A cowboy who wants to be a
preacher. An outlaw’s daughter who wants to change his mind.
On his way to interview for a
position at a church in the Piney Woods of Texas, Crockett Archer can’t believe
it when he’s forced off the train by an outlaw and presented to the man’s
daughter as the preacher she requested for her birthday. He’s determined to
escape—which would be much easier if he could stop thinking about Joanna
Robbins and her unexpected request.
For months, Joanna had prayed
for a minister. A man to breathe life back into the abandoned church at the
heart of her community. A man to assist her in fulfilling a promise to her
dying mother. But just when it seems her prayers have been answered, it turns
out the parson is there against his will and has dreams of his own calling him
elsewhere. Is there any way she can convince Crockett he ended up right where
he was supposed to be?
Crockett
Archer has dreamt of being a minister for a long time. When he has a chance to interview
for a church in Texas, he travels there, never dreaming that his train would be
stopped by outlaws or that he would be forced to follow them. He immediately
makes plans to escape, but that becomes more difficult than he thought as he
gets to know Joanna Robbins and the reasoning behind her unusual birthday
request.
Joanna
has been praying for months for a preacher who could help her fulfill the
promise she made to her mother as she lay dying. When Crockett arrives, she
believes he’s the answer to her prayers, until she realizes he’s not there of
his own volition. Can she convince him to stay, or will she be back to trying
to fulfill her promise on her own?
Stealing the Preacher was a super sweet,
hilarious tale that was actually the first book I ever read by Karen Witemeyer.
After finishing it, there was no denying that she had become one of my favorite
authors. Once I picked up Short-Straw
Bride, the book that actually comes before Stealing the Preacher, I was hooked. Karen Witemeyer does an
amazing job of writing historical novels that have just enough comical moments,
romance, and mystery to keep you from ever being able to put her books down. I have
since read almost every one of her novels, and I haven’t been disappointed
once. If you’re looking for something good to read, either Stealing the
Preacher or Short-Straw Bride (they don’t necessarily have to be read in
order), or any one of her books for that matter, would be the perfect choice.
Happy
reading!
You can grab either of them here!
All credit for the italicized synopsis goes to Karen Witemeyer
and her publishers.
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