Journey of Honor by Jaclyn M. Hawkes is a sweet story of two pioneers who set out to make their way out west and found more than they had bargained for.
The story is set in 1848 and begins in St Joseph, Missouri, where a wagon train heads out west. Our main characters are people of honor and integrity who are just trying to get to their dreams, which for each one of them happen to be different. They have to survive danger and all sorts of trials and long weeks ahead of them across wild country.
It's a short novel, so we don't get a whole lot of the characters' back-stories. I did really like both of the main characters, though. Trace and Elle are both people of honor and through it all, they are always putting others first.
I definitely would recommend this book. It's a sweet story, and basically a light, fast read. The main character in the story happens to be Mormon and I have some theological differences, but it's minor in terms of the story, and I have no problem recommending the book. It's a beautiful love story with great Christian values and that's always nice to be able to recommend!
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Book Summary:
Disowned, she came to America anyway. Attacked and left pregnant by a vicious mob, she still pressed on. Finally, in spite of being accused of theft by the vilest of her attackers, Giselle tries to remain as upbeat and uncomplaining as a prairie wildflower as she travels on to Zion.
Thoroughly disillusioned with the ugliness and cruelty of slavery in the South, Trace Grayson leaves his young medical career to go west, hoping to leave bigotry and hatred behind. He begins taking goods by teamster train to sell in the territories. However, this fourth time across, in July of 1848, he’s stuck in St. Joseph, Missouri, waiting for enough wagons to join the train so that they can leave.
Knowing that if they don’t start west soon, they’ll be caught by snow in the mountains, Trace is thrilled when the final wagon signs on. Then, when the beautiful, young Dutch girl traveling with the last wagon is falsely accused of stealing and is detained, the whole trip is jeopardized. Thrown together by circumstance, Trace and Giselle team up to begin to figure out just how to make this epic journey across a continent a success.
With a deep sense of honor and an equally strong sense of humor, together they learn to deal with everything except the one trial that neither of them can overcome.
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Author Bio:
Jaclyn M. Hawkes grew up in Utah with 6 sisters, 4 brothers and any number of pets. (It was never boring!) She got a bachelor’s degree, had a career and traveled extensively before settling down to her life’s work of being the mother of four magnificent and sometimes challenging children. She loves shellfish, the out of doors, the youth and hearing her children laugh. She and her fine husband, their family, and their sometimes very large pets, now live in a mountain valley in northern Utah, where it smells like heaven and kids still move sprinkler pipe.
Thank you to Jaclyn M. Hawkes for providing me with a review copy of this book.
Blessings,
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