Review: Romance and adventure
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 2, 2013
Josie is a no-nonsense young woman from Tennessee. Life has never been easy, but she just gets on with the matter in hand. Her father is a rough, demanding and self-centred man who works his children hard. Josie looks after her twin brother Petey, who is a little ‘touched’. Josie first encounters Caleb when she storms into a saloon to get Petey to leave.Caleb is heading a wagon train and Josie and Petey follow at a distance, without the money to join. An attack and injury force them together and their lives remain entwined through an adventure that takes them to her father and his mines, to the Lakota and Crow. Both have been married and suffered loss before, in very different ways. Josie learns that not all Indians are alike and Caleb learns to move forward emotionally.I don’t want to spoil the story by giving too much away. This is a rich tapestry of a book, with strong complex characters and layered events. I will certainly be looking at other work by this author.