Terry Burns wrote a book with everything from Shakespeare lines to cowboy lingo. The title Saint’s Roost is the nickname an old west town got because it was built around a church and did not allow any saloons to open.
The story covers years of Janie’s life at a good pace. I enjoyed reading about her. She seemed real. In fact the whole story had more of a biographical tone than a fiction book. She courageously faces adversity and does her best to help others. I love the way she raises money!
I think my second favorite character is Preston, the young boy who comes to work for Janie. He grew up fast, but kept his faith and sense of humor.
Here’s the backcover copy:
Janie Benedict has led a sheltered life. She’s never had to worry about anything with a father to care for her, servants, then a husband that saw to her every need…until the first two potential converts he tried to minister to immediately sent him on to his final reward. Utterly alone and totally unprepared, Janie is surprised to find a strength in herself she did not know was there.
Turning it over to the Lord, help is provided in the form of a couple of passing cowboys that take it on themselves to watch out for her, never far away. Not only does she learn to take responsibility for her own life, her tendency to adopt animals grows to include taking a young boy under her wing, his grandfather, a young Indian and her son. But even with this she continues to feel unfulfilled because she is not keeping her promise to continue her dead husband’s missionary work.
But faith will find a way and the love of a good man helps fill the void. She finds her way to a little town nicknamed “Saint’s Roost” whose real history is more fascinating than any fictional tale. The adversity that comes in the process teaches her much about herself and she does keep her promise, but in ways she could not imagine.
You can find out more information at Terry Burn’s site or from the Treble Heart Books. You can read the first chapter at Where the Story Begins.
This book was sent to me through Christian Fiction Blog Alliance for the book tour. The words are fully my own and I have no affiliate links in this post.
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I think that this is a very nice book. Discovering your own strenght is the greatest thing for me and I think that everyone will be inspired to discover theirs by reading this book.:)