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After a chance meeting,
Cecile Palmer falls in love at first sight. Cecile
marries drifter, Walt Williams, and
they set off for their new home on the Prairie.
But the home that the innocent and spoiled Cecile
envisioned is nothing
like the home she is to live. The ranch
is far from civilization and Cecile realizes how harsh the Prairie can
be to a
young lady unsure of it. Cecile quickly
becomes pregnant and still adjusts to her role as a farmer’s wife. When Walt heads out for winter supplies and
never returns, Cecile is sure he is dead and she worries over spending
the
winter on her own. When a Sioux Indian
ends up on Cecile’s doorstep with injuries that need tending, Cecile
realizes
just how vulnerable she really could be all alone in the middle of
nowhere. When Lone Eagle offers to take
Cecile home to live in with his people throughout the winter, Cecile is
hesitant, yet relents and her life is forever changed.
Life among the Sioux
Indians is good for Cecile; she feels accepted and
safe and awaits the birth of her child.
Cecile and Lone Eagle soon begin a relationship and
she feels happy. But when word reaches the
tribe that there is
a possibility that Walt is still alive, Cecile is torn in two, loving
two men
and the choices she must make. Will
Cecile choose the love she had for Walt or will she stay with Lone
Eagle and
raise the child he claimed as his own?
Ginger Simpson’s debut
novel, Prairie
Peace, though released months ago, shows her talent for the
historical
times and is a touching romance. From
Cecile and Walt’s quick marriage, meeting Lone Eagle and learning Walt
is still
alive, it is quite fast-paced and emotions are constantly changing. In Prairie
Peace, Ms. Simpson realistically and beautifully depicts the
uncivilized plains that had been known to hurt many and the Sioux tribe
is
shown for the caring and heartwarming family they are.
The scenery is depicted in all its roughness,
yet its beauty through the author’s compelling words.
Prairie
Peace
is a wide open tale that covers romance, suspense, self-discovery and
emotional choices. Ginger Simpson is a
writer whose books should be added to one’s library, to be read over
and over
again.
Reviewed
by Tracey West for The Road to Romance
January 13, 2004
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