I was drawn to this book by the author and the subject
matter. I’ve read things in the past by
the author that I really enjoyed, so I wanted to check this book out. It isn’t labeled as part of a series, but it
has a similar cover to My Heart Belongs in Fort Bliss, Texas: Pricilla’s
Reveille by Erica Vetsch, which came out in January. It also resembles My Heart Belongs in Ruby
City, Idaho: Rebecca’s Plight by Susanne Dietze, due out in May. They’re also similar in the insane length of
their titles. Other than that, the books
seem to have no other connection.
Carmela has been travelling around with her uncle for the
past eight years telling lies. She was
only a girl when her parents died, and her uncle has forced her to travel
around the country, giving performances telling of her time with the Indians. The problem is, she was never captured by
Indians. She wants to tell the truth,
but she doesn’t see a way out. When the
stagecoach they’re travelling on is attacked by outlaws, Carmela gets separated
from her uncle…and attached to Freeland.
Literally.
Freeland lost his prisoner in the attack and now his most
pressing issue is to get Carmela to safety.
Eventually, she reveals the truth, and he wants to help. Carmela isn’t even sure if her uncle is
alive, but she sees the opportunity to try and start over.
I liked the first part of this book, when Carmela and
Freeland are together. But then they get
separated for a HUGE chunk of the book.
I got glimpses into what they were both doing, but they weren’t
together. Later, they meet up for about
a minute before separating again. They
don’t really get back together until the last part of the book, and by then, I
wasn’t as interested in the relationship.
It was more Carmela’s plight at that point.
The way Carmela and Freeland get pulled apart for so long
for so much of the book bothered me. It
put the story off-balance, and I didn’t enjoy it as much as I could have. It was just okay.
*I received a copy of this book from Barbour Publishing
through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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