Review of The Captive Heart

Title: The Captive Heart

Author: Michelle Griep

Chapters: 40

Pages: 309

Genre:  Christian Historical fiction, Christian Historical Romance

Rating:  5 stars

     In The Captive Heart by Michelle Griep Eleanor Morgan has run away from England with little or no options. Once in the colonies she has only one option marriage.  She ends up married to Samuel Heath, a trapper and tracker raised by the Cherokee. He only  wants a mother for his young daughter. But since everyone in his community believes him to be a murder no one wants to marry him. Till Eleanor comes to town running for her past. 

     Eleanor has a hard time adjusting to life with Sam, and her new life on the North Carolina Frontier.  As well as the fact that Sam's best friend is a full blood Cherokee. 

     The Captive Heart is a historical fiction novel with a hint of romance set in on the North Carolina frontier before the American Revaluation. At a time when the Cherokee fill that their land and way of life is being threatened. But it to me it was also a bit of a Beauty and Beast retelling; Eleanor is the beauty character and Sam with his scars both physical and emotional is the beast. Michelle has a way of making her character's come to life and jump off the page and Eleanor and Samuel in The Captive Heart was no different.  Both the characters have a lot to learn not only about each other but themselves and God as well.  The Captive Heart is also a story of healing, finding love and learning to trust God.