Where the Lost Wander
by Amy Harmon
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Blurb
In this epic and haunting love story set on the Oregon Trail, a family and their unlikely protector find their way through peril, uncertainty, and loss.
The Overland Trail, 1853: Naomi May never expected to be widowed at twenty. Eager to leave her grief behind, she sets off with her family for a life out West. On the trail, she forms an instant connection with John Lowry, a half-Pawnee man straddling two worlds and a stranger in both.
But life in a wagon train is fraught with hardship, fear, and death. Even as John and Naomi are drawn to each other, the trials of the journey and their disparate pasts work to keep them apart. John’s heritage gains them safe passage through hostile territory only to come between them as they seek to build a life together.
When a horrific tragedy strikes, decimating Naomi’s family and separating her from John, the promises they made are all they have left. Ripped apart, they can’t turn back, they can’t go on, and they can’t let go. Both will have to make terrible sacrifices to find each other, save each other, and eventually … make peace with who they are.
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Review
5+ stars!
I was blown away by this book. I have said it before and I will say it again, Amy Harmon has a way with words. Her ability to transport you to another time and make it all feel real is phenomenal. With Where the Lost Wonder, she has once again given us a historical romance unlike any other. Her writing is superb, the characters are remarkable, the romance is epic, and the journey is everything. I loved this story and it easily makes its way onto my favorites list!
The prologue sucked me in. It pulled at my heartstrings and I was hooked. It is gut-wrenching. I dreaded the moments I would relive those pages but couldn’t stop myself from reading because the writing and story is just that good. I couldn’t put it down even if I wanted to.
Where the Lost Wander takes us on an adventure on the Oregon Trail, and it’s difficult and heartbreaking but it’s an adventure, nonetheless. Everyone is searching for a better life and we see the possibility that comes with dreaming of a new life.
Regardless of their possessions or their position, it seems everyone has the same dream. They all want something different than what they have now. Land. Luck. Life. Even love. Everyone chatters about what we’re going to find when we get there. I’m no different, I suppose, though I’m more worried about what we’re going to find along the way.
The journey is full hope and survival. There is new life and growth, and devastation and death. You find family, friends, strangers, and enemies along the way. I felt like I was there with the characters experiencing the good, the bad, and everything in between. It’s an experience of love and loss, and more love and more loss.
There is an epic romance that I’ll keep close to my heart. The love is real, but it is not without its trials. With the beautiful comes the ugly, and no love is perfect. However, the love in this novel is a forever love and it was meant to be from the very start. There was no stopping it from blooming and I believed it in.
One long gaze, one meeting of our eyes, and I was caught. I haven’t been able to look away since.
I was filled with so much emotion with every page I turned. These words are full of depth and creativity while they bring history to life and I felt what the characters went through as though they were real. I felt like I was living it. Historical romances have become a favorite genre because of Amy Harmon. The people, the landscape, the traditions – everyone and everything is so well researched that I find myself lost in the worlds she brings back to life. They are all just so well done and I cannot wait to see what other pieces of history she choses to give us in the future.
Overall, I lived and loved every part of Where the Lost Wander, even when it gutted me. This story is phenomenal and I find myself thinking of it and the characters often. I want to relive it over and over again, and it easily deserves a place on my top favorite list!
*ARC generously provided by the author*
About the Author
Amy Harmon is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and New York Times Bestselling author. Amy knew at an early age that writing was something she wanted to do, and she divided her time between writing songs and stories as she grew. Having grown up in the middle of wheat fields without a television, with only her books and her siblings to entertain her, she developed a strong sense of what made a good story. Her books are now being published in seventeen different languages, truly a dream come true for a little country girl from Levan, Utah.
Amy Harmon has written fourteen novels – the Washington Post bestseller What the Wind Knows, the USA Today bestsellers The Bird and The Sword, The Smallest Part, Making Faces and Running Barefoot, as well as the #1 Amazon bestselling historical From Sand and Ash, The Queen and The Cure, The Law of Moses, The Song of David, Infinity + One, Slow Dance in Purgatory, Prom Night in Purgatory, and the New York Times bestseller, A Different Blue. Her latest novel, Where the Lost Wander, a historical romance, released April 28, 2020 by Lake Union Publishing.
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