Breathe (Homeward Trilogy Series) [NOOK Book]

Breathe is wonderful! A must read!

Breathe by Lisa T. Bergren is absolutely incredible! I can't say enough about this wonderful book.

The story blends a beautiful historical with thrilling, edge-of-your-seat suspense. The setting is magnificent and the author makes you feel as if you are truly there. There is great family drama between the siblings, as well as great romance. This book has it all!

The writing is simply outstanding. From page one I was totally engrossed and couldn't bear to put it down. I highly recommend this book to anyone. It has something for everyone with action, drama, suspense, and romance.

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Remember to Breathe

Breathe is more than just a prairie romance, it is an edge of your seat page turning mystery. This book is deeper than most historical fiction books that you will find and it really makes you think. There is a darker side of things, but not too dark to survive without God on your side.



In this novel, instead of following one character with various side characters in the background, the reader really follows the three different St. Clair siblings on their individual adventures. Having one story come to a content closure in this book, I really look forward to the next two books in the series to find out just how their journeys continue.

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enjoyable

I will look for more like this.

Fun read

Predictable ending and routine plot but the unique take on TB made it one of a kind. Appreciated the clean sweey romance.

A pleasant read!

I enjoy stories set in the 1800s and also love a good suspense novel. This book has both components! It took me just a bit to get into the story, but as characters were introduced it became quite a page turner. I would tell myself I would just finish the chapter I was on, but found at the end of a chapter I couldn't stop - a hard one to put down! It was interesting to learn how people seeking to get through consumption would head to Colorado, and I loved how these people found hope and health again. The suspense storyline was needed, however, to give this story that extra punch, and it was fun trying to guess how it would all unfold.

Very enjoyable read

Enjoyed the historical setting of Colorado Springs. Nice to read a book that I can share with my teens and not worry about inappropriate descriptions. Thanks!

Awesome book!

I love reading books depicting the 1800s. It was exciting, refreshing, inspiring, & suspenseful. I thoroughly enjoyed it and the writer was able to connect the readers & the characters. I couldnt put it down and cant wait to read the continuation in "Sing". :) Well done Bergren

Excellent!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The characters were very well developed. I definitely will purchase the other books in the series! I loved the characters and want to see what happens to them! Very good author.

Must Read

Could not put this book down

Good but not great.

Breathe was a decent story. But it wasn't great. It seemed to last a bit too long for me. I finished it and that means it didn't bore me to tears. There were situations where the author did a great job when it came to tension and showing abusive situations, and there were times when I was worried the characters would get hurt. But I didn't connect with them as much as I would have liked to. I did appreciate the realism when it came to romantic scenes including those after marriage. Those scenes made me smile. I also appreciated that the ending wasn't rushed. But the story was a bit too drawn out, in my opinion, and would have been better if some of the storyline had been drawn tighter so that it didn't lag in some areas. The feel of the story was more of a mystery than a western, too. I would recommend this book, just not with a lot of enthusiasm.

Excellent historical fiction

David C. Cook publishers has started putting a "Good Read Guarantee" on certain books and "Breathe" is one of those books. My belief is that they will not be giving any money back on this book - it is a good read and much more! "Breathe" is the first book in a new trilogy about Dominic and his two younger sisters and their travels to the new town of Colorado Springs in around 1860 in search of healing for his sister Odessa who is near death from consumption. They Dominic and Moira take her to a sanatorium by Pike's Peak and hope that she will finally find health from the disease that stole 4 younger brothers from them already. In the process Odessa finds love, murder and mystery waiting for her at the sanatorium while Dominic and Moira find adventures and love (or lack thereof) waiting for them as well. We see viewpoints of all 3 siblings pretty equally in this book even though it is really Odessa's story. We have 2 more books to come over the next year and I eagerly await them both to see where life is going to take these siblings as they go their separate ways now.

One of the best things in this book (besides the mystery that will keep you in your seat til the end) is how she really took me back to the early days of Colorado Springs. You could see the mountains and scarcely touched land, breathe the crisp, cool air and walk the mountains with Odessa as she did. I loved this book and would highly recommend it to any fans of historical fiction!

