Keturah

England, the year 1773.   Keturah and her sisters find themselves heiresses to their father's properties and assets.  A letter soon comes telling them of the drought, machinery failure and an overseer lost to the "fever", all with profits far lower than the last. 

Lady Keturah is determined to make sure her sisters are well provided for and the three sisters head off to the West Indies, which was totally unheard of for ladies of England's society at that time.

Lady Keturah Banning Tomlinson, a widow, from an abusive marriage has sworn that she will never marry again, but her childhood friend Gray Covington is traveling to the West Indies to develop his sugar plantation that happens to border Keturah's.  Will Keturah's heart ever soften again?

This was a fantastic story of a woman bound and determined to make a way for herself, as well as her sisters in a society that demanded women to be dependant on men.  Keturah's strong character is what makes this story flow.  The reader is drawn to her supporting her and cheering her on throughout the story.    A fast-paced read, and a truly enjoyable one.  Set in the West Indies.   The author has done a vast amount of research to make this novel so real to life, which makes it all the more enjoyable and true to the reader.

I was thrilled that the characters all leaned heavily on God in this novel.  I think the lesson of this novel, or the point that is brought out, is that we too must rely on God, put our stubbornness behind us.  A wonderful story of adventure, romance, and forgiveness.


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