Kiowa Husband (Kentucky Legacy Series, No. 3 / Heartsong Presents, No. 596) [Mass Market Paperback]

DiAnn Mills (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 20, 2005

VOTED FAVOTIE HISTORICAL ROMANCE IN 2004VOTED FAVORITE HISTORICAL COVER IN 2004Sarah Jane's future lies in Oregon - or so she thinks when her parents pack their belongings to leave their home and friends in Nebraska. But typhoid strikes along the trail - and the Bensons are cut from the wagon train to protect other travelers from the dreaded disease. Sarah Jane needs help to care for her parents, and the only person willing to stay is the group's scout, Painted Hands. Troublesome stories surround the man, and Sarah Jane is terrified. Her fears only grow when the wagon master insists they marry for propriety's sake. Can true love grow out of an arranged marriage? Can Sarah Jane trust God to see her through these troubled times? Fall in love with this inspiring love story and our entire collection of Christian romance novels from Heartsong Presents!

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc (March 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593100450
• ISBN-13: 978-1593100452
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,391,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Award-winning author DiAnn Mills is a fiction writer who combines an adventuresome spirit with unforgettable characters to create action-packed novels. DiAnn's first book was published in 1998. She currently has more than fifty books in print, which have sold more than a million and a half copies.

Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists and have won placements through the American Christian Fiction Writer's Book of the Year Awards from 2003 to 2008. DiAnn was also a Carol Award finalist in 2010 & 2011. She received the Inspirational Reader's Choice award in 2005, 2007, and 2010, and was a Christy Award finalist in 2008 and a RITA Award finalist in 2010. In 2010, DiAnn won the Christy Award for Breach of Trust and in 2011 she won the Christy Award for Sworn to Protect, the first and second books in her Call of Duty series.

DiAnn is a founding board member for American Christian Fiction Writers and a member of Inspirational Writers Alive; Romance Writers of America's Faith, Hope and Love chapter; and the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association. She speaks to various groups and teaches writing workshops around the country. DiAnn is also the Craftsman mentor for the Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild.

She and her husband live in sunny Houston, Texas.


Awards
2011 Christy Award Winner - Sworn to Protect
2011 Carol Award Finalist - Pursuit of Justice
2011 Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence Finalist - Pursuit of Justice
2011 Golden Quill Award Finalist - A Woman Called Sage
2011 Award of Excellence Finalist - Pursuit of Justice
2010 Christy Award Winner - Breach of Trust
2010 Inspirational Reader's Choice Winner - Breach of Trust
2010 RITA Finalist - Breach of Trust
2010 Carol Award Finalist - Breach of Trust
2008 Christy Award Finalist - Lightning and Lace
2005 Inspirational Reader's Choice Winner - Footsteps
2005 Inspirational Reader's Choice Winner - Novella At the End of the Bayou from Hidden Motives

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book, would be better with a sequel, September 23, 2010

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Abby Smith (Cincinnati, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kiowa Husband (Kentucky Legacy Series, No. 3 / Heartsong Presents, No. 596) (Mass Market Paperback)

I'm very picky when it comes to what Christian romance I will read and I surprised myself by liking this book as much as I did. The plot was good and there were no holes that I noticed (and I will usually find them if they are there) and it was well written. It also had a good pace, something important to me because I think most novels move to slow and are too predictable.

My main complaint is that the book seemed to end too suddenly and the "epilogue" was a joke. I would give this book the highest praise if there was or comes a sequel. It was more of a first book of a series than a stand alone.

The whole book is wrapped up with dreams of the life they will find in Oregon, but it ends when they reach there and tells nothing of the life they end up establishing. Again, the epilogue gives no hint to where they really end up or what their life is like there. After a great job getting us to loves these characters, it's a let down not to know how the rest of their life ends up.

I know the Heartsong Presents series has rarely ever done sequels, although I know of one case when they did, I really hope the publishers would consider a sequel for this book. If they do, it would go down on my (short) list of all time favorite books.

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book, October 23, 2005

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Deborah Dieleman "Jen D" (Ca.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kiowa Husband (Kentucky Legacy Series, No. 3 / Heartsong Presents, No. 596) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a really wonderful book. Sarah Jane is a young girl who is forced to stay behind on a wagon trail because her parents became ill. She is forced to marry Painted Hands. A man who has little to say. Can anything good come out of an arranged marriage?