Forgiven by Janet Fox

In this companion novel to Faithful also set in 1906 (location of this review: http://zigtozags.blogspot.com/2012/03/faithful-by-janet-fox.html ), Kula is sent to Montana by her father so she can start her life until he can come after he takes care of some "unfinished business" and join her. Reluctantly, Kula sets out on her own trying to make a name of herself despite being the daughter of an outlaw. Her focus is to marry into a social standing but things change when her father is arrested for a murder he didn't commit for which he will hang for. He tells her to so to San Fransisco and find Ty Wong to get a box before he is taken away. She sets off alone yet again to try to find the box she thinks will save her father's life. There she has to get through this large city with all its barbarians, criminals and keep her focus even when the kind and helpful come around. David, one of these few kind ones and a young Chinese, befriends her and she's finds herself experiencing something Kula Baker had never felt...love.

-Pages: 288
-Age: 13 and up (no inappropriate content but some slavery and abuse that took place in history)
-Reader Type: realistic, romantic, historic
-Our Rating: We loved this book just as much as its companion! Though it was a bit slow for our taste, the end was definitely a page turner with an ending you will never forget and will be on your mind for the next week.