The Cabin (The Manhattan Stories Book 3)

As they grow together up on the frontier surrounding Manhattan, Kansas, he teaches her how to fish at Pillsbury Crossing, how to hunt deer in the woods at Deep Creek, and how to survive in a land where bears, snakes, accidents, and even nature itself can steal away your life in an instant. She slowly teaches him how to trust and how to share the burdens of his shameful past.

When he graduates from high school an aunt sends him to a university in the other Manhattan, in New York. Emma continues her education at home, graduating from high school and then becoming one of the first women to study animal husbandry at Kansas State University. Terrified of what being married to Abner would mean, Nancy runs away and gets lost in the woods.

Hungry and cold, she finds a seemingly deserted cabin and takes shelter. When she meets Jake, the man who owns it, she must decide if he is a man she can trust. She has nowhere else to go except home to marry Abner. At first reluctant to let her stay, Jake finally agrees. Tired of living alone in the wilderness, he is willing to wait for Nancy to learn to care for him. He recognizes the mother as the second wife of his cousin Wakiza, chief of the village of scouts located a few miles from the Army base.

Everett rescues the infant and takes her to her family. In the east, rumblings of the coming war over slavery are already spreading across the nation, and Kansas, Bloody Kansas, will not escape the carnage. The Kansa Indians once controlled the entire territory. Now, white settlers are flooding in and, in spite of treaties, stealing reservation lands while the white government takes no action against the invasion. Suzanne, not yet 18, wants only to marry her handsome lieutenant from Fort Riley, Jonathan Taylor.

Jonathan is sent to the battlefields that will determine the survival of the nation. To avoid scandal in their small town, the girls are sent to Detroit to live with family. They not only find a welcoming aunt and uncle, they discover a burgeoning city, both ugly and beautiful, rough and cultured, drunk and refined. The only safe place for her and little Danny is home…Manhattan, Kansas. Her father is murdered by marauding Jayhawkers. I read Donna Mabry's book about her grandmother called "Maude" and I loved it so I looked for more books by her and found a lot. This was part of the Manhatten series and was number three, but it was easily read separately.

I will read the other three though! Eventually all of her books! Thanks for bringing me so much enjoyable reading Ms. This book is a wonderful mix of hystorical fiction, romanace, inspiration and suspense! Jan 26, Deborah rated it it was amazing.

They have all been excellent! Told all my friend that! Sep 13, Shanun Smith rated it did not like it. Uh I know that getting a book published is an accomplishment. That said it is the only positive thing I can say for the author and this book. Apparently there wasn't much if any research done on the period in which the book is set.

As for the characters they have no substance. The story is quite ridiculous at times, to the point of actually finding myself laughing. Try as I might I can find nothing to encourage anyone to read this book. Mar 11, Kelly rated it did not like it. Disappointed Unfortunately this read exactly as you would expect a poorly written Harlequinn type book to read. Feb 10, D.

Elisabetta rated it did not like it Shelves: If you're interested or read the first two books of the trilogy, I can't recommend this book. The only redeeming parts of this book were the parts that featured Emma and Akecheta. As someone who really enjoyed Emma especially , it was nice to get the conclusion to their life. Honestly if you're that interested in their life married and are willing to buy or borrow the book through Kindle Unlimited than just skip to the ending of the book. I can't even truly recommend that.

Please note that this If you're interested or read the first two books of the trilogy, I can't recommend this book.

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Please note that this review has spoilers. This review mentions r pe, disturbing violence, incest, uneven levels of consent and domestic abuse.

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If those things trigger you, please be aware! Also if those things trigger you, do not read this novel. Abner has many wives -- one of his wives is Nancy's sister.

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Nancy has a fear of sex and is terrified of being his wife for sexual reasons mainly. Nancy decides to run away because she doesn't support the polygamy marriages being done in the Mormon Church. This was also something that left a bad taste in my mouth. I felt like the author was making broad strokes with every Mormon by saying that all Mormon supported rape, were polygamists, and enjoyed abusive incest relationships Mostly because the research was nonexistent and it felt less like a plot and more like a warning sermon on how "evil" Mormons are.