1st in Homeward trilogy fantastic historical romance

Breathe by Lisa Bergren is the first in the Homeward Trilogy about the St. Clair siblings. This volume features Odessa, a beautiful consumptive heading to Colorado Springs to take a treatment at a special sanatorium. Her father has sent his last three remaining children West in the hopes that they will escape the family curse of tuberculosis that has taken the life of four other children. Odessa's life revolves around survival, just taking one breath at a time. Moira, her younger sister, has a passion for singing and attracts men like bees to a flower, including the dangerous Sheriff Reid Bannock. Older brother Dominic has lived his entire life trying to live up to his father's expectations, including starting a bookstore in the Springs, despite the desire to travel and see the world. Each St. Clair sibling is looking for their purpose in life, and they just may find it in this growing London of the West. Bergren packs action, treasure-hunting, romance and danger into this enjoyable historical fiction. Odessa and Bryce's romance is terrific; most romance novels strive to keep the couple apart as long as possible, using contrived circumstances that strain the reader's patience. Odessa and Bryce's relationship is the touchstone of the book. I did become frustrated with Nic on occasion; he seemed to deliberately set out to hurt himself and leave Moira in danger, but I think that's deliberate on Bergren's part. The reader's frustration with Nic mirrors his own with his life. I'm usually not a fan of the popular Western historical romance, but this story engaged me and makes me want to read the sequel about Moira: Sing.

Romance, mystery, action, adventure, and historical (western) are combined to create an entertaining story.

Odessa St. Clair moved to Colorado in hopes of medical care for
consumption (Tuberculosis). Odessa is very ill. Her breathing was
labored. Her cough was painful. At the sanitarium, Odessa met and
fell in love with fellow patient Bryce. Dessa witnessed a murder at
the sanitarium and feared for her own life.
Along with Odessa, are her brother and sister. The siblings are the
children of a wealthy newspaper magnate. Their other siblings had
previously died of consumption. Moira quickly captured the interest
of the sheriff and Dominic had anger issues. I suspect they will each
play the lead character in the next two books.
Breathe is a delightful read. Romance, mystery, action, adventure,
and historical (western) are combined to create an entertaining story.
While this book is Christian, it is not preachy. I have little
criticism of Breathe. The character of Bryce showed little emotion.
He is the romantic partner to the lead character; he should be a bit
more exciting. The book lacks a bit of realism in the behavior of the
females; however, it is fiction and that does not detract from the
excellent plot.

a superb historical medical thriller

In 1883, their father sends three of his offspring from their Philadelphia home to Colorado Springs; each has a different mission. Dominc St. Clair is to watch over his two sisters while setting up the family publishing business in the growing city. His beautiful sister Moira was sent west to get her away from her myriad of suitors. Finally his other sibling Odessa has come to Colorado to stay at a sanatorium for consumption victims run by Dr. Morton. Neither Moira nor Dominic wants to be there as the former wants to sing professionally and the latter wants to see the world.-------------

Odessa barely has a breath left when she makes it to her destination. There she meets two other patients, elderly Sam O'Toole and rancher Bryce McAllan. Hearing a noise at night, Odessa investigates only to fall down unconscious. When she awakens she learns Sam died, but is convinced someone murdered him. Attracted to Bryce who reciprocates, which shocks her as all men fall for Moira, Odessa learns she and the rancher received cryptic poems from Sam that hint at a treasure. As they fall in love, the people who killed Sam want the messages he left behind and are willing to murder two consumption victims to obtain them.---------------

Aptly titled, this is a superb historical medical thriller that brings to life victims of consumption (Tuberculosis) as they struggle to BREATHE. The cast is solid inside the sanatorium and in Colorado Springs. Although Sam's death and the subsequent attempts to steal his messages add suspense, Lisa T. Bergren's tale is at its best when readers are inside the sanatorium observing late nineteenth century medical practices dealing with a deadly crippling disease.-------------------

Harriet Klausner

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