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Dakota Home (Dakota Series #2) | 
 enlarge | Author: Debbie Macomber
Publisher: Mira
Category: Book
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Rating:  28 reviews
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 416
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Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 4.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0778323935
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780778323938
Publication Date: December 1, 2007
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Amazon.com Review
New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber returns to Buffalo Valley, North Dakota, a close-knit farming community struggling to survive in an increasingly industrial world. "Never say die" is the motto for Buffalo Valley and its resilient citizens, including newcomer Maddy Washburn, first introduced in Dakota Born, her best friend, teacher Lindsay Sinclair, Lindsay's husband, Gage, and Jeb McKenna, a local rancher whose tragic accident has left scars much deeper than the loss of his leg. More and more isolated since the tractor calamity, Jeb does not welcome pretty Maddy's friendly overtures. But when Maddyy is stranded in a vicious winter storm, Jeb saves her life, warming her with his own body heat--and steamy caresses. Jeb feels the ice encasing his heart start to thaw with each sweet embrace. In this second installment in a trilogy, longtime Macomber fans and new recruits will welcome Buffalo Valley's extensive cast of quirky characters with open arms. --Alison Trinkle
Product Description
Buffalo Valley has found new life. People have started moving to this town—people like Lindsay Snyder, who came as a teacher and stayed, marrying local farmer Gage Sinclair. And now Lindsay's best friend, Maddy Washburn, has decided to pull up stakes and join her in Buffalo Valley, hoping for the same kind of satisfaction. And the same kind of love…Jeb McKenna is a rancher, a solitary man who's learned to endure. Maddy—unafraid and openhearted—is drawn to Jeb, but he rejects her overtures. Until one of North Dakota's deadly storms throws them together… Those few days and nights bring unexpected consequences for Maddy and Jeb. Consequences that, one way or another, affect everyone in Buffalo Valley.
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 Life in the village of idiots December 21, 2008
Percy Fish (Minnesota United States)
In a brief summary, Maddy follows her best friend up to North Dakota so she can open a grocery store. There she meets amputee and buffalo rancher Jeb, who is very bitter and angry and stuff because he feels less of a man due to his injury. The novel also follows the continuing stories of several other couples in town, including the separated couple, the mother with an angry and rebellious teen, the biker bar tender and his disappearing lover, and the widow who dates the banker when he's not offending her morality. It is, in short, 300 pages of people acting like idiots, and not in the usual romance novel way, but the logic defying activities of people with no reasoning or communication skills.
We've got Maddy, who no matter how angry and annoying Jeb gets, feels that she can see through to his delicate and wounded soul and wants to fix him. Jeb who despite his feelings for the lovely Maddy feels that his disability means she only feels sorry for him and stuff. The emo-teen who runs away to live with her dad because she can't forgive her mother for divorcing him even after she learns that he's a dead beat looser who lives off social services so he doesn't have to pay child support. Emo-teen's annoying mother who keeps jerking some guy around because she hates herself. The biker guy who owns the restaurant who shelters his girlfriend and her obviously illegally acquired baggage.
Oh, not all the townspeople are idiots, but the most egregious offenders are the main characters, so it's hard to escape. And even their ridiculous behavior lacks the enjoyable idiocy found in other romances because their connections don't feel genuine, or are too fraught with drama for me to take seriously. That, combined with the fact that the setting lacks development and is entirely too generic small town as seen by someone who's probably never lived it, makes this something I would not recommend to anyone who likes characters that act at least somewhat intelligently.
 Dakota Home trilogy by Debbie McComber December 16, 2008
Judy Thompson (Victor, NY USA)
Debbie McComber is one of my favorite authors. She writes a very good story without explicit sex. Not needed in her books!!! I had been given the last book in the Dakota trilogy so ordered Dakota Born and Dakota Home from Amazon's used book store for the first two. Always Dakota is the last book. Can't go wrong with Amazon.com
Judy Thompson
Dakota Home May 11, 2008
C. Olaf (Minot, ND)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It was obvious to me, having grown up in North Dakota, that the author did not know much about North Dakota.
Dakota Home, author: Debbie Macomber April 13, 2008
I have just gotten finish reading Dakota Home today, it was excellent as I have found all of the Debbie Macomber books that I have read. The only thing that I regret is that the third book of this series will not be available for purchase until June, 2008.
I cannot recommend Debbie Macomber's books enough.
Happy Reading,
Edie~
 A very good book February 13, 2008
Donna M. Dwyer (Hurley, S.D. USA)
Since I live in the Dakota's I was interested in the books. I can relate to the winters and the places they traveled. Very interesting to read.Sounds very real like you are there.
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