The English Lieutenant's Lady (Oregon Territory Romance) by Evelyn M. Hill

This story seem to take on a life of it's own as the story progresses. I love Lia and Geoff and their love was real and genuine for each other. Geoff failed me in the end, because he seem to have a rich Christian background, but seemed to have lost all of it by the end of the book. All the town characters reflected the charm and values of the time period, and even some of the prejudices of the times against Indians. I actually felt as if I was back in 1845 waiting to see the Americans and the British get into it over territory again. Although the story said that Lia lost herself in that town, I feel she just grew up as she taught those children. It doesn't matter what clothes we wear, or what society we are in, if we are ourselves. Lia was always herself, she doesn't tell the whole world her mother was half Cree. It didn't change who Lia was only how other people looked at her. This story has a great heart and that heart is Lia.