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Summary
Ernie Harding may have stolen Margie Kinnard's savings, but he didn't shatter her dreams of going to California to become a movie star. Help arrives from an unexpected source-Margie's long lost father. Newly widowed, he's also westward bound and offers Margie a ride. Soon after the two set off, the unthinkable happens. Ernie Harding reappears, and days later, Margie's father dies. Did he pass away peacefully in his sleep, or is Ernie guilty of more than theft? And will Margie allow her dreams of Hollywood to get sidetracked by Brad Hoyt, the handsome rancher who seems determined to protect her?
Author Notes
Dorothy Garlock is a Texas native living in Clear Lake, Iowa, who quit her job as a newspaper columnist and reporter at the age of 49 to write novels. She entered her first novel in a contest and lost, but she sold the book. Now, over twenty years later, she has millions of copies in print and has had her work translated into 18 languages.
So many of her more than 40 books are set in the Old West that Dorothy Garlock has come to be classified as a Western Romance writer. She is a member of the Romance Writers Hall of Fame. Popular titles include Almost Eden, The Listening Sky, and Larkspur. With Hope is a gritty, unsentimental romance set in the Great Depression.
Dorothy Garlock also writes under the names Dorothy Glenn, Dorothy Philips and Johanna Phillips.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Novel number two in popular romance writer Garlock's Depression-era Route 66 trilogy (after Mother Road) follows a caravan of trucks on their way to California. Twenty-three-year-old Margie Kinnard's dream of going to Hollywood to become a star seemed to vanish when a conniving boyfriend abandoned her after stealing her money. She decides to join her recalcitrant father, Elmer, when he sells his ice business in Missouri and heads west to start anew. Elmer is a bitter, mean man who has had nothing to do with his daughter since her mother-his second wife-died, and Margie has spent most of her life away from him being raised by her maternal grandmother. Margie decides to put up with her father's ornery ways to achieve her dream, though it becomes clear that Elmer wants her along merely to take care of the usual womanly chores. Life starts looking up for Margie when they hook up with three other families-some of whom are set to go into the ice business with her father. Garlock presents an entertaining cavalcade of characters, from the loving couple whose blind son is a talented musician to the na?ve husband whose new wife is a bane to his children's lives and a troublemaker from the get-go. There is also Brady Hoyt, a handsome cowboy and love interest for Margie. Garlock, known for her heartwarming Americana, does not disappoint here. She's got bad guys pitted against a group of hardworking men and women; an evil, sassy lady who finally gets her comeuppance; and a heart-throbbing romance at the heart of it all. (Jan. 9) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Booklist Review
Garlock picks up the Depression-era tale that began in Mother Road BKL Jl 03, in which Margie Kinnard had been robbed and abandoned on Route 66 on her way to California. She now continues her journey west, this time in a caravan along with her antagonistic father. Other travelers include a family with a blind adult son and one with two teenagers who have an evil stepmother. Along the way they hook up with Colorado rancher Brady Hoyt, who is taking his orphaned niece to relatives in California. Traveling together not only provides companionship but also mutual protection when they are targeted by robbers at a campground and later stalked by a homicidal maniac. Garlock brings the arduous, now infamous 1930s trek west to vivid life with lush detail and a frank look at the crime and danger travelers faced. Complex relationships, family secrets, and a murderous villain--as well as more than one romance--keep the reader eagerly turning pages and anxious for the next installment in this engaging series. --Diana Tixier Herald Copyright 2003 Booklist
Library Journal Review
In this sequel to Garlock's Depression-era Mother Road, 23-three-year-old Margie Kinnard dreams of going to California to become a star. But her dreams disappear when her devious boyfriend steals her money and abandons her. Determined to continue west, she joins her estranged father, Elmer, a bitter man who just sold his business in Missouri and wants to start a new one in California. The pair hook up with a caravan of quirky travelers: Alvin and Grace Putman, whose blind son Rusty is a talented musician; the Luker family-Foley, his two daughters, and his unappreciative new wife, Sugar; and, of course, Brady Hoyt, a Colorado horse rancher whom Margie falls in love with, and his recently orphaned niece Ann Marie. Read by Isabel Keating, this book incorporates bad guys and gals, upstanding men and women, and romance and tragedy. It travels back in time, offering an account of the struggles and dangers people faced while looking for a better life. Unfortunately, the story is only somewhat suspenseful, the characters are one-dimensional, and the plot is predictable. Libraries should purchase for demand, or if there is a Garlock following.-Carol Stern, Glen Cove P.L., NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
