Beauty for Ashes: A Novel of the Mountain Men

by Win Blevins

Book Overview

Win Blevins' Beauty for Ashes continues the saga of the legendary mountain man and trapper Sam Morgan blazing a trail across the old west, from the award-winning author Win Blevins.

Trapping beaver was the major source of income for mountain men in the Rocky Mountain West of the 1820s -- the luxuriant, sought-after pelts could make a man rich. But it was a dangerous way to make a living: winter blizzards, hostile Indians, sickness,...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250305101
• ISBN13: 9781250305107
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.1" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Excellent novel of Mountain Man life

I very much enjoyed this second book in the Rendezvous series. The authenticity was excellent throughout and it's evident the author knows his stuff. But beyond that it's a really good story. Interesting plot that continues to move forward and doesn't get bogged down. The excellent and varied characters draw you in to their relationships and made me yearn for more. Fortunately, I'm in luck since there are several more books to the series. I also wanted to write this review to warn you not to read the next review. It contains a blatant spoiler which can ruin both this book and the next in the series.

I love interracial love stories

Especially during the Fur trade era. This was the first western book I have ever read. I have the first one, So Wild a dream and the third one Dancing with a Golden Bear. So far the second one is the best one. I didn't like the third sequel, because well, the marriage between Sam Morgan and Meadowlark, does not last. She dies in Dancing with a Golden Bear. Which is why I like this book, because it has a happy ending.

beautiful love story

This is a gorgeous love story between a white man and a Crow woman. Great emotional depth and wonderful depiction of Crow culture. I'm going to get the first book in this series right away.