Review: Pleasurable afternoon's read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2013
When Ned Ralston was a young soldier he was wounded and a young and beautiful Indian nursed him back to health. They fell in love with each other but Ned had to return back home. Although he promised the young Native American that he would return, he never did. Only years later he found out that he had fathered a child. Now, many years later and severely sick, he wants to meet his daughter, explain to her what happened many years ago and ask her for her forgiveness. He sends his most trusted employee off to find his daughter. Steve is devoted to Ned and sees in him a father figure. Never would it occur to him to disappoint the dying man and in fact he traces Raven, the daughter, down. Well, not exactly but ......... Their return to her father's house is turbulent and upon their arrival things get even wilder:  Ned's stepchildren see in her a competitor for the inheritance and Raven has difficulties to get adapted to her new role. She doesn't know if she wants to forgive her father and finally there seems to be a two-way attraction between her and Steve.Steve was a very noble and mature main character, who respected his fellow human beings no matter what their social position. Raven unfortunately didn't seem to be his equal. In any case, she was depicted as being a young and hard working person who knew well how to protect and take care of herself on the one hand, on the other though she sometimes just lacked insight, surely due to her general lack of experience in life and her young age. Anyway, bonding with her gave me a little hard time. There were some sub characters around who supported the plot nicely without though standing out.The plot was generally nicely elaborated, although largely predictable and nothing new for this kind of literature. There were some inaccuracies but they didn't really diminish my reading pleasure.If you are looking for a nice and "light" read this might just be your choice.