Warrior's Heart

By Colleen Hall

Description:

Della Hunter is struggling to adjust to her new life as a widow and be a single parent to her young son. Her world is further complicated when the man she almost married seven years before rides back into her life. Wild Wind, her late husband's half brother, is a Cheyenne chieftain and a Dog Soldier of fearsome reputation. He no longer fights the soldiers, but he can't tolerate life on the reservation, so he makes the dangerous trek into the white man's world. He comes to the Slash L Ranch looking for work. As he takes his brother's place training horses on the Slash L, he must navigate two cultures and make his way in a society hostile to the tribes. During the years they were separated, his love for Della never wavered. While she grieves for Shane, he determines to woo and win her. Can he bridge the gap between his two worlds, and can he find it in his heart to love Della's God as she does?

Book Takeaway:

Della is challenged by Wild Wind's reappearance in her life to make the right decision about marrying an unbeliever. Will her love for Wild Wind and her desire to give her son a father overrule the scriptural principal of not being yoked to unbelievers?

Why the author wrote this book:

I originally didn’t plan to write Wild Wind’s story. I planned for Book 3 in my series to feature another character. However, Wild Wind is such a strong person, he was in my head demanding that I tell his story. I wasn’t getting anywhere with my other idea, so I scrapped that and gave in to Wild Wind. As I worked on a plot for Wild Wind’s story, I never intended for Della and Wild Wind to marry. She and Shane Hunter had married, and I planned to give Wild Wind another love interest. Once again, Wild Wind took control and tossed out my ideas for his story. He absolutely refused to love the lady I’d created for him. Wild Wind insisted that he already loved Della and refused to love anyone else. Since Della and Shane were married, I had to make her a widow in Book 3 to allow Wild Wind and her to have a romance. Once I gave in to him on this point, their story came together and flew off the page. Also, this story gave me the opportunity to show that Della's faith was more important to her than marrying a man who didn't love her God.