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Sarah Merritt arrives in the town of Deadwood in 1876, determined to start its first newspaper and to find her runaway sister, but she soon runs afoul of handsome Sheriff Noah Campbell, who arrests her.

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Sarah Merritt has come to Deadwood to start a newspaper and to find her sister Addie. She immediately tangles with Marshal Noah Campbell and ends up in jail. This is one of those enemies-to-lovers tropes, but it also has a slow burn, sometimes too slow. It's a double romance also, as Addie has been working as a prostitute. Sarah tries to rescue her, but it isn't very easy.
This author is great to read as she really researches her historical details. I liked learning about early gold mining, Deadwood, and printing, as well as a wealth of other knowledge about the late nineteenth century.
The romances were good, though I couldn't always sympathize with Sarah's fits-and-starts attitude toward Noah. No spoilers but I think I liked the show more secondary romance better. show less
Enjoyable story set in South Dakota in the late 1800's. Sarah heads to Deadwood to find her estranged sister, who is working in a brothel. She sets up a newspaper in town, clashes immediately with the marshal, and with her sister's old love Robert arriving, finally convinces Addie to leave the brothel. Sarah and Noah keep sparking and dancing around one another, until they finally wind up marrying.
I've read most of LaVyrle Spencer's books and there are only a handful that I remember clearly. This is one of them. Typical Spencer. Sweet romance.
1876 "gold" town days. Newspaper lady; sister was a prostitute. Cold, snowy, rainy.

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LaVyrle Spencer was born in Browerville, Minnesota on July 17, 1943. While working as a teacher's aide at Osseo Junior High School, she started writing her first novel, The Fulfillment, which was published in 1979. She has written more than a dozen novels that have hit the New York Times bestseller list, and many of her works have been condensed show more for Reader's Digest and Good Housekeeping. She has won five Romance Writers of America RITA Awards for her novels The Endearment, Hummingbird, Twice Loved, The Gamble, and Morning Glory. In 1988, she was inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. Many of her novels have been made into television movies including The Fulfillment, Home Song, and Family Blessings and the major motion picture Morning Glory. She retired from writing in 1997. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Forgiving
Original title
Forgiving
Original publication date
1991-01
People/Characters
Noah Campbell; Sarah
Important places
Deadwood, South Dakota, USA

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Fiction and Literature, Romance
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3569 .P4534 .F6Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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