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While I do review many Christian titles on here, I haven't always been a fan of the genre. Throughout my teen years I read only horror novels by Stephen King, Anne Rice and John Saul; however, I stumbled upon the Left Behind books around the summer/fall of 2000. After that I started to expand reading horizons, though I didn't begin to read Christian romances until after I read a Beverly Lewis's Amish title a year or so later.
Since then I have read hundreds of Christian titles, including ones written by Tracie Peterson. The first books I had read by her was the Heirs Of Montana series. Her newest novel "A Beauty Refined" (book two in the Sapphire Brides series) was released to bookstores last month.
Set in the 1907, the novel centers on Phoebe Von Bergen, a young woman who is visiting America for the first time with her German count father. She has been sheltered for most her life, so she is exciting about taking a trip to Montana, where her father is supposed to be picking up sapphires. However, her father isn't exactly truthful as he has other "business" plans that she isn't aware of.
Ian Harper runs into Phoebe while she is staying at the Broadwater Hotel, and of course he is instantly attracted to her. Despite her father's deceptions, sparks fly between Ian and Phoebe, which leads her to consider staying in the USA.