A little bit about what you'll find reviewed here

A little bit about what you'll find reviewed on this blog: I believe the best books involve characters you wish you could read more about long after the book is finished. Recently, I've been searching for hidden gems from the past. I read mostly fiction, and I'm a bit of a prude. I don't normally enjoy books with sex or excessive language.

Who I am:
I am a stay at home mother of two wonderful girls. I enjoy reading (of course), sewing, cross stitching, photography and writing. I live in the high desert portion of Washington (which I didn't know existed until my husband and I decided to move here) and have really enjoyed my time out here. I am excited to see what God has next in store for my life!

Thursday, September 15, 2011

The Inheritance - Tamera Alexander - DTB

I got this book from my PaperBack Swap account.  It was on my Kindle watch list, but since it popped up as available, I decided to get it.  Nothing in my gazillion TBR books on my Kindle was calling to me at the time.  I had read Tamera Alexander's Fountain Creek Chronicles and also book 1 of the Timber Ridge Reflections series.  Someday I'm hoping that the other two drop in price or pop up free.  As far as I can tell, this is a stand-alone book and quite a good one at that!

McKenna has been taking care of her brother for quite some time.  The age gap is enough that she has taken over the task of trying to be his mother.  Fleeing her brother's past, they decide to move to where their cousin, almost a sister to McKenna, lives in Colorado.  Her brother is supposed to take a job as a carpenter and McKenna has inherited her father's talent for making saddles.  Unfortunately, untimely deaths force her to take over a ranch and a little girl upon arrival.  Gender roles being what they were, McKenna is forced to work on her saddles in secret, and her brother's rowdy actions put a lot of stress on McKenna.

Enter U.S. Marshal Wyatt.  He steps in to try and protect them, but McKenna fears that he is going to find out about the past and tries to push him away.  He has his own secrets that he is pursuing for the marshals, and McKenna begins to doubt him.  As her brother gets deeper into trouble and the ranch gets deeper in debt, McKenna wants to confide in Wyatt but her trust does not come easy.

I really liked this book.  I hope one day that they price will drop or that it will be free so that I can add it to my digital collection.

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