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The Heart's Charge by Karen Witemeyer Review

 Hello Friends :)

I hope you're all doing well, and I want to thank you all for making your way over to The Preppy Book Princess for another book review.

What are you currently reading? Are you the type of reader that only reads one book at a time, or are you the type, like me, who often has multiple books going at once?

Today I'm excited to share a review with you all of another one of my favorite author's newer releases.

Keep reading for my full review. 


The Heart's Charge by Karen Witemeyer:


Source: Libby App

Publisher: Bethany House

Publication Date: June 1st, 2021

Genre: Christian Fiction/Historical Fiction/Western

Series: Hanger's Horsemen


Synopsis:

For years they've been nomads for justice, but a final mission may just lead their hearts home.


Members of the legendary Hanger's Horsemen, Mark Wallace and Jonah Brooks arrive in Llano County, Texas, to deliver a steed, never expecting they'd help deliver a baby as well. Left with an infant to care for, they head to a nearby foundling home, where Mark encounters the woman he nearly married a decade ago.

After failing at love, Katherine Palmer has dedicated her life to caring for children, teaming up with Eliza Southerland to start Harmony House. Eliza understands the pain of not fitting society's mold, being illegitimate and of mixed ancestry. Yet those are the very attributes that lead her to minister to outcast children. The taciturn Jonah intrigues her by defying all her stereotypes of men, but there are secrets behind his eyes—ghosts from wars past and others still being waged.

When the Horsemen hear rumors of missing children, they stay to investigate, sticking close to Harmony House and its beautiful owners. As they work together to uncover the truth, love and danger grow hand in hand until a final sinister scheme threatens to destroy them all.

(synopsis from goodreads)

My Review:

I didn't actually read the first book in the Hanger's Horsemen series, but I couldn't wait to dive into this one. Karen Witemeyer is one of my all time favorites, and I love how she continues to be an author I can rely on to write clean, faith based fiction that keeps Jesus at the heart of the story.

The Heart's Charge is a dual romance story full of diverse characters, hope and grace, and a mystery that keeps the reader engaged right through the final pages. I ended up loving all four of the main characters, and I really enjoyed how both of the romances are different, yet equally interesting and entertaining to the reader. Katherine and Mark's is a second chance romance, with a touch of scandal in their past, and I loved how the author used that to demonstrate how much that incident changed them, especially in regard to how much their faith was strengthened along the way. Jonah and Eliza have had to fight harder than anyone to make their way in this world, and both are hesitant to open up and trust someone, but if they can only find the strength and trust to do so, God may just have amazing things in store for them both.

As the romances start to develop, tragedy is occurring within the community, and these four will stop at nothing to stand up for children who have been failed so many times by those who should have been protecting them. The story reminds us all of the importance of faith, family and friends, and stays pretty clean throughout, which I definitely appreciated.

My only complaints were that I thought the ending wrapped up too quickly, and I would have liked a little bit more resolution than there was. However, I still loved it, and can't wait to go back and read the first book in the series, hopefully very soon.


Final Rating: 4/5.

Thanks so much for reading guys! Have a great rest of your day :)

This is not a sponsored post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. The photo does not belong to me, and all rights to the respective owners. 

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