Fourteen years of constant vigilance hardens a man. Yet when Travis Archer confronts a female trespasser with the same vivid blue eyes as the courageous young girl he once aided, he can't bring himself to send her away. And when an act of sacrifice leaves her injured and her reputation in shreds, gratitude and guilt send him riding to her rescue once again.
Four brothers. Four straws. One bride. Despite the fact that Travis is no longer the gallant youth Meredith once dreamed about, she determines to stand by his side against the enemy that threatens them both. But will love ever be hers? Or will Travis always see her merely as a short-straw bride?"
I really, really like Karen Witemeyer's Christian historical romances. They have the perfect balance of spirituality and sensuality, I think. Or maybe the word "sensuality" creates the wrong impression. What I mean is that her characters have good chemistry. Some Christian romance reviewers, I have noticed, reject all evidence of sexual attraction between their main characters, but I think that a good romance must have that little zing of chemistry in order to actually BE a romance. And attraction, we hope, would be a component in all successful romantic relationships, no matter how morally clean these relationships are, right? Hm.
Anyway, this was a sweet book with less of a spiritual conflict for our main characters, perhaps, than some of her others. Tailor Made was about judgments, To Win Her Heart about forgiveness and the atonement (can't remember what the third one highlighted). This one was more about patience and unconditional love and acceptance, perhaps--the plot was not as spiritually driven as her previous books. However, it didn't take away a bit from my enjoyment of another adorable Karen Witemeyer story.
Bad language: nope
Sex: nope--although they were married and so there are references to sex as part of marriage. No sex scenes. Some kisses.
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