Bridged by Love By Patricia Lieb

Bridged by Love
By Patricia Lieb
Two backwoods women, Kathryn and a Native American Indian girl, Shanna, have a connection: love for an infant. Set in 1886 on the tri-states borders of Arkansas , Louisiana and Texas and the nearby Indian Territory , tension, complex characters, murder, kidnapping, and romance intertwine high suspense and plot with complex characters in the telling of this novel of two women bridged by the love of a child.
Four men play major rolls throughout the story. Alex, the villain after Kathryn’s homestead; John, the man Kathryn loves; Leonard, the good-man who only wants to do what is right; and Rowe, the young Mexican held in a Texas prison until he makes his escape and sets out to find Shanna and save her from a life of misery.
Shanna leaves the infant at with Kathryn and starts her run from outlaw-friends of her kidnapper. Under the watchful eye of her blackmailer, Alex, Shanna’s journey takes her by boxcar to Dallas then by stage, across the Red River, and into the Indian Territory where she locates her long-lost brother. Alex, still keeping Shanna under is watch, steals furs from the Indians and takes them to a furrier in Dallas.
Find out what happens in this compelling story of two women who fight to save the life of an innocent child.
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Publisher: BookSurge
Publishing ISBN:
1-4196-3006-7
Binding: Trade Paper/Library
Hardback
328 pages


Reviewed by Bonnie Flouhouse
St, Anne, IL

Patricia Shipp Lieb's "Bridged by Love" is a historical novel set in Texarkana in the late 1880s. It's the story of two women--Shanna (a young Indian woman trying to evade ruthless white men) and Kathryn (a strong white woman willing to take on any opponent).

Several people, but most importantly an infant, tie the women's lives.

The fast plot ensnares the reader in the story of these women.

To build suspense, the author presents segments of one character's story, stops at a crucial moment, and then moves to the other character's struggles.

Because the only way to connect Shanna and Kathryn is to show how several men are involved in their lives, several episodes involved only these men. Liberal doses of danger, treachery, intrigue, and romance fill the book.

Eventually Lieb untangles everyone and brings closure to the storylines. Numerous predictable stock characters add to the local color of the book: the slick swindler, the traveling prostitute, the ignorant guy who'll do anything for a few coins, the prejudiced business owner, the liberal man who thinks Indians are mistreated, the fiercely strong pioneer woman, the decent man who patiently waits for his chance at love, and displaced Indians. Add a ruthless tavern owner and a young man willing to face all foes for the woman he loves, and the character list is complete.

In an attempt to capture the aura and lifestyles of a past time, Lieb has crowded lost of characters and details into her book. But over all, "Bridged by Love" is a fast read good for a summer afternoon's enjoyment.


Patricia Shipp Lieb's "Bridged by Love" is a historical novel set in Texarkana in the late 1880s. It's the story
of two women--Shanna (a young Indian woman trying to evade ruthless white men) and Kathryn (a strong
white woman willing to take on any opponent).

Several people, but most importantly an infant, tie the women's lives.

The fast plot ensnares the reader in the story of these women.

To build suspense, the author presents segments of one character's story, stops at a crucial moment, and then moves to the other character's struggles.

Because the only way to connect Shanna and Kathryn is to show how several men are involved in their lives, several episodes involved only these men. Liberal doses of danger, treachery, intrigue, and romance fill the book.

Eventually Lieb untangles everyone and brings closure to the storylines. Numerous predictable stock characters add to the local color of the book: the slick swindler, the traveling prostitute, the ignorant guy who'll do anything for a few coins, the prejudiced business owner, the liberal man who thinks Indians are mistreated, the fiercely strong pioneer woman, the decent man who patiently waits for his chance at love, and displaced Indians. Add a ruthless tavern owner and a young man willing to face all foes for the woman
he loves, and the character list is complete.

In an attempt to capture the aura and lifestyles of a past time, Lieb has crowded lost of characters and
details into her book. But over all, "Bridged by Love" is a fast read good for a summer afternoon's.