Paula's Review:
One of my favorite eras to read about is Colonial America. Ms Frantz always educates me to the time and customs of America in its formative years. I learned about Indigo plantations and what other crops they grew. This story also traveled across the ocean to Scotland and told of the rich businessmen who traded and had interests in the Americas. This perspective from Scotland was very eye opening.
Juliet has hostile thoughts about Leith and the arranged marriage her father wants but eventually comes to appreciate his character.
This is a vibrant story with people who grow in their faith. It is a story to be savored and pondered over. It has elements of romance, suspense, danger, compassion, charity and selflessness. All wrapped up in the atmospheric settings of Virginia and Scotland.
I am always glad to step into the historical stories of Laura Frantz.
*I received a complimentary copy of this book from Revell on behalf of the author and a NetGalley copy through Interviews and Reviews. I was not required to post a favorable review. All opinions are mine alone.* 5 stars and a solid faith thread
BackCover Blurb:
Virigina plantation life is all she has ever known.
But could the life she was meant to live be waiting on a distant shore?
In 1774, Juliet Catesby lives with her father and sister at Royal Vale, the James River plantation founded by her Virginia family over a century before. Indigo cultivation is her foremost concern, though its export tethers her family to the powerful Buchanan clan of Glasgow, Scotland.
When the heir of the Buchanan firm arrives on their shores, Juliet discovers that her father has arranged for one of his daughters to marry the Scot as a means of canceling the family's crippling debt. Confident it will be her younger, lovelier sister, Juliet is appalled when Leith Buchanan selects her instead.
Despite her initial refusal, Juliet realizes that fleeing Virginia is her only choice after finding herself in the midst of a scandal. The ship just leaving the harbor for Glasgow is her only hope. But she will soon realize that being part of the complex and calculating Buchanan clan is not the sanctuary she imagined--and the man who saved her from ruin is the very one she must now save in return.
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