Title: The Lady Fugitive
Author: Ada Brownell
Pages: 284
Year: 2014
Publisher: Elk Lake Publishing
Note: I received a free copy of this eBook through The Book
Club Network in exchange for my honest opinion.
About the book:
How does a
respected elocutionist become a face on a wanted poster?
Jenny Louise
Parks escapes from the coal bin and her abusive uncle offers a handsome reward
for her return. Because he is a judge, he will find her.
Determination to
remain free grips Jenny, especially after she meets William and there’s a hint
of romance. But while peddling household good and showing a Passion of the
Christ moving picture, he discovers his father’s brutal murder.
Will Jenny avoid the
bounty hunters? Can she forgive the person who turns her in? Will she find
peach, joy and love?
My review:
This book is an
enjoyable light diversion.
This story is set
in 1908 Colorado. Most of the characters are either mean evil people or believe
in Christ and it is very easy upon first introduction to tell who is who. The
two main characters, Jenny and William are well developed and their background
is presented. I was able to connect with both of them and start to root for
them in each situation they faced.
The plot of the
story moved along quickly keeping my interest to see what would happen next.
The one thing that caused me to drop a star in my rating is that it was a
little unbelievable how quickly problems were solved. This isn’t an especially
long book and yet Jenny and William were faced with an unusually large number
of problems and dangerous situations for the length of the book. They breezed
through each one and seemingly were unfazed by them. This is really why I
called it a “light diversion.”
I was not
bothered by the amount of scripture that was presented throughout the story. I
know that there are people that would not like it though and wanted to mention
it so you won’t be caught unaware. Many of the characters are Christians and
speak freely about their belief to each other and to those who don’t believe.
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