Rebekah longs for adventure and thinks that she has found that in the form of Arthur, an aviator who is leaving Oklahoma for Texas. She hasn't known him very long, but he puts butterflies in her stomach and provides an escape from the suitors that her mother seems to think suitable for her.
A telegram arrives informing them that Rebekah's aunt, Adabelle, is ill with influenza and Rebekah offers to go to Texas and look after her. Rebekah's plan is to help out her aunt and then enlist her help in getting to Arthur. What she finds upon arrival in Texas is not at all what she expects. With her aunt on death's door and four children in the house, it looks like Rebekah's dreams will be put on hold. It seems that Aunt Adabelle is looking after the children while their father is in France.
Arthur isn't what he seems to be and the sheriff in town seems to be sweet on Rebekah. She doesn't feel anything for him but friendship, but wonders if he might actually be what God had in mind for her life. The sheriff wants to be a Texas Ranger and that would grant her the measure of adventure she craved, wouldn't it?
This story is very complex and interesting. It's told from the first person, which is not the norm for what I read, but I found it a nice change and it helped me relate to the character more. There is a lot of sadness in this one. It is written around the end of the first World War and on top of that, it coincides with the epidemic of the Spanish flu.
I liked the characters and the plot. For some reason, the sadness didn't bother me as much as it normally did. I think it might have something to do with the fact that we don't really get to know the characters that die very well. If you don't like books with a lot of death, you might want to avoid it. The only small qualm I had with it was the ending. It just seemed a little abrupt. The author released another book at the beginning of September, At Every Turn. I have put it on my watch list. It seems like another good read. Good Book!
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