Book Reviews of The Endearment

I love her books, and this one is typical of them. There are always well developed characters and an interesting storyline. This one is an older one, and it's set in the Minnesota frontier. Anna is a "mail order bride" who has misled her fiance about herself and her capabilities.

Another great book from Ms Spencer.
Anna - hiding secrets and trying to escape her past as a street urchin becomes a mail order bride to Karl, a gentle man from Minnesota.
A story that keeps you spellbound as the twists and turns of a developing love play out.

Entertaining and romantic

Terrific book, another sure winner from LaVryle Spencer!

I really enjoyed this book. I read on wikipedia that Spencer's publisher would not publish this book because it did not mold to the usual romance genre standards....the hero was the protagonist and a virgin, while the heroine was not. It was published by a different publisher later, and I'm glad it was! It's always refreshing to read a book that shakes the standards

First time reading this author. Interesting, a quick read, basically a simple romance.

A man orders a bride, she lies about her age and shows up with her brother. The man was surprise, but still marries her. They share and grow together with a few road blocks in the way. You will shed a few tears and laugh

Anna was desperate to escape the shame of her street life in Bosten. So she schemed to become Karl mail-order bride. He forgave her for that, but will he forgive her the burning secret she has to hide, or will there new found love be destroed.

Anna moves from Boston to escape her past and become Karl's mail-order bride in frontier Minnesota...

Hoping to escape the shame of her street urchin's life in Boston, Anna Reardon plotted a desperate scheme - to become Karl Lindstrom's mail-order bride in the beautiful, dangerous frontier of Minnesota.

It is the same book pictured except the cover has a pillow with a bouquet of flowers - Jove Edition / August 1990

Fiery-tempered beauty Anna Reardon had only one chance to escape the shameful street-urchin's life forever--to become Karl Lindstrom's mail-order bride. Karl soon discovered Anna's true background, but there was one burning secret that Anna will never be able to reveal. . . .

Another good one by LaVyrle Spencer.

Good author

Anna. Hoping to escape the shame of her street urchin's life in Boston, Anna Reardon plotted a desperate scheme...to become Karl Lindstrom's mail-order bride in the beautiful, dangerous frontier of Minnesota.

Karl. A kind and gentl man, he forgave Anna for her deceptions. But there was still one burning secret that she had to hid from him, knowing it's revelation would destroy the love they had come to cherish.

Another great Spencer book!

LaVyrle Spencer's books are so sweet! Especially her older ones. I've read this book several times.

From the back of the book:

Anna: Hoping to escapte the shame of her streeet urchin's life in Boston, Anna Reardon plotten a desperate scheme - to become Karl Lindstrom's mail-order bride in the beautiful, dangerous frontier of Minnesota.

Karl: A kind and gentle man, he forgave Anna for her deceptions. But there was still one burning secret that she had to hide from him, knowing its revelation would destroy the love they had come to cherish.

I prefer this author's historical novels to contemporary. This is historical, and a fair read. By far, though, not her best.

Haven\'t read it, not gonna read it. Not a fan of this author, but the book says it\'s about a mail-order bride from London who goes to Minnesota But is haunted by a dark secret from her past, which interferes with her growing love for her husband.