Review: A Lady in Defiance by Heather Blanton
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2013
A Lady in Defiance by Heather Blanton***This is a story of three sisters, Rebecca, Naomi and her husband John, and Hannah who move across country to start a new life.  While on the trail tragedy strikes and John is killed.  Instead of traveling on further they settle in the town of Defiance.  They soon find the name of the town fits it perfectly, the citizens of this lawless, roudy mining town are indeed defiant—which is probably their “best” quality.Rebecca, Naomi and Hannah are all Christian women, alone now but plan to make a respectful living.This proves challenging as there are not any respectful jobs for respectful women in this town. This does not stop them, however, they join together in prayer asking God to guide them and give them strength to carry our His will for them in this town.In answer to their prayers they find a hotel for sale, which also includes living quarters.  So they buy the hotel from Charles McIntyre, who owns everything and everyone in Defiance.  He soon learns that these sweet, Southern Christian woman have a will of their own and will not fall under his controlling hand in business or personal lives.  This is a new concept for Charles and he is determined to have his way in their hotel and with Naomi.Although I do not enjoy reading about houses of prostitution, saloons and gambling, this is a good story.  The sisters struggle to show God's love, forgiveness and grace in their encounters with those who live in Defiance.  We see God working in the lives of Defiance but also in the sisters as well.~~I received a copy of this book from the author~~~~~Reviews posted on Goodreads.com, Barnsandnoble.com and Amazon.com~~~