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a great story with a history lesson woven in. terrific


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Thunder on the Plains Rosanne Bittner 9780553290158 Books Reviews

I bought this book new at an airport gift shop as something to fill the time while flying. Many, many years later, it's still on my shelf. And the cover is all raggedy from me reading this book everywhere - outside in the summer on my deck, while I relax in a bubble bath, on camping trips, on plane trips. I bought Rosanne Bittners' other books as well, but I just come back to this one again and again. I am finally conceding defeat - the cover is about to come off so I have to buy a new/used copy of my favorite book. Should have bought it in hardcover. Buy this one - you won't be disappointed.
Not a bad book, but still way too long, I mean Colt and Sunny spent most of the 12 years since the first day they met, almost ever separated, not your "usual" romance in a way. It was interesting anyway to get a glimpse of the life on the Wild Wild West.

Non male come libro, ma decisamente troppo lungo, inoltre Colt e Sunny passano la maggior parte dei 12 anni che copre questo libro (dal primo momento in cui si conoscono in poi) separati, diciamo che non é proprio tipico dei romanzi d'amore. Comunque é stato interessante perché offre uno scorcio di quella che era la vita nel selvaggio West.
I pulled this one off the library shelves and I enjoyed it. For a while I didn't think Sunny & Colt would EVER get together. I was on a roller coaster with emotions- and truly loved the end. The end held a couple of surprises. The setting in the beginning is the wild west during 1857. Chicago tycone Bo Landers has dreams for the first railroad to head west. To be able to convince his supports to help finance it he wants to head west and see what obsticles there are. He hires Colt Travis (a good-looking Indian 1/2 breed) as scout to accompany him, his daughter Sunny Landers (Daddy's reason for living) and a team of men. During the trip, an innocent attraction starts between Colt (20) and Sunny (15) but Daddy discourages it. Sunny will one day inherit all and needs someone of her own status. Colt ends his scouting for the Landers- while Sunny is feeling the pains of first love. As years pass Colt marries & loses his wife and infant son during an Indian raid. Sunny's father dies leaving his fortune (of which Sunny's 2 brothers squabble over) and his railway dream to Sunny to pursue it. As she starts to fill the shoes of her father's, Blaine O'Brien, a rich tycone that has a dream to become president one day, has his eye on Sunny to make her his wife (there's no mention of love). Hearing of her father's death, Colt writes Sunny sending her his condolences. They start keeping in contact by mail-filling a void in each other's lives (giving fuel to that old flame). Colt shows up in Chicago and seeks Sunny out. One night of passion leads to disaster. Colt realizes their lives are worlds apart and he leaves after having a confrontation with Sunny's brothers-who are afraid Sunny is going to make a mess of her future. But Sunny can't forget that night. Though Brian is definately in the picture, it takes a while but Sunny seeks Colt out. Another night under the stars produces... I'll stop there. You'll have to read it for yourself. But you won't believe the ups and downs- Indian raids, fist fights, buffalo stampedes, grand dinners & balls, train wrecks, battles (Civil War), nights under stars, etc. This book has a little bit of it all, along with a wonderful ending (don't cheat by reading ahead).
3.5 stars

Powerful businessman Bo Landers has a dream, a dream to build a transcontinental railroad, but first the most practical route across the plains needs to be mapped out, and that's where half-breed Colt Travis comes into the picture - someone has to guide Landers' huge entourage, an entourage that includes his young daughter Sunny. This being a romance and all you just know Sunny and Colt are going to hit it off, but papa nips that right in the bud - rich young heiresses are not for the likes of Colt. When the trip is over, Sunny and her father return to Chicago to raise the funds and government permissions to build the railroad, and Colt starts a new life without her.

You know they're going to find each other again, but it takes many years and many battles before that happens, and then there's still the problem of building and maintaining a relationship. Colt is used to life on the plains and isn't acceptable for Chicago society (nor does he want any part of it), and while Sunny doesn't care about what her family and society thinks, she's determined to finish her father's dream of a transcontinental railroad.

**slight spoilers below**

That's the basics, and let me caution you - this book spans a twelve year period and Sunny and Colt are apart more than they are together - you're going to wait a long time for the first steamy kiss let alone the big payola. While I did enjoy this book and had a hard time putting it down, the repetitiveness of certain phrases drove me batty enough that I started to feel I was being clubbed over the head with it, one time I caught it twice on the same page (would have marked it for the review, but the cat was glued to my chest and couldn't do it without disturbing her). And while the ending was satisfying, it was a bit of a stretch how easily Sunny's family readily accepted him at last.
a great story with a history lesson woven in. terrific