Review: Couldn't put it down!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 30, 2011
I am not an author, publisher or book reviewer by trade however I do enjoy reading a good book. I was asked to read and review the book before it was release. With that said I have to say I enjoyed reading this book and it is now in my favorite top ten books.  My only regret is that I will not be able to own it in hard cover.I enjoy reading books set in the frontier times about the lives and times of not just the settlers but about the native Americans also.  Although this was the first book that I have read from this author in my opinion it ranks up there with Allan W Eckert, James Alexander Thom, Don Wright and of course Laura Ingalls Wilder.From the beginning I fell in love with the main characters and was drawn into their love story and hardships.  Jem at times I adored and at times I just shook my head at her whining.  She was a girl that was taken from a well to do family in the heart of the city (where every wish was granted and things where done for her) and because of her love for her husband Seth followed him to the wild frontier (where every thing is worked for and you do everything) to homestead.  Their life was not easy, there were battles, heart breaks, feelings of betrayal, loneliness, sickness, but there was also a dream!I couldn't put this book down and lost sleep to finish it.  I am praying that there will be a second or a series of books for the characters.  I want to know more about Jem and Seth, her father, her sisters, William and Susan, and well all of them!For now I think I'll reread the book!  It's a great read I loved it!