I absoluted loved Cloaked in Beauty, the third book in Karen Witemeyer's Texas Ever After series. I am a HUGE fan of fairy tale retellings. This series is unique in that the stories take place in the 1800s in Texas. I loved books one and two. The parallels in the first book, Fairest of Heart, a Snow White retelling, were quite obvious and fun to discover. If the Boot Fits, which is the second book and a retelling of Cinderella, had parallels, but not as many. This third book actually had parallels to two separate fairy tales, Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty.
I loved seeing the way the author worked both of these fairy tales into this story. Letty Hood is an heiress who is hiding out in a cabin far away from where she grew up because her mother sent her away for her safety after someone tried set fire to their home (which you read about in the first chapter). She has been in hiding with her grandmother for 15 years. And she has a pet wolf.
Philip is the Pinkerton agent who has been hired to find her and bring her home safely.
I loved the romance that develops between them, and the twists the author brings to the story, there is suspense, but not too intense. Maybe a bit more intense toward the end of the book. And faith in God is a huge part of the story.
I absoluted recommend this book and am so glad I finally had a chance to read it.
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