My Heart Belongs in Fort Bliss, Texas book review

My Heart Belongs in Fort Bliss Texas

By

Erica Vetsch

    I received a complimentary copy of this book from Barbour Publishing and was under no obligation to post a review.  However, I enjoyed the book very much so I decided to post a review.

    Priscilla heads to a military post in Fort Bliss, Texas to gain custody of her brother’s twins after both parents die unexpectedly.  Upon reaching Texas Priscilla finds out the twins are staying with their uncle, Major Ryder their mother’s brother, who is a doctor/surgeon in the army.  Priscilla’s plan is to take the twins back east to live with her, but Major Ryder plans to keep the twins with him in Fort Bliss, Texas as was the wishes of the twins’ parents.

    Since Priscilla was raised by her parents in a military setting and her father being killed while being in the military she hates anything having to do with the military.  Her memories of military life were unpleasant and Priscilla insists on taking the twins back east to be raised. 

     Major Ryder, however, is attached to the twins and insists on raising them according to their parent’s wishes, in the west on the military post.  Then something happens to change his mind.  Priscilla has also had a change of heart and an unexpected turn of events change the lives of Priscilla, Major Ryder, and the twins.

     I thought this book was interesting and I enjoyed reading it.    

To Capture Her Hearty by Rebecca DeMarino

                                                           

Travel back in time to the New World in the mid 1600's to a place of conflict and romance!  Heather Flower, the daughter of the Great Sachem Wyandanch of the Montaukett Tribe was kidnapped on her wedding day by the fierce Narragansett Tribe after watching the Narragansett kill her husband.  The Narragansett left Heather Flower tied up and alone in the wilderness to die.  She was rescued by a Dutch man, Dirk Van Buren, and taken to safety by Benjamin Horton, an English man, who has known Heather Flower since her childhood.  Benjamin returns Heather Flower safely to her aunt where Heather Flower mourns the loss of her husband while her rescuer, Dirk, and her childhood friend, Benjamin, vie for her attention.  

It is a time of conflict between the Dutch, English, and Indians and also a time of conflict for Heather Flower who after mourning the loss of her husband is torn between a Dutch man and an English man.  When things heat up between the Dutch and English Heather Flower worries for the safety of both men.  When one fails to return she plans to marry the other and then the unexpected happens!  Which man will Heather Flower choose?  Well you will have to read to the end to find that out!

Rebecca DeMarino writes love, legends and lore as a historical romance author and lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. She inherited her love of baking and gardening from her mother, a love of horses, reading and writing from her dad, and the wanderlust gene from both parents. Her travels have taken her from Alaska to Nebraska and Florida, from Long Island to England and Italy, and from Washington DC to Texas, California and Guam. But usually you can find her at home, enjoying her grandchildren and baking crisp little ginger cakes. From Publisher’s Weekly ~ DeMarino’s … strong suit is recreating history and relating it to readers.