The Makeshift Husband

Prairie #3

by Hilda Stahl

A seemingly loveless relationship, the strain of childbirth, and suspicions of infidelity test Diane and Seth's young marriage. Would Seth ever trust her as a true wife? Would she ever love him? How could openness and truth ever come out of their hardships?

Genres: Fiction, Romance, Christian Fiction, Christian, Westerns, Historical Fiction

175 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1993

About the author

Hilda Stahl was an American author of middle grade and young adult novels, many of them in series. Most of her books are classified as Christian fiction.

Biography from one of her books: "Hilda Stahl was born and raised in the Nebraska sandhills. As a Young teen she attended Bible college, where she met her husband, Norman. They raised their seven children in Michigan, where she lived until her death in 1993. When Hilda was a young mother with three children, she saw an ad in a magazine for a correspondence course in writing. She took the test, passed it, and soon fell in love with writing. She wrote whenever she had free time, and eventually began to sell her work. The first Elizabeth Gail book, The Mystery at the Johnson Farm, was made into a movie in 1989. It was a real dream come true for Hilda. She wanted her books and their message of God's love and power to reach and help people all over the world.
— biography from Elizabeth Gail and the Mystery at the Johnson Farm

Reviews

[Grace · Rating 2 out of 5]

My notes say that I liked this one the best out of the three but I don't remember feeling that way. I just remember being confused. Also a lot of adult content which isn't a shocker since it's an adult book. Still kind of unexpected for this genre.

[Edenvered · Rating 1 out of 5]

The main characters is Diane. In the first book of the series, in which she was a child, it is Diana.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this series in high school. At the time I was just learning to get into books. This series is a perfect (and innocent) way to get into it.

[Carolyn Vandine West · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the old timey, frontier type books. Not the best one I’ve ever read, but fits my genre preferences.
Diane has “loved” Bobby since they were young, but he has no intention of ever settling down. So she settles for Seth. Unknown to her Bobby told Seth that he was the father of Diane’s child. I won’t tell you the whole story but if you read for yourself, you will find out.
One of my favorite authors. A little old fashioned in the storyline and language.
This has been languishing on my TBR pile for a long time, but it was time. I am passing it on because I have more print books than I will ever read in the rest of my lifetime.
Might be hard to find. It might be out of print.

[Shekinah Dobony · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really don't know what made me finish the series. The story wasn't developed well, as with all the other books, and the perspective switched back and forth so often without any indication that I kept losing track of which person's thoughts were being shared.
The action that the book did have fell rather flat. I think the author needs to put more descriptive verbs in her writing.

[Partridge Public]

Stahl, Hilda PB

[Cws]

JF-YASta

[Avigail · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is great! Definitely recommend!
The are two other books in this series. The second one is the best for sure! But this one is still awesome!