Stealing the Preacher by Karen Witemeyer is a cute, light-hearted, fun romance. I found the situation of an ex-outlaw father kidnapping a preacher as a birthday present for his daughter too funny and the bewilderment both Crockett and Joanna faced was even more amusing. Their relationship developed believably and sweetly and I really enjoyed the elements of faith throughout the story - these are characters who live with their faith permeating their lives and it came across realistically and not preachy. There was a dash of nail-biting tension at the climax that had me ridiculously worried considering I knew there was no way the book could not have a happy ending. ;) The historical details about painting and artistic-style were really interesting. Also, I didn't realize this was second in a series until after I'd finished it and I'm looking forward to reading the others! 
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