En Nueva York, a mediados del siglo XIX, cuatro pillos encuentran a una recién nacida abandonada en un cubo de basura. El hallazgo cambiará la vida de los cuatro: su actitud y sus sentimientos. Decididos a dar un hogar a la pequeña se instalan en Montana, donde nadie hace demasiadas preguntas. Después de jurarse lealtad forman un núcleo familiar que permitirá a la pequeña Mary Rose crecer y recibir una educación digna de una dama.

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Just droned on and on and I couldn't take it. Mary Rose is so sweet and so sweet and so sweet and so kind and she's also very kind and her brother Cole is so disagreeable and so disagreeable and hard to get along with and so disagreeable and Mary Rose is so kind…..

I am a fan of Garwood. Love alot of her stuff. Not this one.

For the Roses by Julie Garwood is a paperback that is well-worn in my personal library. Garwood’s talent for making her heroines spunky, daring, and innocent, while allowing them to be strong, is a plus for her books. Mary Rose is no exception.
Mary Rose interacts with her family and friends with caring. She allows her interactions to be realistic and fun. It is easy to visualize this spunky heroine. She is allowed a temper, even at times that women are angry for no reason, but has that temper in such a fun way that one cannot be angry back at her. Garwood’s pen allows endearment, not anger. Mary Rose realizes her complaining makes her brothers uncomfortable, so she complains when she wants them to quit bothering her because they change the subject or find another place to go. She gives caring to Corrie, a woman living away from civilization because she was treated horribly by indigents and is disfigured. She protects Corrie from trouble-makers in town when they attempt to burn Corrie out.
Although this is an older book, it is worth a read, even if you are not a lover of historical romance. Her characters are individual, not dull, and bring a good time to the reader. This is the kind of book that is enjoyable, relaxing, and fun.

NOTE: I purchased this book with my own funds. ( )

I really enjoyed this story, though it may have had a bit too much description at times. I did find in the first half of the book at least that I could skip a couple of chapters and not miss too much.

The Clayborne's were a family drawn together when 4 urchin boys who were living roughly on the streets of New York City in 1860 found a baby girl (Mary Rose) in a dumpster. At the time Adam was 14, Cole and Douglas were 12 and Travis was 10 - a bit young to do what they did (in these days anyway) but I guess in 1860 children of that age were more adult. Because Adam was on run they decided to move to the country to bring up the baby, they chose Montana. The boys wanted Mary Rose to be a lady so they sent her to boarding school in St Louis to finish her education.

When she returned home in 1879 after, she had finished schoo ,a stranger came to town and started working on their ranch, his name was Harrison Stanford MacDonald and he was going to change their lives forever.

I did love the closeness of this misfit family, they certainly looked after each other. You get to know each person very well. Adam is the scholar and the quiet one, Douglas in the healer, Cole is mean (most of the time) and Travis is the thinker. Mary Rose thinks everyone deserves a chance. ( )