Aileen’s promised to another. Kevin’s desperate to win her love. Will he fight for their growing love or risk losing her forever?Sensible Kevin O’Rourke does not believe in ghosts, in love at first sight, or in the happily-ever-after type of love. Instead, he is convinced only hard work, dedication to family, and self-sacrifice will bring contentment. When he meets Aileen O’Keefe on the steamboat … the steamboat trip from Saint Louis to Fort Benton, Montana Territory, his world is turned upside down as quickly as she nearly tumbles into the Missouri River. After spending only a few moments in her company, he knows his life will never be the same. Although warned to guard his heart, he is drawn to Aileen, enthralled by her joy and the future he envisions with her.
Aileen O’Keefe knows she is not the sort of woman to captivate handsome Kevin O’Rourke. Charmed by his attentiveness, she is unable to hide her mutual attraction to him, although she knows it is disastrous. For Aileen has a secret. One that will forever separate them. Due to a bargain made by her aunt, their time on the steamboat must be all they can ever share.
Upon arriving in Fort Benton, Kevin discovers that ghosts can return from the dead, love can endure years of hardship, and that his hope for a future with the woman he loves is worth every sacrifice. Aileen must adjust to the rough frontier town as she reconciles herself to the betrayal of one who she had trusted. She must learn to believe in herself so that she can have the confidence to have faith in Kevin’s love.
Can Kevin convince Aileen to trust in the strength of their love or will Aileen turn to another for the fulfillment of her dreams?
Discover the O’Rourke Family Montana Saga set in the frontier town of Fort, Benton, Montana Territory! Follow as each sibling forgives childhood heartbreak, discovers love, and finds their happily ever after!
The O’Rourke Family Montana Saga
Pioneer Dream
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Pioneer Yearning –Coming May 2020
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Kevin O’Rourke thought he had seen a ghost, his mother was dead and the woman disappeared into the crowd. His older brother Ardan clasped him on the shoulder, and also looked into the crowd. But their mother had been dead 18 yrs with a sister. On the steamboat Kevin caught a young women who was falling and kept her from falling overboard. They introduced themselves as someone shouted for her to come along. Kevin just happened to sit next to her at dinner found out she was on her was to be married. But they liked each other and Kevin never thought he would find someone who intrigued him like Miss o’Keeffe. As Kevin and Ardan lay in their bunks that night This is Just The Very Basic Beginning to a wonderfully suspenseful romantic engaging love story I just couldn’t put down….I loved this with a wonderfully delightful plot with engaging characters. I was given this and I voluntarily leave this review.
Pioneer Dream by Ramona Flightner is the first book in the new series The O’Rourke Family Montana Saga. It introduces us to the O’Rourke family from Ireland. The family, as with millions of other Irish in Ireland, were caught up in the potato famine. The family travels to America for a new start.
With well-developed characters, we follow the family members’ struggles and joys. With her superb writing skills, the author transports us back in time to the 1860s and the goldfields of Montana. There is romance, intrigue, suspense, mystery, and unexpected twists and turns in this saga.
While on a steamboat trip up the Missouri River from St. Louis to Fort Benton Montana Territory, Kevin O’Rourke and Aileen O’Keefe become acquainted and could become romantically interested in each other. When reaching Fort Benton, another man enters the picture. They both seem to bow to the other man as he is interested in Aileen too. Will Kevin and Aileen both decide to select each other?
I enjoyed this first book and could hardly put it down. Two more books are coming out very soon in this exciting series. I can hardly wait for them to be released. I have read this book as an ARC read and would have given it more than five stars if they were available.
This is a great read that kept me enthralled from the first page to the last. I love how the story flows. How well the characters are developed. And the twists and turns. This is definitely a read I recommend.
Shauna Joesten
Escaping Ireland to enter the new world, this is a fabulous story. Lots of circumstances that seem impossible to overcome. Wonderful , complex, interesting characters fill this story. Lots of twists and turns, suffering and heartbreak. Their determination is to be admired. I loved this book. A must read! I received a copy of this book as a gift and this is my honest and voluntary review.
AN ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL RIDE!!!
Magnificent! Ramona has absolutely outdone herself with this little mind-blowing treasure. I was totally floored from the start and in awe of the talent and vivid imagination. How touching and sincere with all the passion, finesse and immense intellect and skill. A raging tempest of fervent events and baffling circumstances, blow this bad boy wide open. Sparks fly as drama, intrigue, misgivings, turmoil, secrets, mounting suspense and disastrous situations along with a boatload of trouble, makes for one chart topping adventure. Bumbling through the trials and tribulations, noting the disarming twists and unexpected turns, melding this baby together piece by piece seamlessly. Twixt, twinned and intermingled, exposing the heartwarming ups and soaring downs, grounding in it’s strength and awe inspiring in it’s depth, testing our characters in ways they never anticipated. Anarchy, escapades and havoc run amuck, kicking this gem into a tempest, blasting it into a frenzy with a mind-blowing culmination. The characters flow and blend together smoothly transforming into amazing personalities with depth and qualities that make them unique and relatable. Embellishing abundantly detailed descriptions intertwining each scenario with all the zeal and gusto bringing them to life before your eyes. Fantastic job Ramona, thanks for sharing this little fella with us.
Escaping the potato famine in Ireland and travelling to the New World may have been an adventure, but it was one fraught with danger, sickness, and extreme circumstances. Seamus O’Rourke’s family have nevertheless stuck together despite their terrible loss and have finally settled in the Montana territory. Wanting to meet his son’s need for a wife, Seamus sends away for a mail order bride and that’s when the trouble begins. Kevin O’Rourke meets Aileen on the steamboat, not realising that his father has arranged a bride for his brother, and unaware that the woman he has fallen in love with is to be his brother’s wife. The attraction between Kevin and Aileen cannot be denied and as their feelings for one another brew in silence, there are other dramatic events at play that throw the family into a frenzy. The story has tragic elements but as the O’Rourkes know, they can achieve anything when they stand together. My emotions were strongly affected as I read this book as there were so many elements that were painful, and yet I could only rejoice when the family found their way through their difficulties. Seamus is a wonderful character and the O’Rourke boys are all to be admired. However, underneath it all is the quiet strength of their mother that has given them the determination to protect those they love. I received a copy of this book as a gift and this is my honest and voluntary review.
Good story
A wonderful story of family, loyalty and love.
Good story and no yukky sex.
This book was such an easy read and I enjoyed it so much,
Hardships abound in this Montana town but love and family prevail.
Loved it
If you want a mainly feel good book with some exceptions, this is it. Easy enjoyable read, many likable characters.
The story plot was good and the characters well done, but I wasn’t thrilled with the frequent swearing––even the characters were admonishing each other to quit. The author used cleaned up f-bombs, but the intent was plain.