Hattie Walker dreams of becoming a painter, while her parents want her to settle down. As a compromise, they give her two months to head to Denver and place her works in an exhibition or give up the dream forever. Her journey is derailed when a gunman attacks her stagecoach, leaving her to be rescued by a group of Arapaho . . . but she’s too terrified to recognize them as friendly.Confirmed … friendly.
Confirmed bachelor Lieutenant Jack Hennessey has long worked with the tribe and is tasked with trying to convince them that the mission school at Fort Reno can help their children. When a message arrives about a recovered survivor, Jack heads out to take her home–and plead his case once more.
He’s stunned to run into Hattie Walker, the girl who shattered his heart–but quickly realizes he has a chance to impress her. When his plan gets tangled through translation, Jack and Hattie end up in a mess that puts her dreams in peril–and tests Jack’s resolve to remain single.
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This story was so good!! I think it is my favorite book by this author yet! The situation that Jack and Hattie find themselves in means that they must spend a lot of time together, really getting to know each other. Both Hattie and Jack come to realize that they never truly knew each other the way that they thought that they did. Hattie and Jack had formed ideas of who the other was, yet their ideas were not accurate. I loved watching them get to know each other and the attraction that grew between them.
I also enjoyed the peek into life at the Arapaho school and watching as Jack tried to keep things running smoothly for the children at the school. All of the interactions between the Arapaho children, their teachers, and Jack and Hattie were so interesting.
Jack and Hattie were great characters and it was so fun to return to another story set in Fort Reno. If you have not read book one in the series, I believe you can still enjoy The Lieutenant’s Bargain as a stand alone novel, too.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
What an enjoyable book The Lieutenant’s Bargain is. I enjoy historical novels with a touch of humor, a bit of suspense and of course, a little romance. I was not at all disappointed with this story.
I enjoyed the way Regina Jennings showed the contrast between a book worm and an aspiring artist who struggled with books but had a great mind for details and sometimes a bit too much imagination.
I appreciated the factual history that was included. For me, Bass Reeves and Bud Ledbetter were a great addition to the story.
Tom Broken Arrow’s hair cut was vivid in my mind with all of the emotion that would have been in a young brave’s eyes. Really well done.
My favorite quote from this book came from Private Bradley Willis. “Are we talking about a promise or a bargain? A promise can’t be broken, true, but a bargain can be renegotiated. There’s always hope for better terms.”
I received a copy of this book from Bethany House Publishers. This review is my own opinion and was not required by the author or the publisher.
This was such a fun read. This historical romance is set in Fort Reno, Indian territory during 1885. This is the second book in the Fort Reno series and features the handsome lieutenant, Jack Hennessey, and his childhood friend and love of his life Hattie Walker. This had action, fun, and sweet romance. I really enjoyed it and look forward to the next installment in the series.
*I was given a copy of this book by the publisher and was not obligated to leave a review. This is my honest opinion.
3.5 stars
“I’m not staying here. I can’t. . . . . . Besides, this is the last place in the world I’d want to stay.”
Dreams were over-rated, especially when you were hanging onto the edge of a gully in Oklahoma’s vast Indian Territory, fearing for your life. Leaving a comfortable home in order to prove one’s artistic talent in a large city like Denver, Colorado now seems laughable. News flash! A vicious killer is on the loose and Hattie Walker is at his mercy, if she manages to survive the night. Traumatized by a stagecoach robbery and subsequent murders of all the occupants save herself, Hattie is further terrified when it is a group of Arapaho Indians who come to her rescue. But then that handsome lieutenant arrives.
Lieutenant Jack Hennessey cannot believe his eyes; the woman (once a childhood classmate) who has filled his dreams for years has re-appeared, providing him with the perfect opportunity to demonstrate heroism . . . . except that there was a slight twist in the translation. When Jack and Hattie leave the Arapahos and head towards Fort Reno, their lack of juvenile attachment will become the least of their worries.
“You have to find what God wants you to do, and He’s got plans for me as well.” Plans, plans, plans. Enjoy every disruption of plans that this book happily provides, it’s a lovely continuation of the author’s “Fort Reno Series”.