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by: Cathy Marie Hake
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780764203176
ISBN: 0764203177
Label: Bethany House Publishers
Manufacturer: Bethany House Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: September 01, 2007
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Sales Rank: 41486
Studio: Bethany House Publishers
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Product Description:
When Britisher Lady Sydney Hathwell's father dies, the American who planned to wed her suddenly reneges. Stranded in America and penniless, Sydney contacts a relative in Texas who, mistaking her male-sounding name, invites his 'nephew' to join him on his ranch. 'Big Tim' Creighton, however, is appalled when this mincing fop arrives at Forsaken. He determines he'll turn Fancy Pants Hathwell into a man before the boss returns home. From the get-go, he has 'the kid' mucking stalls, clearing and plowing a field, and assisting with a difficult calving. But when Sydney's true identity is uncovered, Tim resents being deceived. Yet in time, he also finds that he doesn't like all the attention Sydney garners now that she's wearing pretty gowns.... Together Sydney and Tim will discover the importance of family and what it means to be a man--and a woman--of God.
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Rating:  - Wonderful, clean, historical romance
Fancy Pants was the first of Cathy Marie Hake's books I have read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I found the characters lovable and some of the situations quite amusing. Cathy did a great job writing this book and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a clean romance with a little humor blended in. Cathy Marie Hake is definitely now on my list of favorite authors.
Rating: - A funny page turner
I picked up this book and finished it in one day. It was the first book I've read from this author.
I think the premise of the story was unbelievable and obviously couldn't happen in real life, but I read christian romances to escape and be entertained and that's exactly what this book did.
I found Syd's antics in this story to be funny. Picturing her in her fancy pants get up, along with several of the situations she found herself in, made me laugh out loud.
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Rating: - A fun read!
In FANCY PANTS, veteran author Cathy Marie Hake (BITTERSWEET) spins a cutely-conceived historical comedy, lush with romance, of a high-bred lady who disguises herself as a man and journeys from England to Texas to work on an uncle's ranch.
It's a catchy idea (even if it's been done in variations before). Hake begins her story in 1890 with the orphaned 20-year-old Lady Sydney Hathwell still mourning the death of her father a year previous. She travels with her chaperone Aunt Serena Hathwell ... Read More
Rating:  - Decent Christian Novel
I was really, really looking forward to reading this novel. While I won't go so far as to say that Hake disappointed me, I just wasn't left satisfied at the end of the novel. I liked all of the characters and the premise, it's just that it seemed to move at a very slow pace. Later, however, the book fairly speeds through the budding romance between the two lead characters. They spend a great portion of the novel fighting or misunderstanding one another and all of a sudden they want to get married. Too ... Read More
Rating:  - Dissapointing
*Some Spoilers*
I really wanted to like Fancy Pants as I think that the premise has the promise of a great read. However I was terribly disappointed.
Lady Sydney is an unaffecting and unsympathetic character whose ruse is carried out farther then necessary or probable for a woman of her time. She is waiting to reach her "age of majority" yet I was surprised to find that she is 17 waiting for 18 not 20 waiting for 21 as it most defiantly would have been for that time period. Through the beginning ... Read More
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