Montana Territory in 1883 was a dangerous place - especially when a runaway horse nearly plunged Noelle Kramer into a rushing, ice-choked river, before a stranger's strong, sure hand saved her and her aunt from certain death.
But Thad McKaslin, isn't a stranger He's the man who had once loved her more than life itself. Losing her had shaken all his most deeply held beliefs. Now he wondered if the return of this strong woman was a sign that somehow he could find his way home. There are surprises in store for each one of them. The first obvious one is that Noelle can no longer see, she was blinded by an accident but she's still as independent as she can be.
I liked the book but found it wallowed a little too long on the regrets side of the story, for both of them. Yes, it was necessary to show what each had lost, and to stir the feelings but I was glad other parts of the story kind of kept my attention as well.
There was a section that I really found insightful:
"It's easy to fall into the habit of walking through life. It's safer. Because you don't have to risk as much. You don't have to really feel. Maybe that had been his problem more than he'd realized. He'd gotten awful used to walking through his life instead of feeling it. That made it tough to know anything much of value, including God's presence".
Even though I liked the book, that paragraph alone, just might have made the whole book worth it. Something we tend to forget, because we are so busy rushing through our lives.
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