A view most glorious

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Personal Author:

Scott, Regina, 1959-

Physical Description:

361 pages ; 22 cm.

Series:

American wonders collection ; 3

Genre:

Romance fiction.

Christian fiction.

Historical fiction.

Summary:

Reluctant socialite Coraline Baxter longs to live a life of significance and leave her mark on the world. When her local suffragette group asks her to climb Mount Rainier to raise awareness of their cause, she jumps at the chance, even though she has absolutely no climbing experience. If she can do it, any woman can do it. And after her mother issues an ultimatum--that Cora marry the man of her mother's choosing if she is not successful--Cora must do it. But she can't do it alone. Noted mountain guide Nathan Hardee initially refuses to help Cora, but has a change of heart when he sees what is at stake. He knows enough about the man Cora's mother has chosen to know that the headstrong young woman should have nothing to do with him, much less marry him. Climbing Rainier will require all of Cora's fortitude and will lead her and Nathan to rediscover their faith in God and humanity. These two loners make unlikely partners in righting a wrong and may just discover that only together is the view most glorious.

Subject Term:

Mountaineering -- Fiction.

Man-woman relationships -- Fiction

Wagers -- Fiction.

Publication Info:

Grand Rapids, Michigan : Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2021]

Subject:

Mountaineering -- Fiction.

Man-woman relationships -- Fiction

Wagers -- Fiction.

Washington (State) -- Fiction

Romance fiction.

Christian fiction.

Historical fiction.

Climbing mountains

Mountain climbing

Betting

SAILS ISBN:

9780800736415

Available:

Library	Shelf Number	Shelf Location	Status
Searching... Mansfield Public Library	FIC SCOTT	FICTION	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

"Scott's historical inspirational romance captures the magnificence of the mountain and the thrilling triumph of climbers in the 1890s . . . This is a truly remarkable conclusion to Scott's exceptional American Wonders trilogy."-- Booklist starred review

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Reluctant socialite Coraline Baxter longs to live a life of significance and leave her mark on the world. When her local suffragette group asks her to climb Mount Rainier to raise awareness of their cause, she jumps at the chance, even though she has absolutely no climbing experience. If she can do it, any woman can do it. And after her mother issues an ultimatum--that Cora marry the man of her mother's choosing if she is not successful--Cora must do it. But she can't do it alone.

Noted mountain guide Nathan Hardee initially refuses to help Cora, but has a change of heart when he sees what is at stake. He knows enough about the man Cora's mother has chosen to know that the headstrong young woman should have nothing to do with him, much less marry him.

Climbing Rainier will require all of Cora's fortitude and will lead her and Nathan to rediscover their faith in God and humanity. These two loners make unlikely partners in righting a wrong and may just discover that only together is the view most glorious.

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

Mountain guide Nathan Hardee knows too well the dark side of the social elite, and taking the likes of prim Coraline Baxter up Mount Rainier is the last thing he wants to do. But money is money in hard times, and the harrowing trek unexpectedly reveals that there's more to the lady than meets the eye. Cora is an embodiment of grace and grit, determined to bring attention to the women's suffrage movement with her summit-climbing. As the allure of Cora's strength pushes Nathan to the brink of his, they must decide whether their course forward can be with one another. Scott's historical inspirational romance captures the magnificence of the mountain and the thrilling triumph of climbers in the 1890s. As a native of the Mount Rainier region, Scott writes with an exhilarating wealth of sensory detail, brings the setting to such vivid life that the mountain becomes a dynamic character in its own right. The protagonists' emotional movement from friendship to attraction will resonate with readers, as will the tale's timeless touchstones of daring and wit and the dilemma of what to do when dreams send a man and a woman in different directions. This is a truly remarkable conclusion to Scott's exceptional American Wonders trilogy, following A Distance Too Grand (2019) and Nothing Short of Wondrous (2020).