Pemberley Ranch from Sourcebooks
ISBN: 9781402241284
Published: November 2010 When the smoke has cleared from the battlefields and the civil war has finally ended, fervent Union supporter Beth Bennet reluctantly moves with her family from their home in Meryton, Ohio, to the windswept plains of Rosings, Texas. Handsome, haughty Will Darcy, a Confederate officer back from the war, owns half the land around Rosings, and his even haughtier cousin, Cate Burroughs, owns the other half.
In a town as small as Rosings, Beth and Will inevitably cross paths. But as Will becomes enchanted with the fiery Yankee, Beth won’t allow herself to warm to the man who represents the one thing she hates most: the army that killed her only brother.
But when carpetbagger George Whitehead arrives in Rosings, all that Beth thought to be true is turned on its head, and the only man who can save her home is the one she swore she’d never trust…
About the Author
Jack Caldwell, a native of Louisiana living in the upper Midwest, is an economic developer by trade. Mr. Caldwell has been an amateur history buff and a fan of Miss Austen for many years. Pemberley Ranch is his first published work. He is married with three sons.
My Thoughts:
Pemberley Ranch by Jack Caldwell is a story that mixes the Pride and Prejudice story and the aftermath of the American Civil War. This historical romance is set in 1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi and 1870 Rosings, Texas and it has most of the characters of Jane Austen's novel. Names are changed a bit, circumstances mostly the same, Elizabeth (Beth) who is from the North, despising William (Will) Darcy, a Southerner and Will falling in love with Beth and her eventual capitulation of her feelings toward Will after she realizes how much she has misjudged Will. A new twist to the story is the character of George Whitehead, who is a carpetbagger and not a very nice person and whose goal is to marry Anne de Bourgh or Will Darcy's sister, Gaby so he can gain control of their lands for his own selfish goals. There are also references to slavery as there is a former slave family who have been burned out of their home and murdered. The blame is put on the Klu Klux Klan but that is far from the truth. There is more than enough suspense, greed, and historical references of the Reconstruction era and lots of good guys and bad guys . I am not usually a fan of westerns, be they books or movies but this book was a good one and I enjoyed it. Jack Caldwell did a great job of combining the storyline of the classic Pride and Prejudice with life in the American west.
I received a copy of this book from Sourcebooks and was not monetarily compensated for my review.
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