Chances

By Pamela Nowak

Book Overview

In 1876, rough and tumble Denver is full of challenges for outspoken female telegrapher Sarah Donovan. Determined to make her mark, she arrives in the male-dominated town and marches head-long into the fight for women's suffrage and any other cause she can find. She doesn't expect to face the fact that she hides behind causes to avoid her own vulnerability nor does she suspect she will find her strength by opening her heart and risking love.When Sarah delivers a telegram to the wrong person, she must apologize to staunchly conservative undertaker Daniel Petterman. Despite his relief that Sarah has also rescued his young daughters from local hoodlums, Daniel can't hide his distaste for the suffragist. His careful, pensive approach to life's problems is at complete odds with Sarah's radical assertiveness, and he fears she will corrupt his daughters with her progressive crusading. Unexpectedly discovering themselves on the same side of local politics, they develop a grudging respect for one another. Sarah's fiery disposition forces Daniel's hidden passions to the surface as the smoldering attraction between them erupts. Amid political turmoil, they find time to experience the delights and complications of ice skating on a frozen creek, dancing at a noisy German beer hall, and impromptu kisses. Their growing relationship of trust and love is blind-sided when Sarah's resentful coworker maliciously accuses her of using the telegraph to solicit men. Rumors explode, threatening Sarah's reputation, career, and her standing in the suffrage association. When the gossip spreads to include Daniel and his daughters, Sarah must confront the allegations head-on. A violent suffrage riot, prostitution charges, and runaway trains force Daniel and Sarah to make life and death decisions about the chances they are willing to take on love and on themselves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0989757838
• ISBN13: 9780989757836
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Pamela Nowak
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Chances

This book was at a great price and in excellent condition. I am very pleased.

Don't Miss Chances

This story grabs the reader from the beginning because it flows so well. After reading it, I lost it to some co-workers who were equally impressed. I hope you have more stories to tell, Pam. Your first novel is a hit.

Fun and Fiesty

Excellent romance set to the backdrop of early Denver, the railroad, and the women's rights movement. Spicy telegrapher and suffragist Sarah is an excellent foil to the widower Daniel's starchy principals as a town leader and undertaker. Although their first meeting has the sparks flying, mistakes and viewpoints keep the two pitted against each other. Well drawn characters, excellent history, and a beautiful love story combine to keep the reader cheering in time to the train chugging on the tracks.

Chances

Author's knowlege of history comes through. The characters are rich and believeable. The use of a undertaker as the hero was interesting and unigue, I would recomend this book to anyone who love's the history of the west. Terry Roush

Well Worth Taking a Chance on this Book

More than just a love story, Chances is not a typical romance novel. This satisfied reader highly recommends Chances as a thought-provoking tale about a spunky suffragette and a seemingly boring Denver undertaker who both have a lot to learn about taking Chances on love and life. Obviously meticulously researched, Chances is set in Denver during the suffragist movement. Nowak skillfully brings to life the busy downtown historical Denver and weaves a fair and balanced view of the issues of the times without sounding preachy. Women readers will be inspired by the spunky heroine, Sarah, and male readers will likely be impressed as they are reminded of the strides women have made in gaining the right to vote. But what readers will come away with most about this book is a lovely story peopled with well-drawn and interesting characters. The characters' journeys to find their rightful places in a changing world will resonate with modern readers. And as the characters discover what really matters about themselves and each other beyond the outer trappings of life, readers will find themselves moved and inspired.