{From the Publisher}:

Though she had planned to spend the summer in Vermont, Abigail Harding cannot dismiss her concerns over her older sister. Charlotte’s letters have been uncharacteristically melancholy, and her claims that nothing is wrong ring false, so Abigail heads west to Fort Laramie, Wyoming. When her stagecoach is attacked, Wyoming promises to be anything but boring. Luckily, the heroics of another passenger, Lieutenant Ethan Bowles, save the day.

Abigail plans to marry when she returns to Vermont, just as soon as she attends to her sister. As the summer passes, she finds herself drawn to this rugged land and to a certain soldier determined to persuade her to stay. When summer ends, will she go back East, or will she find her heart’s true home?

{My Thoughts}:

Twenty-four hours after finishing this book, I’m still thinking about the story, finding myself lost in the world of Fort Laramie, WY, in the summer of 1885. This was the first book that I’ve read by Amanda Cabot, but it will definitely not be my last. Summer of Promise had me hooked early on, and I found myself more and more engrossed in the story the more I read.

A mystery, a history, and a romance in one, Summer of Promise is the first in the “Westward Winds” series by Amanda Cabot, and in my opinion, it is a great read. I loved the way the author built up the story, taking her time to develop relationships between characters, allowing the characters to face several conflicts during the course of the story. It was only the ending that seemed a bit rushed and abrupt. I’m hoping that the Abigail and Ethan’s story will be “resolved” in the next book in this series.

I give this book five out of five stars, even with the abrupt ending.

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Thanks to Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, for a copy of Summer of Promise for review. Pick up your copy today from your favorite bookseller!

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