Review of A Lady Like Sarah
January 22, 2010
This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
A Lady Like Sarah
Thomas Nelson; Original edition (December 22, 2009)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Thrills, mystery, suspense, romance: Margaret penned it all. Nothing wrong with this, except Margaret happened to be writing for the church newsletter. After making the church picnic read like a Grisham novel, her former pastor took her aside and said, “Maybe God’s calling you to write fiction.”
It turns out God was and Margaret did. She now has more than 20 novels to her credit. In addition, she’s written many Christian articles and a non-fiction book. Still, it took a lot of prodding from God before Margaret tried her hand at writing inspirational fiction which led to her Rocky Creek series. “I love writing about characters at different stages of faith,” she says of the new direction her writing career has taken, “and I’m here to stay.”
Happily married to her real-life hero, Margaret and her husband live in Southern California.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Sarah Prescott has never known a respectable life; just a hardscrabble childhood and brothers who taught her to shoot straight.
Justin Wells left Boston in disgrace, heading out alone on the dusty trail to Texas. But when the once-respected clergyman encounters a feisty redhead in handcuffs with a dying US Marshall at her side, their journey takes a dramatic turn.
His high society expectations and Sarah’s outlaw habits clash from the start. With a price on her head and a sweet orphan in tow, Justin and Sarah make the difficult journey toward Rocky Creek. There justice will be meted out hopefully with a portion of grace.
If you would like to read the first chapter of A Lady Like Sarah, go HERE
Sally Says: A Lady Like Sarah has everything fans of historical romance and westerns could ask for. There’s a family of outlaws, a rough Texas town, and a dusty journey through the Wild West. While Sarah is very much what I expected, Justin was not. He’s from cultured, civilized Boston and is very much out of his element.
I decided to read the book because I wondered how things would work evolve between a pastor and an outlaw. How was that romance going to work out, you know? And while the two were as opposite as, welll, a pastor and an outlaw, the romance between them was believable and fun.
There were some episodic moments during the story, a few things that felt a bit cliche thrown in, but I think that the target audience for this book will enjoy the story anyway. If you love genre or historical romance and find the Old West fascinating, then buy this book. You’ll enjoy Justin and Sarah’s journey.
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I wish I’d gotten this one. I’m really on a historical kick lately.