With her debut novel The Frontiersman’s Daughter, Laura Frantz pulled us into the history of Kentuke and a frontier that we don’t see many published books touch on. Her sequel, Courting Morrow Little returns us to that time once more. And once again, I wasn’t disappointed.

The book opens on a tragic moment in Morrow Little’s life that sets the tone for her life. Shawnee have destroyed her family and her ability to forgive. Years later she’s returning to her father and her home on the Red River after spending time with her aunt in Philadelphia. While the Revolutionary War rages back east, a war between the white settlers and the Shawnee is coming to a head. In the midst of the trouble Morrow finds herself drawn to a half-blood warrior, Red Shirt. The more time she spends with this man her pa has come to see as a son, the more she learns to let go of her bitterness toward the Shawnee for what they did and forgive. But Morrow’s beauty has put Red Shirt and her father in peril. A violent Major wants her for himself and will go to any lengths to take what he deems his, removing any obstacle in his path.

A wonderfully written book that engages you from the get go. The setting and its history are immersing. An excellent follow up to Laura Frantz’s first novel. If you’re looking for a historical novel during the late 1770′s this should be a book you get. The history is rich and the lives of the next generation of settlers draws you in.

ABOUT BOOK:

Caught between the wilderness and civilization, Morrow Little must find her way to true love.

Morrow Little is haunted by the memory of the day her family was torn apart by raiding Shawnee warriors. Now that she is nearly a grown woman and her father is ailing, she must make difficult choices about the future. Several men–ranging from the undesired to the unthinkable–vie for her attentions, but she finds herself inexplicably drawn to a forbidden love that both terrifies and intrigues her. Can she betray the memory of her lost loved ones–and garner suspicion from her friends–by pursuing a life with him? Or should she seal her own misery by marrying a man she doesn’t love?

This sweeping tale of romance and forgiveness will envelop you as it takes you from a Kentucky fort through the vast wilderness of the West.

ABOUT AUTHOR:

Laura Frantz credits her 100-year-old grandmother as being the catalyst for her fascination with Kentucky history. Frantz’s family followed Daniel Boone into Kentucky in 1792 and settled in Madison County, where her family still resides. Frantz is the author of The Frontiersman’s Daughter and currently lives in the misty woods of Washington state with her husband and two sons.

Available July 2010 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.