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Product details Paperback 352 pages Publisher Bethany House Publishers; 1 edition (June 1, 2013) Language English ISBN-10 0764209663

Stealing the Preacher Karen Witemeyer 9780764209666 Books Reviews

• Set in Texas in 1885, this amusing story tells of one father going out of his way to fulfill his daughter's birthday wish. Joanna Robbins has been longing for a preacher to come to their community to share about the love of God. When she confides this desire to her ex-outlaw father, she could never have imagined the steps he was about to take.
  
  Crockett Archer is traveling to interview for the minister's position in a south Texas town when his train is held up. He is shocked when he learns the gun-waving thugs are not looking for money or jewels - they want the preacher! Tied up and forced to go with them, Crockett soon comes face-to-face with the person indirectly responsible for his kidnapping the red-headed and fully abashed Joanna. As she insists her father release him, Crockett can't help but be inspired by her faith and determination, and he begins to wonder if maybe this crazy beginning isn't the open door for which he's been waiting.
  
  When Crockett tells Joanna he'd like to stay on as minister, she can't believe it. Her prayers have been answered at last! Even though her father Silas has turned away from his youthful thieving ways - except where a certain preacher is concerned - she knows he has never really believed in God. It's her dearest wish to see Silas come to trust Christ as Savior.
  
  Joanna and Crockett work together to establish their little country church, but events seem to be conspiring to stop them from their goals. One young lady is out to secure Crockett as her husband as soon as possible, and a nosy marshal may sniff out Silas's secrets before his heart can be changed. There's a lot to enjoy in this faith-filled western adventure!
• This was the second book in the Archer Brothers series. You know, I read a few reviews that said the first book was soo much better, but if I'm honest, I found this just as pleasant a read as the first! Don't get me wrong, I truly and completely missed having the entire Archer gang around and it did kind of leave me homesick for the boys, but Crockett's story was just as riveting! I found myself endeared by the new characters and my heart definitely flopped once or twice...or thrice or...well, you get the point. The story was enticing, the characters marvelous as before, and the setting was just right. I'm not a huge romance bug, I'm really not. Not when it comes to books anyway, but I swear Karen Witemeyer has pulled me into her world head over heals! Just the perfect amount of skipped heart beats, both for danger and for love. And, every now and again, a girl needs a chick flick to spur her dreams at night. I would highly recommend this sequel just as I would the first book!
• As a disclaimer, I haven't read the first book in the Archer boys' story, but I can only imagine it would enhance this book further.
  
  I love everything about this book, the story is well paced and sweet, the side characters are great, Joanna is so easy to identify with, and Crockett is a national treasure. The spiritual aspects of this book are heavier than some of the author's previous in my opinion (I've read Tailor-Made and To Win Her Heart), but considering Crockett is a preacher, it makes sense, feels natural, and doesn't come across as shoehorned in which I loved. She picked great pieces of scripture to use. On a side-note, Silas perfectly embodies every over-protective, ornery father ever too. I adored everything about this book, I've already read through it a few times!
• Crockett Archer has left his ranch to obtain the pastor’s position at a church in Piney Woods, Texas. He and one other man are the finalists for the position, and Crockett is sure this is what God wants for him. When the train is held up by some older bandits, and all they want is the preacher, he doesn’t know what to think. Things get even more bizarre when the leader takes Crocket to his ranch and presents him to his daughter as her birthday present.
  
  Joanna Robbins loves her father. They’re both still reeling from her mother’s passing, but her mother had left Jo with the unfinished task to bring her father to the Lord. She’s tried her best to no avail, and her innocent wish for a preacher at their abandoned church was to help fulfill her mother’s dying wish. She never expected her father to take her so seriously or to go steal one. When she shows Crockett the church, he’s kind and sympathetic, but he’s sure he’s suppose to go to Piney Woods. God just might have other plans for him, however.
  
  I loved this book! Looking at the cover and reading the synopsis, I wondered if perhaps it wasn’t going to be too light-hearted or silly. It wasn’t. Although it had moments of humor, it is a solid story with well-fleshed out characters and a well-developed plot with plenty of problems to work through. I enjoyed ever minute of it. It was a delightful, clean, Christian romance, and I noted no errors or mistakes. How refreshing!
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