Between Heaven and Hell

 In this blog post, I reviewed Jacqui Nelson's Between Heaven and Hell, the first installment in the Lonesome Hearts historical romance series. This beautiful loveswept story takes place along the Oregon Trail in 1850s. For Hannah, she lost her family when she was young, and the Osage adopted her as one of their own, calling her Blue Sky, and raising her in the tribe. After she lost her mother and sister due to a tragedy, she became estranged from her foster brother, Eagle Brother, who sworn to kill her one day. Right before the wagon trail to Oregon, she volunteered herself as a scout. But her journey to the West Coast wouldn't be an easy one. Paden Callahan led the wagons to Oregon and needed a scout to take them there. He also mourned the death of his late wife Jeannie, killed by a savage crew of Indians, who had no room to love. He doubted Hannah and had her proof her worthiness to the wagons. People stared at her and gave her a rough time, including himself. But during the trail, they dealt with hardships and disease on the trail, when they begin to trust each other and learn more about each other's pasts. They both have a distinctive connection to the Native Americans and learn that they have in more in common than they realized like having a rough spot. With Hannah's brother's hot on their trail, they were at the crossroads on the trail. While they cared for each other, Paden talked to Eagle Feather to keep Hannah safe from others while he sought out his wife's true killer. But those two weeks were agonizing for her until she sought him out on the trail to get her own piece of Heaven with him in return. 

 This was an endearing and emotional historical romance story that takes place in 1850s in Kansas and set during the Oregon Trail. This story is rich with accurate details about what's life for pioneers along the trail by wagon trail and by horse. I cared for Hannah who looked for a place to call home and for Paden who wants to avenge his wife's death and to keep everyone safe from harm. From Kansas to Oregon during the 1850s was the perfect location and storyline setting with compelling scene that transported me there. The dual themes of the story is home is where the heart is and to let go of the past.

If you love historical romance novels that's touches your heart with non-stop action, plenty of romantic drama, lots of suspense, and bits of mystery, Between Heaven and Hell will take you there.