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Penelope's Pursuit : (Westward Home and Hearts Mail-Order Brides Book 19) Kindle Edition

by Chautona Havig (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.5 403 ratings

Book 19 of 46: Westward Home and Hearts Mail-Order Brides

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“Not your grandfather’s mail-order bride.” ~ Author, Cathe Swanson
Are mail-order brides changing their minds, or is something sinister going on in Kansas?

Ten years ago, Penelope’s sister ran away as a mail-order bride, and it was the last their family ever heard from her. Now, with their parents dead and Penelope all alone, the young woman has one goal. Find her sister.

It took enough grit for Reuben to write to Mrs. Mildred Crenshaw about finding him a wife in the first place, but when the train arrives and no bride steps off, the whole thing feels like a confidence scheme. Investigation, however, sends chills down his spine as he realizes women are leaving the east for the west but many never arrive at their destinations.

Is it any wonder that Penelope is livid with the man who abducts her from the clutches of her new friends and rides off into the sunset with her? Is his explanation reasonable? Can she convince him to help her find her sister? Can she trust him?

And is she about to fall in love with a homesteader on the untamed prairies of Kansas?

Publisher's Warning: This full-length novel takes an honest look at human trafficking, opium dependence, and suicide in the "wild west." While not graphic in their descriptions, readers should be aware that they are present.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0921KHWBV
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Havilah Press Publications (June 29, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 29, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3845 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0974WY2TJ

Best Sellers Rank: #162,417 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #577 in Christian Historical Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #689 in Religious Historical Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #930 in Christian Historical Fiction (Books)

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Using story to connect readers with the Master Storyteller.

Chautona Havig lives in an oxymoron, escapes into imaginary worlds that look startlingly similar to ours, and writes the stories that emerge. An irrepressible optimist, Chautona sees everything through a kaleidoscope of It’s a Wonderful Life sprinkled with fairy tales. Find her at chautona.com and say howdy—if you can remember how to spell her name.

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Hanna Rose

Packed full of action.

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2023

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Wish people would stop disclosing details of what the story was. But a review if they enjoyed it. With reviews, why get the book, because customers have told the story in their review. It is not a book report, but a review of how they liked it, so others would want to read it.
It was packed with story. Wide range of emotions in the story. Some bit your nails situations, "Will they get caught?" Will they find the missing girls? The little girl, well that was a surprise for sure. Women going west long ago, it was a miracle they arrived safely. Good ending. Happy ending. No cliff hanger.

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2023

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This is also a new author to me. Penelope’s pursuit was well written and I stayed with the story to the end.

It was a mail order bride story with a lot of. Bible reading in it.

Many Bible versus in In.

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G. krause

very good story

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2022

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This has to be the best story in the series. The story line was excellent. The development of it and the characters are great. The sad parts and twists are adequate. Only the ending and the explanations at the end seem a bit rushed but still tied everything together perfectly. The female character was different and I appreciated that. Very good read!

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Deana

The Hidden Secret of Mail Order Brides

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2021

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I enjoy mail order bride stories because it fascinates me that young women would travel for days to meet a man they don’t know. They meet and agree to wed and start their lives together as strangers. I think for some of these women it would be exciting and a feeling of hope. But what if there was another side to the mail order brides?

The author takes us into the dark secrets that people don’t talk about. Young women would be contacted when they were matched with a single man. Traveling for days they were to be met at the station by their intended. But things don’t always go as plan. There is evil in the world and this story shows us the seedy side of mail order brides.

I couldn’t help but like Penelope. She is a smart young woman who sets out to find out where her sister disappeared to. She remembers being ten years old and her sister telling her she was going off to be a mail order bride. Penelope is now twenty and no one ever heard from her sister the moment she left for a supposedly happy life. I thought she was brave to pretend to be a mail order bride and travel to the town her sister was to be at ten years ago. Penelope’s heart beats a bit faster as she gets closer to the town.

Rueben to me is a hero. If he didn’t listen to his instincts that day he saw Penelope, she could well be the next victim that disappears. How he convinces Penelope that she is danger was only by the grace of God. Why would a stranger grab her off the street saying that he was there to save her? I loved how he protects her from harm and partners with her to find her sister.

Welcome to the dark side of human trafficking in the Wild West. It is hardly talked about, but it happened. Young women were kidnapped and forced to do things that were degrading. In order to keep them under control they provided drugs so they wouldn’t leave. The author lets us inside the ugly world of greed, power and money in a time period where women were afraid to speak up.

I like how Chautona allows readers to see a side of mail order brides that isn’t all happy and safe. The faith element is strong in the story and fits right in to how the two main characters depend on their faith to help find Penelope’s sister. I won’t tell you if they find Penelope’s sister because it is a very important part of this journey into a dark secret.

This not a happy feel good romance, but it is a story that opens our eyes to the evils of the world that began many years ago. People were afraid to speak up, and looked the other way. It is a good reminder for us today to speak up if you see something that isn’t right. I pt reminds us to trust God and follow His directions. Thank you Chautona for a story that looks at the other side of the coin and exposes the tricks the enemy uses to do harm.

I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit. The review is my own opinion.

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Lightbourne Creative

Suspense and romance on the frontier…

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2023

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A gritty story about human trafficking on the frontier…with a romantic twist. Havig introduces characters who are “everyday people,” coping with a menace that has threatened their family life and future. For once, the heroine isn’t a stunning beauty… yet she is someone who is plain, strong, and determined. Good read that will keep you on your toes.

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2021

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The author did an good with this book in the series. The characters are very good and the locations are good.

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Janine

Searching after 10 years

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2023

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Penelope's parents were dead. Now the only family she had was a sister that moved out west to get married. The only clues she had was the note Priscilla left behind. The couple she met on the train were so helpful. As she went to collect her bag, she was grabbed thrown into a wagon and sped away. After Reuben explained she was more determined to find and rescue her sister.
A very intense story filled with love, hope, sorrow, with pearls of wisdom and
understanding.
Definitely a don't miss read again book

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Maxine L.

well written but sensational

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2023

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This book is so highly reviewed- and it IS well written, and the characters are lovely, but I wish it came with a trigger warning.

Sex work, human trafficking, kidnapping, drug addiction, and suicide all play major parts in this story.

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SHERRI PRESTON

A definite page turner

Reviewed in Canada on June 30, 2021

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Penelope's Pursuit is an incredible book. I was hooked on the first page. I love the characters and how this book follows their growth, but also blitzes into the past with old (and sometimes current) letters. This book follows a young lady, Penny on the search for her long lost sister. A sister who set out to marry via mail order Bride and was never heard from again. Penny risks her whole life and livelihood for the truth. But what will the truth bring?

The truth is not easy, the truth is hard, but the fruits within the pursuit for truth in this story are sweet and makes refuge while reading a book focused on such a difficult topic.

I definitely recommend this book and I am excited for you to get to know Penelope and the people she meets along the way.

SPOILER ALERT: While this book cover an array of topics that could be triggers to people, it is conveyed in a very sensitive way, but one topic does come out of left field. It's not unwarranted to the story, or reaching, it's very real for it to be abrupt so if you are sensitive topics of opioid abuse, brothels, suicide and abduction this book might not be an easy read.

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