All I can say is what a book. This little read set in 1797 during the Pioneer days is full of sacrifice, action, loss, the test of love and new beginnings.
Stephen Wyllie a man of dreams and fierce determination to make a better life for his family. Four daughters and a wife, his dreams of obtaining land but having to make a dangerous insurmountable journey through the wilderness to the wilds of glorious Kentucky. His convictions are so strong he can think of nothing else but how does he convince his wife this is the right thing to do. To follow a dream, to reach for something that will put all their lives on the line on a perilous journey into the unknown. A journey of untold dangers. Will she go? Will she see his dream and help him make it into a reality for their family. Will she leave the home he built for her, a supposedly safe home until one day the devil from hell shows up on her doorstep with untold horrors awaiting her and her children, all girls? Stephen is gone on a trip to gather supplies and she’s all alone. She and her daughters fight their attacker off but will he come back, is this enough to make her want to give up her home and travel with her husband to an unknown land?
Jane, a strong woman, very pretty to the eye and self assured that her and her girls are safe in their New Hampshire home. A home that her husband built, where their girls were all born, a home where they were to spend their lives in. But after a horrid attack from the devil incarnate him, she is torn. Stephen is duty and honor bound to protect her and the girls, but his way is picking up and leaving the only home her girls have ever known and embark on a journey that will test the love they share and the strength they posses. What can a woman do other than to support her husband’s dream although it’s not hers? She’s scared, terrified might be a more suitable word.
After much debate Stephen, his family, and three of his brothers and a adopted brother Bear start on the journey of their lives heading into the wilds heading west to a greater land, a land of green grass as far as the eye can see, a lush land with many opportunities to build a new life. But, first, they have to get there.
This author is awesome, the story is fantastic and I could not put this book down until the end. The characters are loving and true to the time period. Love is tested on this perilous journey as the author takes you through the wilderness with this family. The time period of the Pioneer days has always been a favorite of mine and this author did not disappoint. Her historical facts were right on the mark as you can tell this period is close to her heart. The characters are funny at times, the children you’ll fall in love with, the traveling men all brave with each having their own little nitch in live they undertake a journey of a lifetime.
The editing was good, no major issues at all, the sex scenes were all cleanly written with no raunchy going on and I liked that. You could feel the love between Jane and Stephen; it made you feel like they could reach the ends of the earth just on their love alone, but that love is tested to the terrifying limits of the author’s imagination and the story the characters wanting to be told.
Times were hard back then, survival was always the top priority and this author describes in vivid detail the perils our ancestors faced, the strong test of love that they endured every day, the dreams in their hearts to make a better life for their family.
I would highly recommend this book to any reader and I will definitely be reading more from this author. She didn’t drag the story it moves along at a good pace. The beginning was a little slow for me but the author soon takes off with the story and all its hidden dangers of being on a carved out trail back in the days of old.
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Really enjoyed this book. Lots of beautiful details and historical accounts Loved being part of this family and getting to know
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