Helpful Score: 4
Nobody writes frontier romance like Laura Frantz! The Colonel's Lady is yet another example of Christian fiction at it's finest. This book is not simply a historical romance but a story of loss, hope, and the resilience of the human spirit. The beautiful and dangerous Kentucke territory has never been more alive to me and characters have never spoken to me more in any Christian book I've read. From the first shocking accident of an on edge militia to the tender ministrations and care of a lover to his beloved on her sickbed to the final shocking revelation, The Colonel's Lady will leave your heart topsy turvy. If Cass and Roxanna's unfolding relationship doesn't keep you riveted to the page nothing will. Be prepared to stay up long into the night even after the final page is turned thinking about all that happened, not just between the hero and heroine, but at Fort Endeavor and on the battlefield. Make room for The Colonel's Lady on your keeper shelf right beside The Frontiersman's Daughter and Courting Morrow Little.
Helpful Score: 3
A fantastic, larger-than-life, bittersweet, beautifully written historical romance
Mrs. Frantz takes us, the reader, through an accurately portrayed voyage in the course of an important moment within our own history in The Colonels Lady. This is a story of love, sorrow, hope, and struggles of our brave men and women faced daily in the late 1700s in Kentucky. This is Roxanna Rowan and Cass McLinns story. I dont want to give too much of the story and plot away but.
Roxanna travels to Kentucky to surprise her father, the only person she has left to her, after her mothers death and her fiancé left her for another woman. But instead of the surprise she dreamed of she was faced with heartache her father was dead and she has lost everything left to her, including any means to live and support herself when she lost everything to the raging river, the same river that was to take her to her father.
At Fort Endeavor she meets Colonel Cass McLinn, who has promised her father that he would look after his daughter. To keep this promise he gives Roxanna her fathers old job and a place to live. During the course of keeping his promise he gains more than he gives when God bestows upon him more than he ever thought or dreamed possible.
This is a very well written story of loss and the struggles men and women faced daily on the frontier yet it is also a story hope and love. If you are a lover of romance, this is the book for you. If you are a lover of history, this is a book for you. If you are a lover of God, this is a book for you. Or if you are just a lover of fantastically written stories than this is the book for you. Share Roxanna and Cass journey, you wont be disappointed.
Mrs. Frantz takes us, the reader, through an accurately portrayed voyage in the course of an important moment within our own history in The Colonels Lady. This is a story of love, sorrow, hope, and struggles of our brave men and women faced daily in the late 1700s in Kentucky. This is Roxanna Rowan and Cass McLinns story. I dont want to give too much of the story and plot away but.
Roxanna travels to Kentucky to surprise her father, the only person she has left to her, after her mothers death and her fiancé left her for another woman. But instead of the surprise she dreamed of she was faced with heartache her father was dead and she has lost everything left to her, including any means to live and support herself when she lost everything to the raging river, the same river that was to take her to her father.
At Fort Endeavor she meets Colonel Cass McLinn, who has promised her father that he would look after his daughter. To keep this promise he gives Roxanna her fathers old job and a place to live. During the course of keeping his promise he gains more than he gives when God bestows upon him more than he ever thought or dreamed possible.
This is a very well written story of loss and the struggles men and women faced daily on the frontier yet it is also a story hope and love. If you are a lover of romance, this is the book for you. If you are a lover of history, this is a book for you. If you are a lover of God, this is a book for you. Or if you are just a lover of fantastically written stories than this is the book for you. Share Roxanna and Cass journey, you wont be disappointed.
Helpful Score: 1
I found this book to be a good read. It kept me wondering what would happen next. I thought I had the bad guy all figured out. I was wrong to the end. A good look at how it really was.
Very rarely does a mixture of heartache, forgiveness, and love come together in a more beautiful picture than The Colonel's Lady. Very rarely am I entranced by a book with characters that are so flawed, yet completely human. And very rarely do I discover an author whose books are like water to my parched soul. I drank in every drop of this book, and when finished, sat back and breathed a very contented sigh of happiness.
There are a lot of talented authors in this world, but Laura Frantz is truly in a class of her own. She takes a period in American history wrought with strife and bloodshed, and then creates beauty from ashes with a love story that is forever enduring. It is a love story that, at times, is painful to read because war is on the horizon, not only with the enemy, but within the hearts of several at Fort Endeavor. But it also a story of hope that lies in the eyes of a sweet girl named Abby who captures the hearts of both the colonel and his lady.
Out of Laura's three novels, this one is by far her very best. Early American history has never been as fascinating to me as it is when I'm reading one of her well-researched stories. I sincerely hope that Laura will never stray from writing about this particular era of history where life-changing decisions were made for so many, but love lasted for a lifetime. My rating is a well-deserved 5 Stars.
There are a lot of talented authors in this world, but Laura Frantz is truly in a class of her own. She takes a period in American history wrought with strife and bloodshed, and then creates beauty from ashes with a love story that is forever enduring. It is a love story that, at times, is painful to read because war is on the horizon, not only with the enemy, but within the hearts of several at Fort Endeavor. But it also a story of hope that lies in the eyes of a sweet girl named Abby who captures the hearts of both the colonel and his lady.
Out of Laura's three novels, this one is by far her very best. Early American history has never been as fascinating to me as it is when I'm reading one of her well-researched stories. I sincerely hope that Laura will never stray from writing about this particular era of history where life-changing decisions were made for so many, but love lasted for a lifetime. My rating is a well-deserved 5 Stars.
It's been a while since I've read a book that I wish would never end, but that's how I felt about this book. You are hooked from the very beginning with detailed descriptions of the frontier, realistic characters, and a plot that keeps you guessing with a little romance tossed in the mix. I highly recommend this book to historical fiction and romance fans!
A Laura Frantz well written book.
The best book I have ever read!!! Highly recommended!