All it took me was a quick Google search it see that polygamy was discontinued in the LDS Church in There were Renegade Mormons who fought against this discontinuation -- however, this book didn't focus on Renegade Mormons. It simply focused on Mormons without any historical research or historical facts.

It was so badly researched. I offered more historical facts and research in a few sentences through Google than the entire book offered. The book has a weird fascination with sex that made me uncomfortable. If it wasn't Nancy expressing her fear of being with someone "like that," as she said numerous times or Jake mentioning how much he wanted to have sex with her over and over again. The way it was written was just so It made me feel like what I was reading was not consensual. Sex either existed as a horror story filler Nancy's sister was raped and Nancy was scared of doing it or as a way to made the plot more romantic Nancy bathing for Jake and Jake saying how he couldn't control himself.

It made me feel very uncomfortable, like I mentioned, numerous times. There were also sentences like this that made me physically scratch my head and say, "What did I just read? I found it horrifying that Jake he's much older saw a young girl in distress and his only thought was that he could not control himself around her!

Nancy just turned eighteen recently and his only train of thought is that Nancy is a woman. Eventually Jake and Nancy get married. Abner cannot accept this because Nancy is "his. There's a big focus on violence throughout the book; rape, fights, and just general gore violence is a common occurrence. There's also a huge focus on abuse towards female in all forms by men. I have never been a big fan of abuse, especially domestic abuse and rape, so this was very jarring.

I felt like the violence as well as strange sex scenes were used tackily as a plot filler. There's a fear of Abner after that. Nancy eventually becomes pregnant. She didn't realize that she may be pregnant -- even though she hadn't had her period in month, sleeps naked every night and is married. She spends a great deal of her pregnancy worrying about Jake's safety and Abner.

When it comes to the night she goes into labor, Abner shows up, punches her in the stomach, knocks Jake unconscious and puts the house on fire. Their Native American friends show up, save them both, and one of Nancy's twin survives. This was when the book turned from weird to disturbing. The rest of the book follows Jake back to his parents' home. This was the only part that I enjoyed of the book.

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I liked seeing how Emma and Akecheta spent their later years. Jake's parents give Nancy, Jake, their daughter and Nancy's sister who they brought with them on the trip Emma's old house across the street. It all seems well until Abner shows up; he eventually kills Emma's favorite dogs just another act of violence even though they manage to save some. He then eventually shows up to kill Nancy, but is shot down and killed. The book was just a bunch of plotless filler whether it be weird sexual scenes or horrifying violence.

Besides that, the plot was full of grammatical errors so many that it made me wonder if it was proofread and odd phrases that didn't make sense. I was very let down by this book. I knew the trilogy were not great fiction but they were light, easy books to read with strong female heroines and diverse characters.

The Cabin (The Manhattan Stories Book 3)

Anything that made the other books readable was lost in translation in this one. After this horrifying drivel, I don't think that I can ever read anything by this author ever again. I honesty cannot understand how this series, which is designed for young teen girls and is family friendly, became so sickening. This is not a novel that I felt comfortable reading, nor would I feel comfortable letting a younger person read this. It's disturbing on numerous levels.

A huge part of me wonders why I even finished it, but mainly I finished it so I could give a fair review. I try not to review things that I haven't completed finish. It took my entire patience just to get through the first few chapters without squirming or feeling nauseous. Jul 15, Juniegay rated it really liked it.

Very interesting book I enjoyed the story. It held my attention. The only thing I didn't like was the way it portrayed Mormons. I, being LDS, found that this was not the way polygamy was practiced by the church when it was started by Joseph Smith. Apr 26, Dr. To those that have read her Manhattan, KS series, this is just another delightful addition in the series, perhaps. To someone new is another matter. One cannot deny being attracted by the cover with its lovely little log cabin surrounded by large shady trees glorious in a red-golden fall, but the real hook sinks into one with the young woman defying her large scary odious cousin and brother in-law along with her father and literally running away, into woods until she finds the cabin she spots se To those that have read her Manhattan, KS series, this is just another delightful addition in the series, perhaps.

