Anna, The Lawman's Problem

By: Linda Sealy Knowles

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Standing in front of Anna Moore was the biggest decision of her life. The future diverged into two forks—would she make the right choice? To be the wife of a lawman or return to the Little Sisters Convent to be a faithful servant to God for the rest of her young life?

At the young age of ten, her uncle dropped her off at the Little Sisters Convent with the promise that as soon as he got settled, he would send for her. After ten years, he finally kept his promise, sending her money to travel to Livingston, Texas, to live with him. Once Anna arrived, dressed in Nun’s clothing, she was greeted by the handsome, Matt Jenkins, sheriff of the town.

Matt Jenkins, a young handsome man had been the lawman of Livingston for several years after an unhappy retreat from his parents’ farm in Portland, Texas. After greeting the lovely nun from Whitmire, Texas, he had the unfortunate duty of telling her that her missing uncle was a wanted man, but he would be glad to take her to her uncle’s little house at the edge of town.

When Anna removed her wimple, slowly shaking her head back and forth to let her long raven hair fall below her waist, Sheriff Jenkins was spellbound by the nun’s beauty. He always thought that nuns were bald under their headpieces. His knees went weak, and his heart nearly beat out of his chest. In a moment, he fell head over heels for this lovely little lady.
Would more bad news about her Uncle Claude Moore keep this young couple apart? Sheriff Jenkins was determined not to let that happen.

Sweet western romance

Definitely worth the listen! I love westerns and chose this because it was listed under Christian romances.

The action was good, well timed and though somewhat predictable, it held my attention - never boring.

Anna and her friends from the orphanage/ convent are the kind of family you hope for though they aren't related. They love and take care of each other and those around them. The town her uncle calls her home to is also wonderful.

Overall, the sheriff is the kind of man you want as a sheriff and love interest. One of my two complaints about the book is when he spanks her for disobedience - sorry but physical discipline of a spouse is a no go for me. He comes around and later tells one of the boys that you never hit a woman but he never apologized to her and it just didn't fit the character and it was unnecessary.

The second complaint was the digital narration. It does a pretty good job with intonation so for the most part it sounds like a person narrating, but the timing of sentences gets off especially in the second half of the book so that sentences run into each other or pauses too long. Also, it mispronounces several words like raven (long A sound) is pronounced with short A sound. Since she has raven-black hair that he really likes, it gets annoying.

Very cute story overall with a good message and I loved the ending!