Sunday, November 12, 2017

Book Review: The Captain Takes a Wife by Doris Durbin


As Harry sets off to hopefully start a ministry as a circuit riding preacher, he suddenly finds himself thrust into the position of providing protection for a young woman running away from an arranged marriage. Sarah Franklin is apparently unwittingly caught up in a greater criminal scheme, and those around her do not seem to mind writing her off as collateral damage. Will the two rush into a romance in the midst of all the running and fighting?

The mystery and suspense in this story was great. There were multiple twists and turns, and considering the story takes place in about a week’s time, it was pretty action packed. I will say I was expecting a little more development of the romance side. It was there, but a good romance usually has some conflict between the characters, or at least more of a process. This one was pretty open book and just moved forward with almost too much ease. Other characters outside the main romance provided more interesting conflict within the story.

I enjoyed the story for the most part. There were characters that had made past mistakes and owned up to them, moving forward in their relationship with God. I just felt that in general the romance side of it was kind of boring, and many of the other conflicts between characters were just wrapped up way too simply to be very interesting. It’s probably not making my list of books I tell people to read when they ask for a recommendation.


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