A Daughter's Quest
by Lena Nelson Dooley
Released: March 2010
259 pages
Thorndike Press Large Print Christian Romance Series
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A Daughter's Quest
Wild Prairie Roses - Book 1 Constance Miller is on a mission As he lies dying, Constance’s father asks her to seek out a troubled friend of his from the war and tell him about God’s love. Although she would rather stay with those she has known all her life, Constance obeys her father’s wishes. She leaves her home in the mountains of Arkansas on a quest to find Jim Mitchell, reportedly living in Iowa. Constance soon discovers that locating Jim will not be as easy as she had hoped, especially if she wants to avoid raising suspicions among the townsfolk of Browning City. And for reasons that escape her, the local blacksmith, Hans Van de Kieft, seems to take her on as his special concern, shadowing her every step. Will Constance find Jim, or will her quest lead her instead to a destiny prepared by her heavenly Father, on that she would have never envisioned on her own? “He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.” – Proverbs 16:20
A Daughter's Quest is a 2007 Book of the Year finalist at American Christian Fiction Writers.
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Wow, wow, and triple wow! What a sweet romance. Boy, that Constance Miller sure gets herself into a lot of predicaments. But, Mr. hunky, aka Hans Van de Keift, the muscular, buff-to-die-for smithy, never hesitates to rescue her... and trail her. Hmmmm. How come? Yeah right. As if I'd tell. Constance has a secret that makes Hans wonder if she can be trusted. Can you guess what it is? No. Well, buy the book and find out. Oh, and what do Jim Mitchell, a mysterious dying wish, Constance, Hans, an abandoned house, stolen gold, a horse accident, splinters and broken boards all have in common? A really sweet, adventurous, romantic, intriguing, utterly fantastic story. That's what. If you haven't read A DAUGHTER'S QUEST, well I suggest you make haste and run right out and purchase it. Or, go to Heartsong Presents website and order it.
For your 411, Lena Nelson Dooley has such a delightful way with description and setting. And the characters in A DAUGHTER'S QUEST---Well, think of them this way---When the plot goes away, memorable character's stay. |
| — Debra Ullrick - http://www.christianromancewriter.blogspot.com |
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In her novel A Daughter’s Quest, author Lena Nelson Dooley carries you to nineteenth century Iowa, a place where summer breezes sweep over flower-strewn hills, where wagon wheels sigh along the road on a Saturday afternoon. It is a place where a young woman could almost forget the difficult promise she made to her dying father.
After burying her father in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, the only home she has ever known, Constance Miller journeys to Browning City, Iowa to search for a friend of her father’s from the war. She is to give the man, Jim Mitchell, a message: Return the stolen shipment of Yankee gold, and accept God’s forgiveness and love.
Constance’s quest to find Jim Mitchell is even more difficult than she imagined, and now Browning City’s handsome blacksmith, Hans Van de Keift, who has come to her aid more than once, has made it his place to keep her out of trouble.
Constance must carry out her father’s last request, but there is also a tug in her heart, one that tells her there may be another, special, reason God brought her to this place.
Sweet and romantic, A Daughter’s Quest had me wishing I could travel back in time to experience the warmth of simple good-hearted people, and feel stirrings of young love during a picnic in the shade of a tree. |
| — Tammy Barley |
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