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I was really looking forward to this book because I absolutely loved the two previous books. I knew there would be two new main characters but I was looking forward to more of the story of Charles and Naomi. Charles was well represented in the book but there was little of Naomi and almost none of Charles and Naomi.

The main characters of Logan and Delilah/Victoria I just could not understand. Most of their actions were contradictory to what we knew about them. Logan continually told people of the peace he found in the Lord after his wicked past but he did not act like a man at peace. The entire story he continued to blame himself for EVERYTHING and said what a failure he was. He was never able to forgive himself. Delilah was extremely bad and her "reasons" for doing so just didn't add up. Their love for each other I simply did not buy, not based on how the two interacted with each other. Definitely NOT my idea of love.

There were also many plot points that were a complete re-hash of book one just with different characters.

I found the book to be bleak, the Christian message was lost and the characters I loved from the first two books were either hardly mentioned or they acted in ways I would not have expected.


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A Promise in Defiance A Christian Historical Western Romance Set in Colorado Romance in the Rockies Book 3 edition by Heather Blanton Religion Spirituality eBooks Reviews

Great continuation of the saga of the town of Defiance. This story is primarily about God's grace. Charles and Logan were completely changed by turning their lives over to Jesus. They are not perfect men. They fall into sin, they make poor choices but they come back to God and keep on trying to live a life pleasing to Him. I loved the character of Logan. He liked his old town and church. He didn't want to come to Defiance. But he obeyed God. He had a heart for telling the gospel and was willing to risk his life to do what was right. He lived his faith. Delilah was so evil it was hard to imagine how she could ever change. But the story showed that the wrongs that were done to her was what made her what she was. Yet she was doing the same thing to other young women and girls. The ending was not what I wanted and it stayed with me for several days. I wanted Logan to go back with Delilah to find her mother. I hated what happened. But if that is what it took for Delilah to turn to Jesus then I think Logan would have been satisfied with the outcome. Perhaps the romance in the title is really the romance between sinful man and the God that loves us. I think the author did an excellent job of staying historically and scripturally true. There are so many quotes I could share here but read the story for yourself (many are mentioned in the other reviews). I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.
This third novel in Heather Frey Blanton's Romance in the Rockies Series is another winner. Heather is above most writers in that she makes you truly became a part of her story and care deeply about her characters. She presents deep truths about God and what it is to be a true Believer in the toughest situations people can face, whether the danger is physical, emotional, mental, especially spiritual, or even, all of the above. This book is full of excitement and twists that build and build until it seems the literal fires of hell are unleashed as the town and her characters face so many obstacles to creating the moral town they want to live in.

After cleaning up so much of the evil vices that had been a part of Defiance since Charles McIntyre founded the town when he started his gold mine, the main characters are hopeful that Defiance will be incorporated and laws put in place to keep morals and peace. However, the evil characters who come there are truly evil, especially the owner of the new house of ill repute, a woman who calls herself Delilah, and comes with one of the worst personal grudges I have ever read about. She and her "silent" partner bring chaos to the town and threaten to destroy any hopes of ever changing Defiance's reputation as the worst, most immoral town in the West. But, even a beautiful woman who is willing to do such shockingly debased things is also loved by God. She also has a bitter story of growing up in an extremely bad situation.

Along with her, the handsome and loving new preacher also has had a bad time as a youth that made him known as a very cold blooded gunslinger among other things. Heather is such a great writer that the reader cannot help but fall in love with this truly humble, genuine man whose greatest desire is to serve the Lord and keep evil from overtaking this town he had once lived in while he was a very different man. Just as Heather's writing talents make the Preacher a great character the audience feels they know and love so well, she also makes the reader despise Delilah and other characters who are bent on destruction and getting revenge against the most innocent in town.

Hidden agendas and other circumstances that involve the entire cast of characters from her previous novels combine for an explosive ending. On the cover, Heather says that choices have consequences - the concept that choices by unsaved people as well as saved people, who are not perfect until they are in heaven and still sin on a daily basis, affects others in ways that are obvious but also many times ways that are not obvious. In the book she ties in her theme and the biblical truth that people who don't know Christ and those who do know Him are all vulnerable to acts of sin that can become very destructive. Just because most of our major characters in this story are Believers, each one of them as well as Believers today, are still sinners who must guard their thoughts and actions with prayer and total dependence on God's grace through His gift of Jesus Christ's death on the cross. Sin always has some kind of consequence, no matter how big or small and leads us to learn and grow in our relationship with Jesus. Heather means what she says which leads to an end that will shock her fans but also shows the true sacrifice of Jesus; and how if we truly believe in Him and His word, genuine Christians must be willing to sacrifice everything for their Savior and to bring others to know Him.

I was given this book for free in exchange for my honest review.
I was really looking forward to this book because I absolutely loved the two previous books. I knew there would be two new main characters but I was looking forward to more of the story of Charles and Naomi. Charles was well represented in the book but there was little of Naomi and almost none of Charles and Naomi.

The main characters of Logan and Delilah/Victoria I just could not understand. Most of their actions were contradictory to what we knew about them. Logan continually told people of the peace he found in the Lord after his wicked past but he did not act like a man at peace. The entire story he continued to blame himself for EVERYTHING and said what a failure he was. He was never able to forgive himself. Delilah was extremely bad and her "reasons" for doing so just didn't add up. Their love for each other I simply did not buy, not based on how the two interacted with each other. Definitely NOT my idea of love.

There were also many plot points that were a complete re-hash of book one just with different characters.

I found the book to be bleak, the Christian message was lost and the characters I loved from the first two books were either hardly mentioned or they acted in ways I would not have expected.