The Heart’s Frontier
Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith
Harvest House, Mar 1 2012, $13.99
ISBN: 9780736947527
In 1881, Hancock hires Luke Carson as foreman of a cattle drive from El Paso to Kansas. Amish Emma Switzer and her maummi are moving from Apple Grove, Kansas to Troyer, Kansas to stay with the former’s Aunt Gerda. Emma’s widower father Jonah and her younger sister Rebecca accompany her on the journey.
Eight men rob them taking their coach with all the belongings. The Switzer family walks to nearby Gorham when Luke is tossed out of a saloon along with his intoxicated cowhand Jesse Montgomery. Jonah believes Luke was sent by the Lord while Emma thinks he is a bum. Luke gives them money to complete their journey while he and his drunken best friend rejoin the drive. When the cowhands find the wagon with the humongous hutch still in side, Luke goes back to escort the Switzer brood to their coach. He still denies the Lord sent him, but he thanks the Lord for sending him Emma.
This entertaining Amish western romance is a fun tale that fans of both sub-genres will enjoy. That is if the Amish romance crowd adapts to the changing relationship between the protagonists as it’s worth the acceptance because Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith deftly makes their road bumpy but real. The Heart’s Frontier is a wonderful Civil War era tale of love between seemingly incompatible cultures.
Harriet Klausner
Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith
Harvest House, Mar 1 2012, $13.99
ISBN: 9780736947527
In 1881, Hancock hires Luke Carson as foreman of a cattle drive from El Paso to Kansas. Amish Emma Switzer and her maummi are moving from Apple Grove, Kansas to Troyer, Kansas to stay with the former’s Aunt Gerda. Emma’s widower father Jonah and her younger sister Rebecca accompany her on the journey.
Eight men rob them taking their coach with all the belongings. The Switzer family walks to nearby Gorham when Luke is tossed out of a saloon along with his intoxicated cowhand Jesse Montgomery. Jonah believes Luke was sent by the Lord while Emma thinks he is a bum. Luke gives them money to complete their journey while he and his drunken best friend rejoin the drive. When the cowhands find the wagon with the humongous hutch still in side, Luke goes back to escort the Switzer brood to their coach. He still denies the Lord sent him, but he thanks the Lord for sending him Emma.
This entertaining Amish western romance is a fun tale that fans of both sub-genres will enjoy. That is if the Amish romance crowd adapts to the changing relationship between the protagonists as it’s worth the acceptance because Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith deftly makes their road bumpy but real. The Heart’s Frontier is a wonderful Civil War era tale of love between seemingly incompatible cultures.
Harriet Klausner
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