When Strangers Intrude
on Three Wild Sisters' Hidden Mountain Life,
Their World Will Never Be the Same.
on Three Wild Sisters' Hidden Mountain Life,
Their World Will Never Be the Same.
Published October 1st 2019
by Bethany House Publishers
Josephine Nordegren is one of three sisters who grew up nearly wild in southwestern Colorado. She has the archery skills of Robin Hood and the curiosity of the Little Mermaid, fascinated by but locked away from the forbidden outside world--a world she's been raised to believe killed her parents. When David Warden, a rancher, brings in a herd much too close to the girls' secret home, her older sister is especially frightened, but Jo is too interested to stay away.
David's parents follow soon on his heels, escaping bandits at their ranch. But his father is wounded and needs shelter. Josephine and her sisters have the only cabin on the mountain. Do they risk stepping into the world to help those in need? Or do they remain separated but safe in the peaks of Hope Mountain?
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My Thoughts:
Mary Connealy is one of my go-to authors, in other words one of my favorites, so when I found out she was writing a new series I could hardly wait for the release.
This is the first book in her new series, Brides of Hope Mountain.
This series centers around 3 sisters who grew up in the vast wilderness of southwestern Colorado widely known as Hope Mountain. As young children there parents went off the mountain, never returned and was assumed dead by their parents, so the raising of the children were left to the grandparents. Essentially they were taught to live off the land and to never venture off the mountain because of the wickedness and disease that was in the outside world.
This story vastly centers around the middle sibling, Josephine Nordegren. Some might think she's wild because of her ability to slip through the forest without being noticed or maybe it was her cunning with a bow and arrow. She also has a curiosity about how things work or live an likes to sit back and watch.
Curiosity gets the best of Jo when a man, David Warden, brings a herd of cattle to the valley below their cabin. David longs for a ranch of his own and if he has to move up the mountain to do it, then he will. What he doesn't expect to to find a half wild, but beautiful woman and his parents arrival soon after his with his father sporting a deadly gunshot wound. Now David knows he isn't alone of the mountain and needs to protect his family from the bandits his father fought off at his homestead and his cattle.
This historical is an action packed adventure filled with innocence, humor, romance, mystery, and faith. Jo reminded my of Katniss Everdeen from the Hunger Games. She was a lovable character, deadly with an arrow, loves her family, but at the same time she isn't afraid to try new things. David is like all people he wants something, land/ranch, to call is own. He's not afraid of hard work or danger, but is intrigued/fascinated by Jo and her ability to live off the land completely. He loves and respects his parents as is evident by the way he treats them. The plot for me was very thought provoking. The thought of living away from civilization sounds very scary to me. I guess with the sisters you don't miss something you haven't experienced and when suddenly invaded by the outside world would be scary.
This is a book that I would recommend to anyone who loves history, romance or just a good clean read.
*I received this book from the author via the publisher as part of the book blogging team. I was not required to write a positive review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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Let me give you a sneak peek at the next book in this series:
He's Seen the Entire Country.
She's Never Been Off Her Mountain Home.
When Danger Comes, This Unlikely Couple Will Need to Rely on Each Other.
After years of isolation on top of Hope Mountain, Ilsa Nordegren may finally be ready to leave. Raised to fear the world, Ilsa and her sisters never planned on coming down, but when the Warden family arrived in need, they had to help. But with the arrival of added danger, it may cost them the only life they've ever known.
Having made his fortune, Mitch Warden returned home and found the family homestead abandoned. In a land grab, a ruthless cattle baron had forced his family to escape up the mountain, and when Mitch follows, the last thing he expects is to fall smitten with a strong-willed, dark-haired woman who dresses like Robin Hood and defends herself better than most men.
Mitch is intent on helping his family reclaim their land but doesn't realize the risks his past has brought. Hired killers are tracking him, and he's determined to draw them away before anyone else gets hurt. But that means a journey to the city--and when Ilsa insists on joining him, the mismatched pair suddenly find themselves on an adventure they'll never forget.
