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Great characters. Doesn't shy away from realistic tragedy, evoking emotional response from reader. Leaves the reader desiring more, searching for more books from this author!
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I would have to rate this book from good to very good. I had never heard of this author until I was browsing through the Christian fiction books. I'm always on the lookout for good books because I love to read and I tend to read very fast. I decided to take a chance on this author. Deanne Gist certainly did excellent research about colonial American life. I had never heard of "tobacco wives"! I ordered several more of her books, and can' wait to read them all. I would highly recommend this book to book lovers interested in good, clean, Christian fiction.
Fanciful and also factual. Kidnapped bride is sold to Puritanical Bidder. Author obviously studied time period and mores of the era as well as including knowledgable history incidents to life.
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The author did a fair amount of historical research before writing this novel and it shows. The background of the story is fairly inline with what Colonial America was like back then. I appreciated the details as to the use of trenchers (eating containers) and the use of common herbs to heal wounds. This story was very plausible and I liked that quite a bit. It's not the traditional romance story in the Harlequin fashion (ick) and the characters are quite well-rounded and developed. I think the author did a good job with this book and deserved the Christy Award.
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