Saturday, February 4, 2012

Summer of Promise by Amanda Cabot ~ review



Product Details

  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Revell (January 1, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0800734599
  • ISBN-13: 978-0800734596

Book Description

January 1, 2012
Though she had planned to spend the summer in Vermont with her sweetheart, Abigail Harding cannot dismiss her concerns over her older sister. Charlotte's letters have been uncharacteristically melancholy, and her claims that nothing is wrong ring false, so Abigail heads West to Wyoming. The endless prairie seems monotonous, but when her stagecoach is attacked, Wyoming promises to be anything but boring. Luckily, the heroics of another passenger, Lieutenant Ethan Bowles, save the day.

When circumstances--and perhaps a bit of matchmaking--put Abigail and Ethan together, there's certainly attraction. But Abigail is planning to marry another man and return to life in Vermont as soon as she is finished attending to her sister. And Ethan loves his life in the Army and the wilds of Wyoming. When summer ends, will Abigail go back East? Or will she fall in love with this rugged land herself?

Book 1 of the new Westward Winds series, Summer of Promise is a tale of following your heart to unexpected places. Readers will enjoy Amanda Cabot's passionate characters and vibrant setting in the beautiful high prairie.

My take on this book:
If your a fan of historical fiction where there is always plenty going on then your in for a real treat with "Summer Of Promise" by Amanda Cabot!

This book draws the reader back in time to the summer of 1885. Abigail Harding's life was pretty well planned out, she lives in Vermont teaches school and plans to marry her beau.Letters from her sister Charlotte has her worried though so she decides to take a trip to Wyoming and spend the summer with her sister. Before she ever arrives a fellow passenger Lt. Ethan Bowles, saves her stagecoach from being robbed. Will she only spend the summer or does fate have something else in store for Abigail?
This is the first book in the exciting new historical fiction series "Westward Winds." Abigail was such a wonderful character, she was a very brave ,level headed person, and from the beginning my heart wanted her and Ethan together. 
While many historical romances are pretty predictable, not so with this book, the author provides a few twists and turns that really held my attention. While the ending was satisfying there were a few loose ends which leaves me anxious for the next book in the series!


Amanda Cabot is an author who really knows how to bring historical fiction to life, with easy to relate to characters and a story line that grabbed my attention from the first page and kept me intrigued until the final sentence!


Available February 2012 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.


2 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this book, sounds wonderful-I like to read about this time in history. I will be looking for this one.
    Paula O(kyflo130@yahoo.com)

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  2. I'm so glad you enjoyed Summer of Promise!

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