TREASURED GRACE Heart of the Frontier, Book 1

Stephanie Cozart narrates this fictional retelling of the Whitman Mission massacre in 1847 in what is now Washington state. When Grace Martindale's husband succumbs to cholera and her younger sister becomes ill, she decides to remain at the Whitman Mission and use her talents to care for the native population of Cayuse. Before the massacre of missionaries by natives, listeners will hear the start of a budding romance between Grace and local fur trapper Alex Armistead. Cozart's smooth delivery is marred slightly by her attempts to vocalize the Cayuse and other Native American characters. But listeners will most likely hang on to see if romance blooms between Grace and Alex in the face of the brewing danger. C.L.S. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2017]