Dory Callahan lives in a logging community in Idaho with her young daughter. She has raised the child by herself, all the while enduring stinging verbal abuse from her two brothers who humiliate and degrade Dory at every opportunity. When Ben Waller is hired to do some work for the lumber mill, he leaves his young, deaf daughter in Dory's care. It isn't long before the unlikely foursome forge a bond strong enough to stand up not only against Dory's brothers but against other, more sinister forces as well. Dorothy Garlock has long been one of America's favorite storytellers. In Sins of Summer, she delivers the emotional, heartwarming romance that her fans know and love.


From Publishers Weekly
Garlock ( Tenderness ) brings to atmospheric, energetic life a hard-edged, meaty story of passion, sin and redemption. Branded a slut in her Idaho logging community, unwed mother Dory Callahan tends the homestead for her beloved brother James and brutal half-brothers Milo and Louis. When mysterious Ben Waller arrives at the logging camp accompanied by his deaf daughter Odette, he quickly learns the sad history of Dory's brief affair with the sensitive son of a rival logging family, an affair that left her pregnant and her lover dead. Despite her past, Ben is won over by Dory's maternal sweetness, which also works wonders on the fragile, lovely Odette, who is just beginning to blossom into womanhood. Fearing a spate of savage killings of whores and Indian women in the area, Ben and James share protective watch over the women, foiling rape attempts by timber scum and much skullduggery from the vile, sadistic Louis and Milo and their cabal of "river rats." As secrets and true identities are revealed, conflicts resolved and resolutions reached, the twisting turns of the well-paced tale come full circle. For those who like their romances dark, emotionally complex and brimful of grit, Garlock holds the reins masterfully. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

ANNOTATION

A sizzling novel of love and revenge on the wild frontier. In an Idaho logging camp, Dory bears a child by the handsome son of a rival mill owner--but the child's father dies before they can be married. Then rugged Benton rides into her life, a man who ignites both gunfire between the feuding families and passion in Dory's heart. Original.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Amid the lonesome pines of an Idaho logging camp, Dory Callahan was like a burst of sunshine. She even tolerated her mean-spirited half brothers with a smile. Dory was proud of her toddler despite the fact that his father died before they had a chance to marry. Now Benton Waller rode into her life. He was a man with secrets, a face that showed too much sorrow, and a shy daughter who clung to his side. But even as he offered his love, Dory felt fierce emotions gathering like a summer storm. Soon there would be gunfire set off by hatred, greed and fear--and passion's fire between her and the one man who could help her fight for her dreams.

FROM THE CRITICS

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