... Father didn't want her and father is a mad man...Mother is a strong woman but the crazy father has told everything to make the daughter hate her.. So everything she said and done is useless..Love story between Jessie and Chase is like Catch Me if you can... I found that the love story is not the important thing, but the relationship between Jessie and her mother and also Chase and his father is the most important in this story...I cried at the part Jessie read her mother diary...[Forgive for my awful English]
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