Reviewer Tour: Sand Creek Serenade by Jennifer Uhlarik

Welcome to the Reviewer Tour for Sand Creek Serenade by Jennifer Uhlarik, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

ABOUT THE BOOK

Title: Sand Creek Serenade

Author: Jennifer Uhlarik
Publisher: Smitten Historical Romance
Genre: Clean Historical Fiction
Release Date: March 14, 2019

One woman with a deep desire to serve and help. One brave who will stop at nothing to save his people. Each willing to die for their beliefs and love for one another. Will their sacrifice be enough?

As a female medical doctor in 1864, Sadie Hoppner is no stranger to tragedy and loss. While she grapples with the difficulties of practicing medicine at a Colorado outpost, she learns that finding acceptance and respect proves especially difficult at Fort Lyon.

Cheyenne brave Five Kills wants peace between his people and theAmerican Army. But a chance encounter with their female doctor ignites memories from his upbringing among the whites … along with a growing fondness for the one person who seems to understand him and his people.As two cultures collide with differing beliefs of right and wrong, of what constitutes justice and savagery, blood spills on the Great Plains.When the inevitable war reaches Fort Lyon, the young couple's fledgling love is put to the test.

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My Review 💙

Since the quarantine went into effect I have been homeschooling my boys and my 8th grader just so happens to be currently studying about the Civil War in his history class, so I've been beefing up on my Civil War knowledge quite a bit, and Sand Creek Serenade came at just the right time for me. We've been reading about what happened in the eastern/southern part of the country during that time period, but Sand Creek Serenade gives us a taste of what was happening in the west during that tumultuous time.

Biracial relationships, or forbidden love, in an interesting topic for me, especially since I myself am in a biracial marriage. I am so thankful to live in a time where I can freely love whom I choose. Many during that time weren't so lucky, and that pains my heart.

What also tugs at my heartstrings is the Sand Creek massacre, which was tastefully depicted in this story. It is another ugly stain on our country's history, what utterly tragic, and absolutely senseless and unnecessary. Massacred just because you're a native...sickening...but the author depicted it in an honest, yet not too graphic way, focusing more on the emotion than on the gruesome details, though the details mentioned turned my stomach. I can't even begin to imagine...

Beautifully written with such heart, Sand Creek Serenade will leave you thankful for the freedoms that we all too easily take for granted.

My Rating: ★★★★★

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jennifer Uhlarik discovered the western genre as a pre-teen, when she swiped the only “horse” book she found on her older brother’s bookshelf. A new love was born. Across the next ten years, she devoured Louis L’Amour westerns and fell in love with the genre. In college at the University of Tampa, she began penning her own story of the Old West. Armed with a B.A. in writing, she has won five writing competitions and finaled in two other competitions. In addition to writing, she has held jobs as a private business owner, a schoolteacher, a marketing director, and her favorite—a full-time homemaker. Jennifer is active in American Christian Fiction Writers and lifetime member of the Florida Writers Association. She lives near Tampa, Florida, with her husband, teenaged son, and four fur children.

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*I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the author and/or publisher through JustRead Tours. All views and opinions are completely honest, and my own.