My Review - The Colonel's Lady

I thoroughly enjoyed THE COLONEL’S LADY by Laura Frantz.

Roxanna Rowan a refined Virginian woman is heading to Kentucky to reunite with her father who is under the command of Colonel Cassius McLinn. Upon her arrival she finds her father has been killed in a recent campaign. Without funds or family, she has no choice but to stay at Fort Endeavor until it is safe to travel home. Knowing her father thought the world of Colonel McLinn, Roxanna tries to see the good in the stoic, terse, and intimidating man. When she finds herself drawn to the puzzling Colonel, she tries to deny her feelings if only to protect herself from further disappointment.

Colonel Cassius McLinn, is dumb-founded when he returns from his recent campaign to find Roxanna Rowan at Fort Endeavor looking for her father. Though he breaks the heart-rendering news of her father’s death, he withholds the details that even he is having a hard time dealing with. Though Cassius promised Roxanna’s father he would provide for her, he never expected his heart to get so involved with the spirited, yet gentle woman. Knowing he will not be able to make a future with her, he does his best to keep her at arms-length.

THE COLONEL’S LADY is vividly descriptive and laden with rich characters. As with any good romance, you know Roxanna and the Colonel will end up together, but with some very difficult obstacles to overcome, you can’t help but read on to see how these two will ever be able to reconcile their feelings for each other. I usually don’t like it when books have rabbit trails storylines just to add time and weight to a book. But, Ms. Frantz inserted such interesting characters, I didn’t mind at all from time to time when the story switched from Cassius and Roxanna to some of the other minor characters. I was completely caught off guard with one of the surprising discoveries and please to know another obstacle was resolved in a satisfying way. I really enjoyable book. I own THE FRONSTIERSMAN’S DAUGHTER by Laura Frantz but haven’t had time to read it. I will be making time in the weeks to come.

Book provided for review purposes.

“Available August 2011 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.”