Reviewed on Apr 6, 2021

Worth reading 😎

A fun read! Loved the happily ever after and sweet heroes of each story.

A collection of four stories that all take place on American frontier forts. Therefore, though the title of the book is The Soldier’s Lady, it contains four separate stories by four different authors:

The Colonel’s Daughter by Gabrielle Meyer

Frontier of her Heart by Susanne Dietze

Save the Last Word for Me by Lorna Seilstad

Winning the Lady’s Heart by Janette Foreman

Perhaps my favorite thing about this book is that I was never chastised by my husband for being caught still reading at 3am. Perhaps my least favorite thing about this book is that the stories were too short and I was never compelled to stay up until 3am to finish the tale. I’m not a very fast reader, but I was able to finish these stories in two or three settings.

The Colonel’s Daughter

Nathaniel is every reader’s crush. He’s responsible, dreamy, strong, sweet, thoughtful, and he just happens to be the Colonel’s right-hand man. When Colonel Bensen’s wife and daughters come to visit at the fort, Major Nathaniel Ward is practically put on babysitting duty in order to keep the ladies safe from whatever may happen on a western fort—be it the Natives, animals, rough soldiers, or boredom. But when he develops feelings for Miss Allison Bensen, the Colonel has issues.

Mrs. Bensen has sworn she will never allow any of her daughters to strap themselves to the military life. They will soon be traveling back to St. Louis with all of the daughters in tow . . . or will they?

This story uses the classic forbidden-love trope, but hey, if you promise someone chocolate cake, you give them chocolate cake. And most of us like chocolate cake. Nathanial and Ally are a sweet couple that develop a friendship based on mutual hobbies and interests. Their love of the frontier and literature are just a few of the things that bring them together.

Here’s a snippet I loved:

“My mother warned me about waltzing.” Her voice was low and warm.

“And what did she say?”

“That I must keep the gentleman at arm’s length, and that I must keep my eyes down and never meet his gaze.”

Nathaniel swallowed, drawing her a fraction closer in his arms. “Why not?”

THE COLONEL’S DAUGHTER BY GABRIELLA MEYER

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While at York University, Tasha married her best friend. Now instead of analyzing Shakespeare's plays, she writes with hope and humor to encourage and entertain. Though she spends a good deal of time typing words, her favorite thing is family. They give her the kind of love people write books about.