LONE STAR REDEMPTION series #1
"You might as well put a bullet in me. You stole my husband's life. My child will never know her father . . . I want no part of your settlements and civilization."
Eyes-Like-Sky may have not wanted the shelter and protection that U. S. Calvary Captain Garret Ramsey was offering, but she had her infant daughter, Little Star, to consider. Having lived with the Comanche tribe for seven years following her initial captivity, she had truly loved her warrior husband and was not at all eager or willing to return to the name Maggie Logan or all that it represented. Admittedly she and the Captain Ramsey had bonded in a way that she never expected; he made her feel safe.
When Eyes-Like-Sky's overbearing family member arrives at the fort prepared to whisk her away, she and Garret force themselves to make a life-changing decision, "for better and for worse" . . . the question being, could the ruse possibly work? Eyes-Like-Sky had very little of her heart left to love again and Garret deserved better.
"Little Star needs you, Sky. And so do I . . . "
Integrating a wide span of historical and cross-cultural particulars, the author provides readers with a birds-eye view of what Texas could have been like in the 1860's when battles were fought between enemies that were seen and ideologies that remained unseen, nevertheless managing to alter the entire fabric of the country at that time . . . placing Garret and Eyes-Like-Sky irrevocably in the middle.
Enjoy this epic journey of love and loss, faith and doubt, triumph and tragedy . . . eventually rewarding this unlikely pairing with heart and . . . home.
*I purchased a copy and was under no obligation to provide a positive review. 3.5 stars
Eyes-Like-Sky may have not wanted the shelter and protection that U. S. Calvary Captain Garret Ramsey was offering, but she had her infant daughter, Little Star, to consider. Having lived with the Comanche tribe for seven years following her initial captivity, she had truly loved her warrior husband and was not at all eager or willing to return to the name Maggie Logan or all that it represented. Admittedly she and the Captain Ramsey had bonded in a way that she never expected; he made her feel safe.
When Eyes-Like-Sky's overbearing family member arrives at the fort prepared to whisk her away, she and Garret force themselves to make a life-changing decision, "for better and for worse" . . . the question being, could the ruse possibly work? Eyes-Like-Sky had very little of her heart left to love again and Garret deserved better.
"Little Star needs you, Sky. And so do I . . . "
Integrating a wide span of historical and cross-cultural particulars, the author provides readers with a birds-eye view of what Texas could have been like in the 1860's when battles were fought between enemies that were seen and ideologies that remained unseen, nevertheless managing to alter the entire fabric of the country at that time . . . placing Garret and Eyes-Like-Sky irrevocably in the middle.
Enjoy this epic journey of love and loss, faith and doubt, triumph and tragedy . . . eventually rewarding this unlikely pairing with heart and . . . home.
*I purchased a copy and was under no obligation to provide a positive review. 3.5 stars
BackCover Blurb:
The man who destroyed her life may be the only one who can save it.
Seven years ago, Maggie Logan (Eyes-Like-Sky) lost everything she knew when a raid on a wagon train tore her from her family. As the memories of her past faded to nothing more than vague shadows, Maggie adapted—marrying a Comanche warrior, having a baby, and rebuilding her life. But in one terrible battle, the U.S. Cavalry destroys that life, and she is taken captive again, this time by those who call themselves her people. Forced into a world she wants nothing to do with, Eyes-Like-Sky’s only hope of protecting her child may be an engagement to the man who killed her husband.
Enrolled in West Point to escape his overbearing father, Captain Garret Ramsey has graduated and finds himself assigned to the Texas frontier, witnessing the brutal Indian War in which both sides commit atrocities. Plagued by guilt for his own role, Garret seeks redemption by taking responsibility for the woman he widowed and her baby. Though he is determined to do whatever it takes to protect them, is he willing to risk everything for a woman whose heart is buried in a grave? Or is there hope she might heal to love once more?
The man who destroyed her life may be the only one who can save it.
Seven years ago, Maggie Logan (Eyes-Like-Sky) lost everything she knew when a raid on a wagon train tore her from her family. As the memories of her past faded to nothing more than vague shadows, Maggie adapted—marrying a Comanche warrior, having a baby, and rebuilding her life. But in one terrible battle, the U.S. Cavalry destroys that life, and she is taken captive again, this time by those who call themselves her people. Forced into a world she wants nothing to do with, Eyes-Like-Sky’s only hope of protecting her child may be an engagement to the man who killed her husband.
Enrolled in West Point to escape his overbearing father, Captain Garret Ramsey has graduated and finds himself assigned to the Texas frontier, witnessing the brutal Indian War in which both sides commit atrocities. Plagued by guilt for his own role, Garret seeks redemption by taking responsibility for the woman he widowed and her baby. Though he is determined to do whatever it takes to protect them, is he willing to risk everything for a woman whose heart is buried in a grave? Or is there hope she might heal to love once more?
WildHeart Books, May 2024
Available in digital ebook, paperback, and audiobook
This looks really good!
ReplyDeletePaula Shreckhise