Prairie Storm: Town Called Hope #3 (Heartquest)

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Summary: Amazingly rich, complex story...Enjoyable reading!
Review: As we left "Prairie Fire" there was no resident preacher. "Prairie Storm" gets us one, a former cowboy who feels he is called to China, but sort of stops over in the little town of Hope. On the way he found a dead family with a newborn boy which the mother handed up to him, begging him to raise her son for the Lord...then she died. Now Elijah Book is a single, rough-hewn, newly changed preacher with an infant....which he knows absolutely nothing about caring for. A traveling show comes to Hope, bringing a young, educated woman who is running from an abusive, wealthy, musically inclined father. She has just lost a newborn herself, so she agrees to nurse the preacher's baby for a fee. The "storm" occurs in the town when a tornado nearly wipes them out, and there is also a "storm" within the preacher and the young singing woman on the run. Both are equally stubborn and yet, the storm within them holds them hostage. A very well written, intriguing book with several big surprises!

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Summary: Amazingly rich, complex story...Enjoyable reading!
Review: Great examples of working through spiritually abusive situations. However, it is realistic that the abused don't readily recognize the abuse until they seek God and look for His fruits. Also, realistic example of "it rains on the good and the bad"

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Summary: Good ending, but lulled through the rest
Review: I have always found Palmer's first books in trilogies to be the best. I had a hard time reading this one, and skimmed over more than the first half of the book. The plot picked up at the end, but I would like to see more involvement of the former characters. It's still a good series I would recommend, though.

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Summary: Good ending, but lulled through the rest
Review: What a wonderful book. Katherine left us at the end of Prairie Fire wondering what the Born again Christian Jack and his Bride to be Lass were going to do next. Then in this book she introduces new characters that keep the book so riveting, it is hard to put down. Katherine Palmer writes the books so that you feel that you are a part of the story. She is able to share the gospel with her readers while she keeps you on the edge of your seat with her realistic plot. I do hope she writes the next book quickly!

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Summary: She's done it again!
Review: What a wonderful book. Katherine left us at the end of Prairie Fire wondering what the Born again Christian Jack and his Bride to be Lass were going to do next. Then in this book she introduces new characters that keep the book so riveting, it is hard to put down. Katherine Palmer writes the books so that you feel that you are a part of the story. She is able to share the gospel with her readers while she keeps you on the edge of your seat with her realistic plot. I do hope she writes the next book quickly!