The Awakening
Amanda Caulden led a sheltered life on her father's California ranch -- until the day Hank Montgomery stormed into town. A hot-blooded union organizer with a taste for ladies and fine champagne, he sensed the fire that smoldered beneath her prim, virtuous beauty...and he vowed to make her his. Hank's assault on her orderly life made Amanda furious -- and all the more enticing. Slowly, he drew her into a world of sensuous pleasure: sumptuous meals and moonlit dances, carefree laughter and stolen kisses...gently stirring the sleeping embers of passion. But even as a fierce love rose between them, violent rebellion threatened to destroy the Caulden ranch -- and their lives!
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Top Reviews
The events in this book are based on true events. I was aware of some, but did not realize how horrendous itinerant pickers' conditions truly were until reading this book. It was an awakening for me, as well.
Amanda Caulden is almost more of a robot than a real woman. Her "tutor," turned fiance dictates every detail of her life: what she eats and when, what she wears, and even how much time she can spend in the bathroom. Having lived this way for years, she has no idea that other people do...
The events in this book are based on true events. I was aware of some, but did not realize how horrendous itinerant pickers' conditions truly were until reading this book. It was an awakening for me, as well.
Amanda Caulden is almost more of a robot than a real woman. Her "tutor," turned fiance dictates every detail of her life: what she eats and when, what she wears, and even how much time she can spend in the bathroom. Having lived this way for years, she has no idea that other people do not live such a regimented life. When union advocate, Hank Montgomery, meets Amanda he cannot stand the "prissy snob" that she seems to be. It isn't until later that he realizes that she is as much a victim as the workers that he wants to help.
The horrible working conditions in the fields, and the absence of all feeling for the workers is sickening to read about. Unfortunately, it was true and to some degree it still is. This book is not only a romance, but a look into the past and a hope that it will never return to this again.
By Joetta Mayer
Story was based on the early life of large land owners who missed treated the farm workers and a young lady who was raised by a father who was one of land owners who hired a tutor that wanted to have what he had and used the daughter for his way in, until she met a reformer. Good story and with moving and enjoyable story line.
Story was based on the early life of large land owners who missed treated the farm workers and a young lady who was raised by a father who was one of land owners who hired a tutor that wanted to have what he had and used the daughter for his way in, until she met a reformer. Good story and with moving and enjoyable story line.
By Maryanne Nikolaus
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