My Thoughts:
Rose’s Redemption is Book Two in Author Donna L H Smith’s Historical Christian Western fiction series. I really enjoyed this book. It can be read as a stand alone. Book One is Meghan’s Choice.
The author takes readers back to 1870’s New Boston, Kansas, a gritty railroad town, for Book Two in her Known by Heart Series. Here we are reunited with old friends and make new ones. The book grabbed my attention from the beginning and I was immediately invested in the story.
The characters are realistic and wonderful. They are well rounded with flaws as well as redeeming characteristics. The town is a rough, Western town with bars, cowboys, and a railroad. My favorite thing is the boarding house. Author Smith does an excellent job taking me there.
The author has done her research well on that time period and place. She writes with a love for God and it shines through her story. I love Christian fiction that brings glory to God.
This tale deals with love, trust, forgiveness, prejudice, and redemption. There are many life lessons tucked in this story. It has a few twists to keep readers on their toes and want to keep turning those pages. I thought it was better than book one.
I highly recommend this western Fiction book. Most anyone will enjoy it and be inspired. It gets a 4 out of 5 stars from me. Celebrate Lit provided a copy but this is my honest review.
About the Book
Book: Rose’s Redemption
Author: Donna L. H. Smith
Genre: Christian Western
Release Date: November, 2018
A Former Dance Hall Girl. A Handsome Young Doctor. Can Rose overcome her past? That’s Rose’s Redemption
Rose Rhodes changed not only her name after the tornado; she changed her outward appearance. No more was she Rosalie O’Roarke, former dance hall girl. She loves her new work as a nurse-in-training to handsome Doctor Scott Allison. As Scott and Rose’s relationship begins to change from professional to personal, they must deal with figures from Rose’s past who make life anything but easy. Rose is concerned that the town will discover her dance hall girl past, especially when Jake Thomas, the man who viciously beat her, asks all over town where Rosalie O’Roarke went. But both Rose and Scott are in for surprise encounters with Christ that will change their lives forever and help them see His plan for them. In fact, they will see God at work all over New Boston.
Rose’s Redemption won second place in the 2017 Golden Leaf Award at the Advance Novelist Retreat and was a finalist in the American Christian Fiction Writers’ Phoenix Rattler Contest.
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About the Author
Donna L.H. Smith is a Kansas prairie girl transplanted to Lancaster County, PA. She is a graduate of Christian Writer’s Guild Craftsman program and holds two college degrees, both B.S. and M.A. in Mass Communication. She’s been married to a wonderful man named Kirby for thirty years. Her debut novel, Meghan’s Choice, made the finals of both the Selah and Will Rogers Medallion Awards. Rose’s Redemption, the sequel, also made the Selah Award finals in 2019. She blogs, speaks at workshops and holds inner healing retreats. Although she is at an age where many begin slowing down, she wouldn’t think of it. She served as Managing Editor of www.almostanauthor.com, an award-winning website for writers. She continues to serve as ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) Mid-Atlantic Zone Director. She is also a member of AWSA’s Protégé program (Advanced Writers & Speaker’s Association).
More from Donna
Rose’s Redemption is the second book in the Known by Heart series. There were interesting challenges to this book.
First, how to change a rascal of an antagonist from Meghan’s Choice, to the romantic hero of Rose’s Redemption.
Second, I serve a supernatural God, so I wanted to include a little something different. It’s not spec-fic, but I hope people will enjoy Rafe. Answer the question for yourself whether or not he is an angel.
Third, I included in Rose’s history a bombshell from her mother. That was personal to me, only I didn’t discover it until two years ago.
The point of Rose’s Redemption is that our faith or our change cannot just be external, as Rose tried to do by changing her name, her appearance, and her profession—but an internal change of heart, too.
God is in the business of change
Blog Stops
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Connie’s History Classroom, September 7
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, September 8
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, September 8
For Him and My Family, September 9
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, September 10
Stephanie’s Life of Determination, September 11
Abba’s Prayer Warrior Princess, September 12
Texas Book-aholic, September 13
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A Reader’s Brain, September 15
Inklings and notions , September 16
Library Lady’s Kid Lit, September 17 (Author Interview)
Blossoms and Blessings, September 18 (Author Interview)
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Donna is giving away the grand prize of a signed copy of her book!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
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