This book, mailed to me by author Deborah Vogts to review, arrived just before we left for our Alaskan cruise, so I tucked it in my pack to enjoy while traveling.
Seeds of Summer offers a glimpse into the world of rodeo with heroine Natalie Adams, rodeo queen runner-up. When Natalie’s father is killed in an accident on the ranch, Natalie returns to take over the ranch and raise her two half-siblings, but teenage Chelsey doesn’t appreciate her sister’s efforts.
The town’s new, young pastor is drawn to Natalie and tries to help her by taking her young brother fishing and keeping reins on Chelsey, but everything comes to a head when Chelsey and Dillon’s mother walks in many years after she’d abandoned the family. Natalie feels she is the only one who can see through her step-mom’s wiles, but the young pastor, Jared, stays by her as they work through the challenges of this dysfunctional family.
While I didn’t enjoy this book quite as much as the first of Deborah Vogt’s I read and reviewed here (Snow Melts in Spring) this is a solidly written story with interesting twists.
Check back on Friday for another segment of my longstanding ‘muse’ series, this entry by today’s featured author, Deborah Vogts.
