I feel our society pushes women to be more independent, like Sarah. It was a romance I just kept waiting to happen. The things she did for him to help him out before the two were openly romantic with each other felt like flirting and the kind of help you only give someone who you want to be a permanent fixture in your life.

Especially when Rodolfo proposed, I was surprised she even considered him with Udell right in front of her nose. I thought she’d appreciate a man like Jack. He’s a gentleman and reminded me a bit of Sarah’s late husband, Jack. Udell was my favorite character and I was rooting for him from the moment he arrived. It seemed like sending some of them to Chicago for a chunk of the novel was a way to deal with fewer of them for a time. I did feel there were a few too many characters, though. Mary Pearl is a very dynamic character and Charlie grows up a lot during the book. I think she contrasts well with Savannah as they’re both strong but in very different ways. She’s a strong woman in a place that demands strong people. I’m not sure I was as forgiving this time around. That helped me forgive what seemed disjointed in that story.

If I remember correctly, the first book was loosely based on a relative of the author. Most things didn’t seem logically connected and sometimes they weren’t. There are a lot of things happening at once and not all of them seem to wrap up well nor at the same time. Sarah’s life is portrayed very realistically in that it’s not a clean arc. I think that the summary captures the disjointed nature of this book well. And then Udell Hanna and his son come riding down the dusty road…

Though her wealthy neighbor has asked her to wed, Sarah doesn’t entirely trust him.

But she never stops longing for the passion she once knew. Sarah is a pioneer of the truest spirit, courageous but gentle as she fights to save her family’s home. She and her father-in-law cannot even imagine the devastation that awaits them as they embark on a rescue mission to the stricken city. As he schemes and stalls, he develops an attraction to Sarah that turns into a frightening infatuation.Īnd just when it seems that life couldn’t get worse, Sarah learns that her brother and his family have been trapped in the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. Desperate, Sarah’s mother hires a water witch, a peculiar desert wanderer named Lazrus who claims to know where to find water. When Sarah’s well goes dry and months pass with barely a trace of rain, Sarah feels herself losing her hold upon the land. In 1906, the badlands of Southern Arizona Territory is a desolate place where a three-year drought has changed the landscape for all time. Other books by Turner reviewed on this blog: Sarah’s Quilt (Sarah Agnes Prine #2) by Nancy E.

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