Review: Engrossing, thoughtful journey.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 9, 2013
Writer, Lauren Lindwood, takes us on a journey that begins with an orphan train travelling west and on it the heroine, Serena and her twin brother. The historical detail was fascinating and grabbed my attention from the very start. We next encounter Serena about to be hanged for murder. An unlikely hero, in the form of a lost soul English nobleman and playwright, Daman comes - unexpectedly to her rescue.The couple travel together to outrun Serena's captors, a journey fraught with tension and discovery. Linwood deals sensitively with a number of 'hard' issues, not sparing her heroine the grim reality of a young girl left virtually defenceless in the wild west. The character's are achingly real and not your typical romance pairing. Serena with her troubled past and her ongoing difficulties of facing her future. And Daman, hopelessly ill-equipped to deal with his new reality. Together with us, the couple stumble, fall and get up again towards their happily ever after.