Roberta Writes – Book review: A Noble Bargain by Jan Sikes #bookreview #adultfiction #readingcommunity

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Picture caption: Book cover for A Nobel Bargain by Jan Sikes featuring a young man in old fashioned working clothes with a dog and an old fashioned vehicle.

What Amazon says

A true testament of character, resilience, and the magic of never giving up.

The year is 1948 and folks in the sawmill town of Crossett, Arkansas, work hard and play hard. Oliver Quinn does both. Oliver is the son of Irish immigrants who firmly believe in pursuing the American dream. His deepest desire is to play major league baseball. He only needs one chance to prove himself.

Rose Blaine is living in a nightmare where dreams don’t exist. She’s suffered for years at the hands of her violent moonshiner father and his partner. During a brutal attack, she must fight back or die. The aftermath is devastating.

Fueled by desperation, Rose strikes a life-changing bargain with Oliver. If he’ll take her and her brother to St. Louis, Missouri, she’ll introduce Oliver to her uncle, a baseball legend.

While their journey is fraught with unseen perils, they forge an unbreakable bond and make surprising allies.

When destiny throws them a curve ball, they must find the courage to create a hopeful future out of the ashes of shattered dreams with newfound fortitude.

My review

A Noble Bargain is a delightful tale that starts of with the main character, Rose, in one of the worst imaginable situations for a young woman and lightens and brightens considerably as it progresses, despite some dramatic events.

Rose and her two brothers, Harlan and Jack, are victims of their alcoholic father’s moonshine induced rages, their abused mother having passed away some years previously. Sadly, seventeen year old Rose, is also a victim of her father’s lecherous partner.

Oliver is the son of Irish immigrants who, despite suffering loss, are a loving and close knit family. He has a good job and is working hard to improve his situation and help support his family but he dreams of playing professional baseball. He has no idea how he could go about making this dream a reality.

Oliver meets Rose at a dance and is immediately taken with her. It quickly becomes apparent to Oliver that Rose’s home situation is far from idea and he sets out to try and help her and her brothers.

This is a lovely story about overcoming adversity and achieving dreams. I enjoyed it very much and would recommend it to all readers as everyone could use some upliftment and happiness in their choice of reading material.

The story is well written and the characters are well developed and believable. Rose is a strong minded individual who has drawn a very poor set of circumstantial cards in life. You just can’t help rooting for her and hoping for the best possible outcome.

I enjoyed the previous book, A Beggar’s Bargain, and it was nice to see those characters making an appearance in this second book.

Purchase A Nobel Bargain from Amazon US here: https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Bargain-Bargainer-Book-ebook/dp/B0F6HB5YT8

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  6. Wonderful review, Robbie. A Noble Bargain is a great read, and you’ve underscored the reasons why. A big congratulations to Jan! 🎉

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  17. I also enjoyed this book. It’s sad to think that anyone, particularly children like Rose, become victims of alcoholic rage.

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