This book took me by surprise several times, which is something I always enjoy. As one reviewer said very well, "Make no mistake about it, this is a Christian author who has found her unique voice that incorporates prayer and scripture into the plot in such a way that it becomes an integral part of the story"; which is another reason I enjoyed this book and this series of stories so much.

In this story Gertie is a green-eyes beautiful young woman who leaves her home at a young age, because her mother sends her off to be a mail-order bride. Gertie didn't grow up with love being shown to her at all by her father, but she still had a very sweet spirit about her. When she is rejected by the mail-order husband, she will find herself being employed by a doctor through a chance meeting of someone on the train. Here she will blossom, love will be found, but tragedy too. It is the 1860's in Colorado and life is not easy and you will find many wonderful characters who are dealing with conflicts and sorrow in their life, but life on the frontier will make you strong, and a love for the Lord will carry you through.

I highly recommend you read these stories in the order they were written in this series, because each story is like a continuation of the story before it and the author does a great job of tying up loose ends in each of her stories that took place in a previous story. Love that too! I have come to really enjoy the way this author writes and although I am eager to read the last story in the series, I will also be sad to see the series come to an end.

To find out more about this author and this series you can go to: http://www.elainelittau.com/ ( )