Heart of the West Blog Tour

My first book of the year was this fun new book by Carolyn Twede Frank called Heart of the West! It’s a great book to start off the year. It’s fun and fast and you will fall in love with the characters!

Synopsis of Heart of the West:

Independent-minded women are considered highly unsuitable in Kate Donahue’s wealthy Long Island society. Yes, Kate would lead a proper life should she marry, but her dream of practicing medicine would surely be thwarted by her domineering fiancé. To follow her dream, she must take dramatic measures. So when she reads a newspaper ad seeking a qualified small-town physician, Kate embarks on a new life in the Wild West. Upon her arrival in the rugged settlement of Craig, Colorado, Kate is disappointed to discover that even in the West, no one wants a woman doctor. As she struggles to establish her practice, she is kept busy fending off the unwanted attentions of a local rancher, a man unnervingly reminiscent of the ex-fiancé she left behind in New York. Romantic entanglements are the last thing on Kate’s mind. That is, until she meets Lucas McCurdy, an Irish immigrant with whom she feels an undeniable connection. But when their relationship inflames a dangerous land battle, Kate and Lucas find themselves defenseless in a lawless town a perilous position that may cost them everything.

Blogger Review

Heart of the West is a fun, fast read! I absolutely loved the fun character of Kate Donahue! Kate comes from the East and is a well polished, but spunky women. When she comes out west to pursue her dream to become a doctor she is in for a surprise. Thinking that people out west would take to a women doctore better than her family and finance, she realizes it’s going to be just as hard if not harder. Kate is determined to make a place for herself. She realizes there are a lot of men in this new town that just want a wife and only see her as someone that has come to town for them to swoon over. One man catches her attention. There is a sweet and clean romance part of the story that you will have to read, but you will love it!

I received a copy of this book complimentary for blog and social media review. All opinions are my own.

About the Author

Carolyn Twede Frank lives in Kaysville, Utah with her husband and teenage daughter, her other four children, having fled the nest, still live close by. In 1994, she incorporated her basement sewing business, eventually moving it into a warehouse, hiring more people, and developing her unique line of puppets and educational curriculums into a full-fledged, international business. She sold the main arm of her business in 2009, retaining a small portion to bring in income while she pursued her writing career. She has been writing seriously since 2006.