Worthless to Priceless
Robin Densmore Fuson
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Ebook $2.99
Print $7.99
198 pp
July 2020
About the Book
At the tender age of thirteen,
orphaned Jenny Low decides to take matters in her own hands and runs away from
her captive life in a Ute tribe. Rescued from near death by a kindly teamster,
Samuel Baunof, Jenny is sent to live with a family in Glenwood Springs,
Colorado in 1886. She learns the truth of wickedness and runs again straight
into true evil.
Meanwhile, Samuel holds his head up while facing life's cruelty head on. A few
years later, he crosses paths with the orphaned girl he once rescued. Now a
beautiful young woman, Jenny is a God-send in his time of need. Their trials
aren’t over and Samuel finds himself tracking her through the wilderness where,
unbeknownst to him, someone else is after her too. Will he get to her in time?
Can these two people with completely different backgrounds and beliefs help
each other and those around them? Is Samuel able to rescue Jenny from the
horror her life has been drawn into? Is his faith strong enough to help her
understand that God loves her and didn’t abandon her? Jenny is challenged to
accept love and forgiveness even when she feels the world closing in.
My review
Heart-achy love story between a young girl, brutally abused on the old west of Colorado, and a widower searching for someone to care for his young children.
It’s a familiar trope well-retold by a master storyteller. Fuson’s tales are always dramatic and life-changing no matter where or when they’re set.
Jenny has an almost True Grit aspect to her life, though she needs to kindness of others to help her escape the desperate circumstances she is in. After escaping from one horror and jumping into the next, this girl just can’t get a break until her life circles around to meet with the rescuer who thought he’d done a good deed.
Samuel has a good position as a teamster in Colorado; it’s just that he’s on the road for days at a time and when his wife passes away, he has three young tots to care for. Life is funny when it leads him back to the young girl he rescued from the desert. Horrified to learn the couple who took her in failed her dreadfully, and the next troubling circumstance she entered was even worse, Samuel was more than determined to see her safe.
Nicely told from both sides of gritty realism, romance readers will enjoy Fuson’s latest story.
About the Author
Robin recently moved to Tennessee
with her husband Jimmy. Together, they celebrate with seventeen grandchildren.
An award winner for romance and flash fiction. Robin is multi-published and
writes stories on her blog for children. Robin is a member of ACFW, Vice
President of ACFW Colorado Western Slope, and member of John316 Marketing
Network. She enjoys leading a Bible study group and singing in two community
choirs. Robin loves company and challenging her young guests to discover the
many giraffes in the obvious and hidden nooks and crannies of their home.
