Lone Star Ranger (Texas Rangers, #1)

by Renae Brumbaugh Green

[phyllish]

A fun historical western

My rating is 3.5 stars

Lone Star Ranger is the first book in a series by Renae Brumbaugh Green, a new-to-me author. It appears to be a re-release from 2015.

Elizabeth and her brother, Evan, were on a pleasure trip shortly after the death of their father. Little did they expect to have Evan end up in jail – with a hanging threatened, based on his resemblance to a notorious outlaw!

Elizabeth was spunky and brave, though at least a little foolhardy. She was devoted to her brother and did all she could to rescue him. It was amusing she was such a tall woman. That is not a common characteristic in stories of this period.

The story was fun as Elizabeth and Rett crossed swords figuratively over her investigation of her brother's innocence. I also enjoyed her interactions with the people in town.

There was a little bit of a spiritual element with both Elizabeth and Rett praying. It wasn't strong and the scriptures shared were from the Psalms. There was nothing that would point to the specific belief of the characters, other than they believed in God and accepted the Psalms as inspired scripture. There was also not a life-change in the story. It is for these reasons I do not classify this as Christian fiction.

The adventures seemed a little far-fetched. How this city-bred woman could have tracked a Texas Ranger across the state was a little hard to believe, especially when she was not observant and even got lost in town. There were also some inconsistencies in the concern (and lack of it, at one point) about the propriety of a single man and woman spending nights on the trail together. Hmm.

Overall, the story was a quick, fun read. Lovers of Western fiction are the ideal readers for this story.

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I was given a copy of this book. I was not required to give a favorable review nor was any money received for this review. All comments and opinions are my own.