Captured Heart

By: Barbara Goss

Narrated by: Jan Ross

Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

Christian romance: Two men vie for Amanda. One wanted the beautiful, fiery Amanda for his bride...the other for wealth and pleasure. Would her innocent trust be her undoing? Which one will capture her heart?

Traveling to California on a wagon train, Amanda's family dies of cholera. She had prayed that they would live. Amanda is mad at God for letting them die. Eventually, she learns God did listen to her prayers, in a very extraordinary way. Amanda faces many perils on the trail including being captured by Indians and an evil adversary. Once Amanda realizes her true love, she can't find the words to tell him until it's a matter of life or death, or too late.

©2015 Barbara Goss (P)2017 Barbara Goss

Clean Christian Romance on the Oregon Trail

Barbara Goss writes clean christian romances that take place in the 1800's. I enjoyed this sweet story of the Oregon Trail. This story was a fresh perspective and had a sweet love story. I have listened to several books by this author and enjoy her style. The narrator (Jan Ross) was new to me, but I just didn't connect with her voice expressions and delivery for this book. Some of the voices the narrator performed were very well done, while others were grating. My review is not a synopsis of the book, but rather my opinion of it. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Good Read

Captured Heart was a good read by Barbara Goss. While traveling to California on a wagon train, Amanda's family die from Cholera. Amanda finds herself mad at God for letting them die. Amanda finds herself realizing her true love and it's now a matter of life and death. I enjoyed this book and can't wait to read more by Barbara Goss.

Great book

another great book by Barbara Goss, the narration was wonderful, Great Christian book that shows how when something tragic happens in your life God has a plan for you

Captured Heart

This was a good book to listen to and it was narraited good. I enjoyed it from the beginning. If my review was any help will you please click the helpful link. Thank you

Good

Good clean western series, as all of the series by the author are, to enjoy. The narration by Jan added to the story and enjoyment.given audio for my voluntary review

Recommended for historical romance readers

Would you listen to Captured Heart again? Why?

Yes. I read it straight though because it was so good and I wanted to see how it ended. If I read it again, I'd slow down and enjoy the 'trip'.

What did you like best about this story?

The fast pace of the narrative

Have you listened to any of Jan Ross’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

no. This if the first book I've listened to that was narrated by her

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

not really

Any additional comments?

I would read other books by this author and narrator.

Delightful and Romantic

It's hard to say who captured whose heart but in the end it doesn't really matter. This is one of Ms. Goss' best that I've listened to so far. It was one I could not put down. There was inspiration as Amanda learned to trust God once again after she thought He had deserted her and Luke gently prodded her back. It showed how people sometimes get priorities all wrong and how sometimes circumstances and love can open their eyes. This was such a good book--highly recommend it.

The narration was wonderful!

This was a fun story to listen to. There was a new approach to the romance of a mail order bride which was refreshing. It had enough adventure to keep the story from moving too slow and a mystery that was not solved until near the end, but with just enough clues to keep the reader from figuring out too soon what had happened. This was a delightful listen.

The narration was great!

I requested this audio book from Audiobooks Unleashed and have voluntarily left this review.

Lovely story

Sometimes a story comes to its end and the two most dreaded words are "The End". This is what I felt on hearing them but thankfully there are other stories still to be read by this imaginative and talented writer, Barbara Goss.
This book/audiobook tells of the love growing between Luke and Amanda, the test of her religious beliefs after losing her parents and siblings to cholera, the meeting of Luke's brothers and then being welcomed by the rest of his loving family after a small adventure on her wagon travels to Philadelphia and all this makes it an enjoyable and refreshing story.
I also enjoyed the narration by Jan Ross.
An audiobook version was provided by the author at no cost and this is my honest and unbiased review.

Learning to trust God again is not easy

Amada loses her whole family while on a wagon train to California. Her anger towards God causes her to walk away from faith and just go with her "gut" when it comes to men. She meets two. One who is handsome, charming and wants nothing more than giving her whatever she desires. The other is handsome, quiet and wants nothing more than to protect her and show her that God still does love her and wants her to return to her faith.

Luke sees the pain and loneliness in beautiful Amanda. He witnessed the death of her family and her hardening heart towards God. He also sees how a man on the train sees the opportunity to take advantage of this beautiful, grieving woman. To what extremes does Luke need to go to not only protect Amanda but to also help her realize her feelings?

Luke and Amanda have an action packed ride filled with Indians, snakes, "loose women", romantic rivals and a group of brothers who are trying to find their sister. But even with all of this is nothing compares to the difficulty of finding the words that will either make or break the future.

I think this is one of my favorite books of Barbara's. The characters and the situations were great and the story was well written. This may be just my opinion, but I was not very thrilled with the way that Jan Ross performed Amanda. Again, this just may be my perspective.


This audible was given to me for a voluntary, honest review.

A Perfect Match

This was a sad story but I loved how it turned out in the end. It was a clean read and very enjoyable. I was given a copy for an honest review. I highly recommend.