One cannot deny being attracted by the cover with its lovely little log cabin surrounded by large shady trees glorious in a red-golden fall, but the real hook sinks into one with the young woman defying her large scary odious cousin and brother in-law along with her father and literally running away, into woods until she finds the cabin she spots serendipitously, like the little girl in the story of three bears. Only, this girls is not so little, and she is running away from a Mormon marriage involving, as usual, marrying a cousin who is much older, and is married to more than one wife already to boot, among them her younger sister too, whose travails are all too known to her.

From then on it is a regular fairy tale, albeit not quite for children, replete with a hero, heroine, good guys and a terrible villain who keeps threatening them with murder and acting on it till end.

The Cabin (The Manhattan Stories Book 3) by Donna Foley Mabry

Ends satisfyingly well, like a fairy tale ought to, too. Mar 07, Pam rated it really liked it.

Interesting Times I really enjoyed the trilogy generally. There were a couple of things that bugged me. First of all, I think you can write a story about a Christian family without all the bible quotes. The first two books were rife with them. I know they were probably used to drive home various points, but most adults don't need to be hit over the head with biblical quotations to understand concepts. I found the quotes to be distracting and in some cases annoying because they tended to hang me u Interesting Times I really enjoyed the trilogy generally.

I found the quotes to be distracting and in some cases annoying because they tended to hang me up. The last book had fewer quotes and I sailed through that one much more smoothly. The second thing that bugged me was when the author all of a sudden switched to the Queen's English. Why would you write a trilogy using the word "while" and then in the last book have Jake start saying "whilst"? Seems to me Jake would be the last person to be using that word! Didn't go with his background or personality at all.

Again, it was something that distracted me from a great storyline. I was thinking I must have missed something. Otherwise, fellow readers, the 3 books were intertwined quite well and I was sorry there wasn't another book to continue the Belk family saga. Jan 21, Joyce rated it liked it Shelves: This book is 3rd in a series by Donna Mabry. The story begins with Nancy, an 18 year-old girl running away from home to escape an arranged marriage with Abner.

Her family are Mormons and practice polygamy. Abner is already married to Nancy's younger sister, Linda, and she has seen the abuse her sister has endured with Abner. When she runs away, she takes shelter at the cabin of Jake Belk, who has taken refuge living in the mountains of Nevada as a trapper after losing his wife and baby. Although This book is 3rd in a series by Donna Mabry. Although they build a relationship together, Nancy is not safe from Abner who decides to kill her after he finds out she and Jake are together.

Eventually, after a great tragedy brought about by Abner, they flee with their infant daughter back to Manhattan, KS where Jake's family. Although there is not much depth to the story or the characters, it was a pleasant read. A nice love story and enough suspense to keep my interest. Jun 15, Mary Prigioni rated it really liked it.

Knowing the characters is really enjoyable. On to book 4. Gives you a real appreciation for running water.

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A little too contrived. Before I make my next comments, let me assure you I an not a Mormon. I got the impression numerous times , while reading this book, that the author was attempting to cast dispersion on Mormon beliefs. Perhaps I am wrong, but the evil man who pursued the victims was the result of his Mormon beliefs. Even the girl's father was blinded by his beliefs, when he agreed to marrying off his 14 year old daughter to this horrible man, in order to save face when his older and favorit A little too contrived.

Even the girl's father was blinded by his beliefs, when he agreed to marrying off his 14 year old daughter to this horrible man, in order to save face when his older and favorite daughter refused to marry the cruel older man. It all revolved around a good Christian falling in love with the daughter, rescuing her and showing her a better way of life. Mar 09, Sharon Patchett rated it really liked it.

A good close to the trilogy I liked this book and was surprised that it started in the s instead of where the last book ended. Well developed characters as her other books, but this one is more suited for adults than the other two. What I found hard to believe is her parents accepted her after so ran off when her father promised to marry her off as a fourth wife to a despicable Abner.

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Being raised in a renegade colony of Mormons who practiced multiple marriages, my gut tells me her parents mo A good close to the trilogy I liked this book and was surprised that it started in the s instead of where the last book ended. Being raised in a renegade colony of Mormons who practiced multiple marriages, my gut tells me her parents more likely would have supported the church over their daughter. There were less typos in this book than the others. Sep 21, Lexi rated it it was amazing.