It didn’t bother me though.Įllen O’Connell writes an engrossing, believable love story with great characterization and genuine dialogue. Minor issue may be a turn-off for some readers: The MCs were separated in the middle of the book (between ~30% and ~60%). Matt is a no-count Rebel drifter who made Sarah see her own strength, and believe in herself.Īnd in the end, he made a marriage proposal that was the highlight in book:įirst Corinthians, Chapter 7, verses 1 and 9. But I can’t sell what I gave to someone else. If you know my story, you know that in the eyes of respectable people I am as much a whore as any woman you employ. “I’ve lowered myself to gathering buffalo chips with my bare hands, to eating snake and rodents and eating them eagerly. An incredibly loyal, kind, relentless human being in pursuit of something she wanted. Sarah is probably the best heroine I can hope for in a HR. “Life does get ugly sometimes,” Sarah whispered. Last year I was very fortunate to come across Jill’s review on Ellen O’Connell’s Without Words (*wave at Jill*) and man, Sing My Name is my fifth book from this author already.

Sing My Name is an excellent historical western. Though a relatively new author with only three westerns to her name, Ellen O'Connell has quickly become my favourite historical western romance author usurping some of my long-time favourites. And Matt, a Southerner, rough around the edges, but a man of principle. Sarah, the refined Bostonian, doing the right thing by marrying a suitable and proper man, but longing for more.

Set against the north/south divide of Antibellum America, two such different people as Matt and Sarah, would normally never have met, let alone loved. The story is engrossing, with enough historical detail to add authenticity, without slowing down the pacing or upstaging the love story. The love scenes are realistic between two young and virtually inexperienced people. This is Ellen O'Connell's second novel, and it's a beautiful story. When they are set upon by Comanches, only Matt and Sarah survive and they decide to make the arduous journey on foot to Fort Grissom, battling the hostile country, lack of food and water, as well as avoiding Comanches. Sarah Hammond, twenty years-old is on her way to Fort Grissom in the same wagon train to meet up with her fiancé Major Carter Macauley. Twenty-two year-old Matt Slade has been falsely accused of murder and theft and is being taken to Fort Grissom for trial.

Sing My Name by Ellen O'Connell