What do you do? The Right Thing or Side with Family?

About the Book

Book: Harrison’s Resolve

Author: Naomi Rawlings

Genre: Historical Fiction

Series: Texas Promise Series #0.5

Release Date: September 12, 2022

Summary: He might only be ten, but when he uncovers a plot that will hurt his friends and their families, he knows the right thing to do… until he realizes his father is the one behind the plot.

Moving is stupid, or at least that what ten-year-old Harrison Rutherford thinks when his father forces him to leave their comfortable home in Laredo and move to the desert town of Twin Rivers, Texas. But the people he meets in Twin Rivers aren’t all that stupid, especially not the group of boys who befriend him or the pact he makes that will follow him into adulthood.

But when Harrison discovers his father’s true motives for moving to Twin Rivers—and the suffering it will bring friends—he finds himself faced with a choice that will shape his life for the next decade…

From moving to Twin Rivers as a boy to becoming the most prominent lawyer in Austin, follow Harrison Rutherford on his quest to free himself of his father’s demands and meet the unexpected woman who can change his life for the better—if he chooses to let her.

Set against the jagged mountains and vivid sunsets of Texas’s Big Bend region, Harrison’s Resolve is a meaningful story about being loyal and doing right.

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My Review

Oh my goodness! This is a perfect lead-in for Harrison’s novel. It gives you a backstory of how he met his friends, which it was so nice to get another glimpse at Wes’, Sam’s, and Daniel’s childhood; how he met Alejandra, the lead lady of the upcoming book Tomorrow’s Steadfast Prayer; and an intro of the problems with his father.

Harrison always wants to help everyone around him even though it would mean he is isolated. He is such a giving character, and you can’t help but like him.

Alejandra is certainly not who anyone thinks she is. She has multiple hats that she puts on for different people. She, like Harrison, just wants justice for those around her.

In the Bible it talks about how the parent’s iniquities would be passed on to their children to the third and fourth generation. This seems to be the case for Cain. The kids his age looked down on him because of his “well-known” mother, which was completely unfair treatment to Cain; however, it’s so common. This novella just made me anticipate Cain’s story, Tomorrow’s Lasting Joy, even more.

My favorite part was when the boys first become friends. You see all the different personalities that make up each boy. No one was the same, which was refreshing because it kept the novella interesting.

Harrison’s Resolve leaves you in a perfect spot for Tomorrow’s Steadfast Prayer. It doesn’t end off on a cliffhanger, but it did make me wish I had Tomorrow’s Steadfast Prayer already.

This book was clean from curse words and inappropriate sexual behavior. Aside from mentions of a prostitute or a woman leaving a home of a man, it was clean.

I requested and received a complimentary review copy in ebook courtesy of the author for my honest opinion. I was not required to give a favorable review. All opinions are my own.