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Just Once (Runaways, Bk 2)
Just Once - Runaways, Bk 2
Author: Jill Marie Landis
Jemma is betrothed to a rich and handsome man, the kind of man every father likes.  She has everything a girl could ever want -- except the right to choose her own true love.  So one night, she disappears into the sultry darkness of New Orleans -- and meets the kind of man every father fears. — Jemma knows better than to approach a man ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780515120622
ISBN-10: 0515120626
Publication Date: 6/1/1997
Pages: 336
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 35 ratings
Publisher: Jove Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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RoyalCatwoman avatar reviewed Just Once (Runaways, Bk 2) on + 278 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Defying her formal, austere father, Jemma follows her grandfather's advice to have an adventure just once in her life. She escapes into the Louisiana woods of 1816. Her guide is Hunter, a moral but human man who sees through Jemma's lies, but falls in love with her anyway.
Issa-345 avatar reviewed Just Once (Runaways, Bk 2) on + 98 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Two girls meet in the dark and switch places. The other girl ends up in "Day Dreamer." This is the other girl's story. Jemma is on the run and finds happiness in a place she did not expect. Jemma and Hunter are good together and their interaction and dialog engaging. You want to strangle him 3/4 into the book : ) but he figures things out in the end. You know who will end up "happily ever after" but you enjoy how they get there and I particularly liked the ending. Jemma is entertaining and her reliance on the Saints very amusing. This book is well written and a great read.
robinmy avatar reviewed Just Once (Runaways, Bk 2) on + 2104 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
After her father announces that he has arranged her marriage to a complete stranger, Jemma decides it's time to make her own decisions and live her own life. So, she runs away into the darkness of New Orleans and hires Hunter Boone to escort her north to Kentucky and to the adventure she always wanted.

Enjoyable historical romance. My rating: 4 Stars.
lilliebrooke avatar reviewed Just Once (Runaways, Bk 2) on + 79 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I read Day Dreamer first and am glad I did. This is the story of the rich girl who traded places with the woman she grabbed out side the cathedral.
Wanting a life of adventure like her grandfather's stories spoke of she changes places and finds herself headed out of New Orleans with a man she paid to take her north. This story draws you in and you will laugh and cry and just enjoy the story.
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reviewed Just Once (Runaways, Bk 2) on + 27 more book reviews
This book goes with Day Dreamer and is the story of Jemma, the rich girl who changes places with another girl to save herself from an arranged marriage. Jemma escapes with little money and runs into Hunter Boone and somehow talks him into taking her north. Jemma learns that there is more to life than money. This is a good story, but I definitely enjoyed Day Dreamer more. Set in the US in the early 1800s.


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