Tucson: Sonoran Sunrise/Sonoran Star/Sonoran Sweetheart/Sonoran Secret

Sonoran Desert #1-4

by Nancy J. Farrier

Travel back in time to the 1870s when a small fort protected settlers of the Arizona desert - and a small town called Tucson was beginning to flourish. Meet the women who made faith, hope, and love blossom under the blazing sun. Glorianna, a pampered army captain's daughter, comes to Camp MacDowell reeling from the loss of her mother - and demanding that her father return her to the East. Can Lieutenant Conlon Sullivan tame this wild filly? Kathleen is wrongly accused of a crime the moment she steps from the stagecoach. Will Deputy Quinn Kirby see through a veil of distrust to glimpse the innocent woman with inner beauty? Lavette wears her bitterness like a yoke - one that hinders a fresh start in a new place. Can Josiah, the giant blacksmith, gently convince her to forget the past and embrace forgiveness? Chiquita was bartered away in marriage as settlement for her father's sizeable debt. How will Eduardo Villegas react when he realizes she's not what he expected? Follow the fascinating life journeys of four pioneering women. Can they learn to love the land, its Creator, and the men who tame the wild desert?

Genres: Christian Fiction, Christian Romance, Christian, Love Inspired

480 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2003

About the author

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Nancy J. Farrier grew up on a small farm in the Midwest amidst a close-knit family and a large extended family. She loved farm life including the animals, cooking, gardening and canning, but not so much the cleaning house part. A little-known fact is that she preferred to help with feeding cattle or mending fence than helping with housework.

In school Nancy often got in trouble in history class for hiding a fiction book in her text book to read during the teacher’s lecture. Or, she daydreamed her way through classes, writing stories in her head instead of paying attention to the teacher. English and Literature were her favorite classes.

Now, a best-selling, award winning author of historical and contemporary Christian fiction, Nancy lives in the Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona and loves to research and include bits of history in her books. She often incorporates her love of the Southwest into her settings as the Southwest has a rich history that lends itself to fiction, and historical characters that come to life on the page.

Reviews

[Meredith (Austenesque Reviews) · Rating 5 out of 5]

The genre of this book I would describe as a Historical Christian Romance. It is historical because it takes you back to the 1870's, there are a lot of religious undertones, and it is a mild romance. Everything is G rated. It is filled with four short novellas. Each one is about 100 pages and feels like a complete novel. The best thing is all four stories are connected. The characters from the first still appear in the last. If you have questions about your faith or have recently accepted Jesus into your life or love reading about people and their relationship with God, then this book is for you! If you love to hear about how life was back in the time before tv's and . . .ahem computers you will love this book. Or if you are really romantic and would love to read about four couples finding each other without the sex scenes this is the book for you!
This may help you decide if you want to read this book!
The Scenario:
Book 1: Glorianna just lost her mother and had to come to Tucson to live with her father, he lives there because he is the captain in a cavalry. She wants to marry the most popular boy back in Boston yet a new lieutenant tries to tell her that she is the wife he has been praying for. Does Glorianna learn to like this handsome lieutenant? Will she fall in love? Does Conlon, the lieutenant end up disliking Glorianna becuase she has not accpeted Jesus into her heart?

Book 2: Glorianna has a cousin who comes to visit her she has something to hide. She wears a veil to hide it. The town deputy first mistakes her for a criminal yet he discovers what she is trying to hide and he falls in love. Glorianna's cousin, Kathleen, is afraid of someone wanting to marry her, her mother made her feel like no one would ever want to. Plus she is afraid that what she is trying to hide might be inherited by a baby she would have if she got married. Will she end up falling for the deputy too? Will she take off her veil? Will she fall for the deputy and never marry him because he is not a Christian?

Book 3: Josiah Washington has friends who are married and he desires himself to find a bride that he can live with it. She walks into his blacksmith shop. Lavette Johnson was a former slave out east and now is an indentured servant who is angry at God. Josiah falls in love but there are many obstacles standing in his way. Lavette is not free yet and someone wants to buy the rest of her contract and force her to sing and perform in saloons. Will he save her? Will she let herself fall in love? Will Lavette quit being angry at God and let Him take control?

Book 4: Eduardo married the daughter of a horrible person who owed him a lot of money. He married her so this person would no longer be in debt to him. This evil man tricked him into marrying another daughter than the one he was planing on. She can't speak and they call her Feldad which means ugliness. She was abused by that family, a servant and beaten so much she was afraid of every man. Her father had a temper and he used to take out his rage on her. Eduardo, is a good Christian man who sometimes lets his temper get the best of him. He now find himself in and undesireable situation, being married to a woman who is terrified of him, can't speak, and lets her hair cover her face. Will she learn to trust Eduardo? Will Eduardo learn to love her? Someone keeps trying to kill her, who is it and why do they want her dead? Will she ever speak?

It was so delighful to read about these inspirational stories, you can't but feel happy and smile. They make you so happy. My favorite was the last one with Eduardo and Feldad, read it and you will see why. This was such a delightful book. I hope you give it a try, I am sure you will like it.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the first and last novellas in this book. I just couldn't read the middle 2, as the heroines seemed annoying, hence the 3 star rating.

However, the first and ESPECIALLY the last novellas were amazing. I would individually give the 1st story 4 stars, and the last one more than 5 if i could. It was just such a sweet story, with a cute and fun couple.

[Carol · Rating 2 out of 5]

I only read the first section. It was a nice romance, but the religious content was just too heavy-handed for me. I'm fine with Christian fiction, but not if it overwhelms the plot. Others will love it, but it's not my cup of tea.