Title: Before the Scarlet Dawn (The Daughters of the Potomac
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Author: Rita Gerlach
Pages: 327
Year: 2012
Publisher: Abingdon Press
About the book:
Love drove them
to a new land. Now, a war for freedom threatens all they hold dear.
In 1775, Hayward
Morgan, a young gentleman destined to inherit his father’s estate in
Derbyshire, England, captures the attention of the local vicar’s daughter,
Eliza Bloome. However, her dark beauty and spirited ways are not enough to win
him immediately, due to her station in life.
Circumstances
throw Eliza in Hayward’s path, and they flee to America to escape the family
conflicts. But as war looms, it’s a temporary reprieve. Hayward joins the
revolutionary forces and what follows is a struggle for survival, a test of
faith, and the quest to find lasting love in an unforgiving wilderness.
My review:
A deeply moving
historical novel.
The development of
the characters in this book is excellent. I was drawn into the story from the
very beginning. I wanted so badly to see everything work out well for Eliza
Bloome. She has such a strong faith and has so many hardships to face
throughout the story. Multiple times I felt as if my heart was going to break
for all that she had to deal with.
She is a very
realistic character in that as time progressed she faltered in her decision
making and in her belief that she had made correct choices. Even when we make
questionable choices God doesn’t leave us and we can hold on to that fact. This
is something that Eliza works through as she struggles with her self-doubts. If
we are at all truthful with ourselves we would each admit to doubting our
decisions at times.
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