Lady of the River

Reardon Valley #2

by Dianna Crawford

Wilderness explorer Max Bremmer's dreams are shattered when he suffers a severe injury that forces him to settle in Reardon Valley. When he catches sight of the mysterious Belinda Gregg, he is driven to uncover the secrets of her family's secluded life on the river. As Max enters the uncharted territory of Belinda's heart, Belinda must expose the truth or risk losing love forever.

Genres: Christian Fiction, Christian, Romance, Historical Fiction

352 pages, Paperback

First published March 13, 2003

About the author

Dianna Crawford, best-selling author of 13 novels and 5 novellas, lives in Southern California with her husband, Byron, and the youngest of her four daughters. She was given a great start with her first novel in 1992. Writing for the general market as Elaine Crawford, she was fortunate to have it become a best-seller and be nominated for Best First Book with Romance Writers of America. Three more novels and 3 novellas followed under that name.
But she much prefers writing Christian historical fiction. She feels that much of our wonderful Christian heritage has been diluted or distorted, if not completely deleted, from the general market and texts. She felt very blessed when she and co-author Sally Laity were given the opportunity by Tyndale House to write a six-book fiction series centered on the romance, adventures, and miracles that took place during the American Revolution.

The Freedom’s Holy Light series by Sally Laity and Dianna Crawford includes The Gathering Dawn, The Kindled Flame, The Tempering Blaze (for which she was again nominated for a RITA), The Fires of Freedom, The Embers of Hope, and The Torch of Triumph.

Writing with Rachel Druten, she published Out of the Darkness for Barbour. Writing alone as Dianna Crawford, she has published two novellas in A Victorian Christmas Tea and With This Ring. Her latest series, Reardon Brothers, is a frontier romance in the HeartQuest imprint from Tyndale House. The first book, Freedom’s Promise, was published in February 2000. Freedom’s Hope was released in the fall of 2000, and Freedom's Belle in February 2001. Dianna has had five novels featured as book club selections, and two novellas were reprinted in large print.

Reviews

[Dorothy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. It is about a man named Max who was shot in the leg by river pirates. He is brought home to recover. While he is in town, he sees a lady with bright red hair, and he is determined to meet her. Unfortunately, she and her parents avoid any visitors but, his father is the minister and they come to get him to help the family one day. Of course, Max must tag along to find out why they avoid people.

[Terry Yaceyko · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyable read with good characters and story. Very good.

[Jenn H · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

[Dorry Lou · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am not sure where I got this book but it was different. It was about a guy that had a severe injury. Most people did not want much to do with him. He meets a girl on the river that has secrets she doesn't want known. The guy is just waiting to recover so he can go back to the wilderness. It was just an o.k. book for me.

[Kristine]

I started in on this book thinking it was the second Reardon Brothers series and it's actally the second of the follow up series. ! Oops. But I went ahead and finished it and hope to work on finishing the ones in between

[Rose]

F Cra

[Mina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember reading the first one, this is fun. Good characters and conflicts.

[Brittany · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a good romance I love it