White Dove's Promise

The Coltons #14

by Stella Bagwell

White Dove's Promise by Stella Bagwell released on Jun 24, 2002 is available now for purchase.

Genres: Romance

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published July 1, 2002

About the author

At seventeen, Stella married her high school sweetheart: Harrell, and they had a son Jason. She began her writing career almost by accident. She was a hairdresser and worked in her sister's beauty shop. Ironically, Stella developed a severe allergy to hairspray and was forced to resign. With time on her hands, Stella wanted to do something creative. She remembered a high school English teacher telling her she could be a writer if she wanted. Although she always loved reading romances, she never thought to write one herself. Armed with that now notion and an old, manual typewriter, she went to work, attempting to create a story similar to those she liked reading. The result‚ her first book, purchased by Mills & Boon and issued under the Harlequin imprint. After that, she became a full time writer and today, has close to forty published novels. Her for the future is to continue writing romance novels as long as there's an audience to enjoy her work.

Next to writing, traveling is one of her most favorite activities. Yet, because the southwest is dear to her heart, she sets most of her books there in rough, rugged ranch country. She feels it's essential to know a place before writing about it; that philosophy gives her more reason to plan trips! The marriage has always lived in southeastern Oklahoma. But, they purchased a portion of a twenty-two hundred, acre ranch; they now make their home there. Before moving onto the ranch, she had a swimming pool in her back yard and spent most of her summer evenings in the water. Her husband has promised to put in another pool, but for now she has to make do with the creek that runs through their property. The closest town of three thousand is fifteen miles away; she says she loves the seclusion, living among the woods and horses and wildlife. The only thing she doesn't like is making the thirty mile round trip to the post office or grocery store. Worse still, is the eighty-five mile trip to get office supplies!

One of her greatest joys was to see Jason, her only son, graduate from college with degrees in math and physical education. He now lives in Port Lavaca, Texas, where he teaches high school algebra and geometry and coaches football and weightlifting. Family has always come first with Stella and she enjoys spending time with her son when he visits Oklahoma. Sometimes, she and her husband drive down to the Texas coast to see him. However, her mother, step-father and siblings all live nearby and they have routine get-togethers. In her spare time, she enjoys practicing violin and guitar, both of which she can play by ear. She claims to need years of practice before calling herself a musician. Stella also enjoys gardening and being outdoors.

Reviews

[Marianne · Rating 3 out of 5]

White Dove’s Promise is a book by Stella Bagwell in The Coltons series. When little Peggy Windwalker manages to wander into a drain and get stuck, her mother Kerry is distraught. But engineer Jared Colton is careful and patient, and Peggy is rescued unhurt. Kerry is so grateful to Jared, but, as always, tries to resist his charms. Jared is a playboy of some renown, and Kerry is wary after her experience with Peggy’s father. But Jared is persistent, and a traumatised Peggy comes out of her shell for him alone. A sweet romance set against a background of mystery involving the extensive Colton family.

[Gloria · Rating 4 out of 5]

So here I was thinking this was a continuation of the original Coltons (with the slight cliffhanger about the Hopechest Ranch children getting very sick) - and.... it's not. It jumps. Completely and totally. To Oklahoma instead of staying in California. (Might be nice, librarians of Goodreads, to include that tidbit....)

We have a new branch of the Colton family. And a new mystery - someone is investigating and then destroying family records about the Coltons.

Jared Colton is an oil engineer, he may also do natural gas. Something happened that he is in Black Arrow, Oklahoma, when the girl he could never have in high school is also back in town, Kerry. Kerry's daughter, Peggy, wandered out of the yard and their dog, Fred, found Jared at his workplace. Jared follows Fred to find where Peggy went.... and she went in an underground pipe. He is the point person in the rescue, but other first responders were there too.

Kerry and Jared strike up a romance, but they have different views on what is wanted in their lives. He wants to continue his work, she wants to settle down. It looks like their romance broke-up for good, until Kerry's mother explains why Kerry's father was not in her life.....

They get together, after investigating why a stranger is looking at Colton family records, nearly dying in the courthouse (after hours with the Sheriff's blessing), and looking for any type of reason that someone would want to destroy records.