The Captive Heart By: Michelle Griep

Book Description....

"Proper English governess Eleanor Morgan flees to the colonies to escape the wrath of a an angry duke. When the Charles Town family she’s to work for never arrives to collect her from the dock, she is forced to settle for the only reputable choice remaining to her—marriage to a man she’s never met. Trapper and tracker Samuel Heath is a hardened survivor used to getting his own way by brain or by brawn, and he’s determined to find a mother for his young daughter. But finding a wife proves to be impossible. No upstanding woman wants to marry a murderer."

Title:  The Captive Heart
Author:  Michelle Griep
Publisher:  Barbour Publishing
Reviewed By:  Arlena Dean
Rating: Five
Review:

"The Captive Heart" by Michelle Griep

My Thoughts.....

What a interesting and captivating frontier read with its setting in 1770's  South Carolina colonies before the Revolutionary War where the settlers had to 'honor the crown or be punished.'  This author really knows how to keep the readers attention with there being so much going on  in this well written story from the very first chapter to the end presenting never a dull moment.  The reader can see that there was a lots of research done in this read as we learn a lots about the 'Cherokee culture.'  Be ready for a little bit of it all from 'much sorrow, redemption to love.'  This heroine Eleanor really had to learn to adapt to it all...even from having a 'marriage of convenience' after she had to flee from England. Truly what she had to go through was simply horrible and to now have to marry someone she knew nothing about due to survival.  Now, the hero Samuel was a 'backwoodsman, a trapper, half Native American' and I found it so interesting how this author brings this all out to the heroine who had no idea who he was other than being told that he was a murderer.  Now, what was up with all of that?  I won't give it away other than to say you will have to pick up the good read and see how well this author will present it all to the reader.  It is one amazing plot that I did enjoy reading.  If I had any thing I didn't care for was that the heroine at times got on  my last nerve because she didn't care to take instruction especially from her husband which did make life somewhat hard at the time.  I found the characters were well developed, well portrayed and believable giving the reader a good story with heartache, emotions, even some romantic tension and less not  leave out all the danger that seemed to be all around every corner.  I did also enjoy how this author presented the christian aspect that was presented with the many prayers that went up by the heroine and hero. After all the misunderstands that will do on will these two finally get their HEA?  Well, you will have to pick up this read to see.

So, if you are looking for a good historical fiction read with lots of adventure then I would definitely recommend "The Captive Heart' to you as a good read.


I received a copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.