Claiming His Heart transports you back to the gold rush days in California, to a tight-knit mining community called Spiggleville. Neighborly folks all come together to help each other out when times get tough, and believe me, things get plenty rough in this story. You'll be drawn in and won't want to leave!
Tull's pa named all his kids after places like Tulsa, Bronx, Reno and Charlotte. Yep. You read that correctly. A twist I didn't see coming, and it's not what you're thinking. You'll have to read the book to figure that one out. 🙂
"What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word,
in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me."
"Since then, Tull did fear. Never trusted. Never prayed."Both Tull and Charmlee reminisce on this verse as the tragedies keep piling up. Hanson does a great job keeping you furiously flipping pages, ramping up the conflict, leaving you wondering if Charm and Tull will ever cast aside their past hurts and finally open up and trust God and each other. Claiming His Heart kept me reading through all the busyness of the Christmas season. It's the perfect book to curl up with in front of a crackling fire, a sweet romance with enough kindling to warm you more than the fire. But when summer rolls around, it should also be the first book you pack to take to the beach!
Dora Hiers, (review from Amazon.com)
This is an exciting, quick read. While it appears to be a romance from the cover, it's really more of an action-packed western with some romance tossed in. And the writer makes certain to get the details right. I also especially liked the way she wrote Quinn Barclay's horse, Bull's-Eye. This story has it all... plenty of action, realistic characters you can care about, and a horse with personality.
Westy, http://amzn.to/1xqEWqu
This story is delivered in such a way to keep the reader roped into the action, and unable to put it down. The action starts at the beginning and builds page by page, keeping you on the edge of your seat, wondering what is coming next, and knowing it will be exciting. This novel gives you fear, thrill, excitement of every kind, and keeps you wanting more, until just what you hoped for happens. A great western mystery romance!
Julie C, (review from Amazon.com)
Olivia sees her beau, Cordell Mathews, for the last time when he rides off to fight for the South, eight long years ago. She doesn’t understand why he still hasn’t come for her. The war is long over, yet still she waits, working for a Union doctor at Fort Laramie. When the doctor dies and his replacement is a man who has already tried to kill her, she immediately packs up her bags and she heads off for Wyoming. Little does she know Cord is living in Wyoming and has been under the assumption that Olivia is dead.
This is the beautiful reunion story for Cord and Olivia. These characters are very deep and well fleshed out. The scenery in the story is beautiful and the prejudice against Nathan in the story is very true to life during those times. The one thing that distracts from a wonderful story is the overuse of the comma. There are also incomplete sentences, so the reader has to guess at the writer’s intent. In several instances, words are repeated, causing some confusion. These are all minor editing problems that can easily be corrected. "Home Fires" is a wonderful story of the rebuilding of lives post-civil war. Any history buff would enjoy reading this delightful story!
Belinda Wilson, InD’Tale Magazine
http://www.indtale.com/reviews/historical/home-fires