Reckless Love
In the fine tradition established by her Southern grandmama, Aurora
Daughtry has recently orchestrated the marriage of her eldest sister and
facilitated her middle sister's engagement. She also rejoices in her
part in transforming the family's dilapidated plantation manor into a
luxurious and lucrative resort hotel. Just when it seems there is
nothing left to absorb her considerable talent for managing people, in
walks federal deputy marshal Zane Sager.
But Zane is not at
Daughtry House for a vacation. He's tracking a killer and collecting two
key witnesses to a federal judge's murder.
Aurora takes it upon
herself to disabuse the cynical lawman of his conviction that the
world--and God in particular--is out to get him. But just as she's on
the verge of cracking Zane's defenses, the man he is after reminds him
that no one he loves is safe. Ever.
Award-wining author Beth
White closes out her Daughtry House series with this exciting and
emotional tale of two strong-willed people who may have met their match.
MY REVIEW:
Author
Beth White brings her inspirational historical romance "Daughtry House
Series" to a close with Book Three, "A Reckless Love". In Post-Civil War
Era Mississippi, sparks and banter fly between a spirited southern
belle and a determined lawman. Aurora Daughtry, youngest of three
sisters, has seen one older sibling married and the other one become
engaged. She has also helped to convert the Daughtry family plantation
into a resort hotel, ensuring that the family will retain its legacy.
Federal Deputy Marshal Zane Sager is on the trail of the man who killed
Zane's mentor, a federal judge. As he searches for his quarry, Zane must
also collect two primary trial witnesses. Aurora begins plans for a new
renovation project--she and her sisters have just discovered that they
inherited a saloon secretly owned by their late father. When Zane and
his prisoners "hide" in the saloon as the work is being done to
transform it into a respectable boarding house, respect and
awareness--and perhaps something more--begins to grow between Aurora and
Zane. As danger swirls around them in the post-war Reconstruction Era,
can the two of them take a leap of faith and hope for a bright future
filled with a deep and lasting love? This series takes place in a
turbulent time in American history, and the story line is complex. I
recommend reading the series in order: Book One--"A Rebel Heart"; Book
Two--"A Reluctant Belle"; and finally Book Three--"A Reckless Love".
Book Copy Gratis Revell Books via Library Thing
A Reluctant Belle
Impoverished Southern belle Joelle Daughtry has a secret. By day she has
been helping her sisters in their quest to turn the run-down family
plantation into a resort hotel after the close of the Civil War. But by
night and under a male pseudonym, she has been penning articles for the
local paper in support of the construction of a Negro school. With the
Mississippi arm of the Ku Klux Klan gaining power and prestige, Joelle
knows she is playing a dangerous game.
When childhood enemy and
current investor in the Daughtry house renovation Schuyler Beaumont
takes over his assassinated father's candidacy for state office, Joelle
finds that in order to protect her family and her home, she and Schuyler
will have to put aside their longstanding personal conflict and develop
a united public front. The trouble is, what do you do when animosity
becomes respect--and even love--if you're already engaged to someone
else?
A Rebel Heart
Five years after the
final shot was fired in the War Between the States, Selah Daughtry can
barely manage to keep herself, her two younger sisters, and their
spinster cousin fed and clothed. With their family's Mississippi
plantation swamped by debt and the Big House falling down around them,
the only option seems to be giving up their ancestral land.
Pinkerton
agent and former Union cavalryman Levi Riggins is investigating a
series of robberies and sabotage linked to the impoverished Daughtry
plantation. Posing as a hotel management agent for the railroad, he
tells Selah he'll help her save her home, but only if it is converted
into a hotel. With Selah otherwise engaged with renovations, Levi moves
onto the property to "supervise" while he actually attends to his real
assignment right under her nose.
Selah isn't sure she entirely
trusts the handsome Yankee, but she'd do almost anything to save her
home. What she never expected to encounter was his assault on her heart.
Beth White
Beth White teaches music at an
inner-city high school in historic Mobile, Alabama. Her hobbies include
playing flute and pennywhistle and painting, but her real passion is
writing historical romance with a Southern drawl.
A native Mississippian, she is a pastor's wife, mother of two, and grandmother of two--so far.
Also published as Elizabeth White,
her novels have won the American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Award,
the RT Book Club Reviewers Choice Award, and the Inspirational Reader's
Choice Award.
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