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Sage has a husband who loves her and a baby on the way. Everything in her life is as she hoped it would be. Until strangers storm her Colorado ranch demanding money from her husband. When her husband refuses she loses everything, except her life. When she heals, at least physically, she begins searching the Colorado wilderness as a bounty hunter hoping one day to come across her husband and unborn baby's killers. Is she prepared to find out just why her husband was killed?
Sage was written as a strong willed woman making a living in a man's world. She goes back to the Native American roots of her Ute mother and learns to read the land and has an affinity with animals. But she grew up in the "white man's world" because of her father. She tried to bring both sides of her life together, her father's Christian God and the gods of her Native American Heritage. It was an interesting view point and struggle. Sage, though strong willed, still struggled with every day things and was unwilling to fall back on her faith. That is until she sees no other way out of a situation, she feels the calmness of God flowing through her and finds a new sense of strength.
I was engaged in Sage's story from the beginning. She lost her family, she became a strong woman to help her cope with that loss. But in the end she realized she couldn't do this on her own. She needed the help of other people, but most importantly she needed her faith and God to lean on. While there are Christian themes in this novel it is tastefully done and you don't get beaten over the head with scriptures. Instead the sheriff of the town she has been staying in has a strong faith and encourages Sage to trust in God.
All in all I would give this novel 4 out of 5 stars. It was well written, engaging, and fun.
