When Doves Fly, by Lauren Gregory
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When Doves Fly, by Lauren Gregory
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Lily Wright flees her cruel husband for the promise of freedom and opportunity in Colorado, but brutality and vice lurk in the remote Rocky Mountains of the 1870s. In a time when men control every woman’s destiny, Lily craves independence. Taking advantage of a gold rush, she settles in a boomtown and opens a dry goods catering to the miners, outlaws, and fallen women. She builds a new life and forms bonds that banish the ghosts of her past. But Lily soon discovers the Wild West is a fool’s paradise. The false-fronted saloons and shops cloak a world of addiction and violence. When she stands her ground, jealousy, injustice, and greed exact their dues in ways a lady couldn’t imagine. Independence has a price. It will cost Lily her sanity and her life, unless she finds the strength and courage to make her own destiny.
When Doves Fly, by Lauren Gregory- Amazon Sales Rank: #5491041 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-10
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .93" w x 5.25" l, .94 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 372 pages
About the Author Lauren Gregory, who was raised on a horse farm, discovered a love for writing in sixth grade when she learned could move people with words. She misplaced that love for a couple decades and traveled the world in the U.S. Navy, floundered through two college degrees, and embarked on raising a rowdy son who’s too much like her. She found that love again on a cold November morning in 2013, and they’ve been locked in a tortured embrace ever since. These days, she writes novels, maintains a history blog, and herds poodles in her native Colorado.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Great Book! By Brian Huntsman The author does a great job showing the darker sides of the old west, especially for women. I loved Lily. She is tough, but not without her times of doubt and fear. In a world where women don't have many choices in life, she struggles and defies those roles to get what she wants. Also, the author writes the time period well, using it to set the tone and atmosphere without bogging the story down with unneeded details. Great book, and one I've added to my read again pile.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Excellent storytelling By bookaddict A page turner that keeps you rooting for the heroine the whole way through. There must have been an awful lot of research put into the development of this book, because it immerses the reader fully into the old west. Not a chapter passes where you feel the plot slowing down. This is one of those books you finish feeling bereft that the journey is over, and find your thoughts returning to characters who have become real. I look forward to read it again.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A right good yarn! By Terry Tyler Reviewed by me as part of Rosie Amber's Review TeamAfter a slightly shaky start, I enjoyed this book a lot. Lauren Gregory certainly knows how to keep a reader turning the pages, and I was engrossed for nearly all of it.When Doves Fly is the story of Lily Wright, fleeing tragic family circumstances and a brutal husband, in the days of the Wild West and people striking out to make their fortune via the gold rush. A woman alone, she struggles to make a living in the boom town of Clear Springs, Colorado, and her fortunes rise and plummet at every turn. There are some good plot developments in this story, completely unexpected, and the atmosphere of the time and situation is spot on.One of the biggest strengths in this book is the characterisation. The dialogue of characters as Jessie the prostitute, the evil Silas Barnes who is out to ruin Lily, wise old girl Alice Durand (I loved her, my absolute favourite character) and the miners visiting Barnes's brothel is so very good, I kept silently applauding little bits. When Alice was telling Lily the story of her own past, I think I was as anxious as Lily to find out all about her! Ms Gregory knows how to write a Texan accent, a Scottish one, and many others, so incredibly well (but without being overdone) that I was reading it in the accent intended—excellent, I bow with respect!There were a few negatives for me, though others might not agree, and they're not big ones. I found the beginning, when Lily arrives journeys to and arrives at Clear Springs, a tad unconvincing and a little rushed through; I didn't get into the story until it went back in time to Charlotte's situation. Lily's thoughts being actual dialogue in italics grated on me a little: 'What in heaven's name was I thinking? I'm so dense!", etc. I thought this would have been more effectively written as an inner third person narrative, ie, 'what in heaven's name was she thinking?'. There's probably an actual name for the style of prose I mean, something like free indirect speech, I think, but I'm not sure.The only other slight negative was that the last 10-12% seemed a trifle too neatly wrapped up; I was expecting another twist and was disappointed when it didn't come, but, hey, this is Lauren Gregory's book, not mine. So a bit of an anti-climax for me, but it was still well written and convincing.To sum up: When Doves Fly is a cracking read, I'd recommend it to anyone who likes these sort of stories. I will definitely read another book by this author, a master storyteller who really knows how to spin a yarn!
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