Dakota Born, Debbie Macomber
Dakota Born, Debbie Macomber
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Dakota Born

Author: Debbie Macomber

Narrator: Carly Robins

Unabridged: 11 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/26/2016


Synopsis

Buffalo Valley, North Dakota. A second-chance town! 
Like many small towns, Buffalo Valley is dying. Stores are boarded up, sidewalks are cracked, houses are in need of a coat of paint. But despite all that, there's a spirit of hope here, of defiance. The few people still left here are fighting for their town. 
Lindsay Snyder is a newcomer. She's an outsider, even though she spent childhood vacations here. Now she returns to see the family house again, to explore family secrets and to reevaluate her life. And soon after she arrives, she meets a local farmer named Gage Sinclair… 
Lindsay decides to stay in North Dakota. Her decision marks a new beginning for Buffalo Valley and for her. Because in this broken little town she discovers the love and purpose she's been seeking.

About Debbie Macomber

How many people follow the dream they had as a child growing up? American Women's Fiction and Romance novelist, Debbie Macomber did just that. She realized that it was her dream to become a writer from the time she was in fourth grade. She did not act upon that dream (for fear of rejection) until she was 30 years old, and the mother of four children. She submitted many manuscripts, but all were rejected. She attended a romance writers conference, where one of her manuscripts, Heartsong, was selected to be critiqued by an editor from Harlequin Enterprises, Inc. Of course, that editor ripped her work to shreds with his criticism, and recommended she throw it away! Instead, she gathered the $10 fee and submitted the same manuscript to Harlequin's competitor, Silhouette Books. They published the manuscript, and Macomber's illustrious writing career began in earnest.

Debbie Macomber overcame her dyslexia to become one of the most prolific authors of romance novels. She sat in her kitchen, with four children, tapping out her work on an ordinary typewriter. At her peak writing, she was releasing two or three titles per year, with her first hardcover novel being released in 2001.

Most women today are very familiar with Macomber's current works, especially those that have been made into Hallmark Channel movies and series. The Christmas movies.......Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle, Call Me Mrs. Miracle, and Trading Christmas.....have become iconic Christmas features. The Cedar Cove series was also a hit with not only Debbie Macomber fans, but Hallmark fans in general.

Macomber and her husband raised their four children, and now have grandchildren. They still live in Port Orchard, Washington, but now winter in Florida.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cindi on August 13, 2014

I actually give this a 3.5. It would have gotten 4, but it bugged me the way the couples love and kiss each other with almost uncontrollable passion, then 2 seconds later they are fighting with such zeal that they never want to see each other again. That wore me out. Still, Debbie writes another com......more

Goodreads review by Cat on March 26, 2017

My Mama sure was right on this one! My mom has been a Debbie Macomber fan for years, and it has taken me until now to give her a fair shot. I don't usually {or ever} read things that are strictly contemporary romance, but I had been curious about Ms Macomber, and after seeing Dakota Born on a Goodre......more

Goodreads review by Wordsworth on September 10, 2019

2.5 stars. This was nice in some respects (especially in getting to know the town), quite slow, and the relationships were a drag through bad matches. Even Gage and Lindsay were a bad pairing-- he's so high-handed I couldn't believe they didn't have any knock-down blowout fights. Given that he made......more

Goodreads review by Erica on April 09, 2021

Very sweet start to a new series. I felt that a lot of the relationships took a long time to develop and their were a lot of secondary characters that were oftentimes hard to keep up with. I will continue reading the series.......more

Goodreads review by Morgan on December 10, 2016

The reason I'm laying out big bad three stars to the Debs is that I was amused until the very end. This book was what I expected out of her and more. I'll give her credit for more cuss words. "Gnat's ass" Oooh, Debbie, you naughty thing you... The book starts with Lindsay returning to her grandparents......more