Mercy Lytton, a scout with keen eyesight raised among the Mohawks, and Elias Dubois, a condemned traitor working both sides of the conflict, must join together to get a shipment of gold safely into British hands. A brand new series for fans of all things related to history, romance, adventure, faith, and family trees. A War-Torn Countryside Is No Place for a Lady Mercy Lytton is a lady like … Lady
Mercy Lytton is a lady like none other. Raised amongst the Mohawks, she straddles two cultures, yet each are united in one cause. . .to defeat the French. Born with a rare gift of unusually keen eyesight, she is chosen as a scout to accompany a team of men on a dangerous mission. Yet it is not her life that is threatened. It is her heart. Condemned as a traitor, Elias Dubois faces the gallows. At the last minute, he is offered his freedom if he consents to accompany a stolen shipment of French gold to a nearby fort–but he is the one they stole it from in the first place. It turns out that the real thief is the beguiling woman, Mercy Lytton, for she steals his every waking thought. Can love survive divided loyalties in a backcountry wilderness?
Join the adventure as the Daughters of the Mayflower series continues with The Captured Bride by Michelle Griep.
More in the Daughters of the Mayflower series:
The Mayflower Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse – set 1620 Atlantic Ocean (February 2018)
The Pirate Bride by Kathleen Y’Barbo – set 1725 New Orleans (April 2018)
The Captured Bride by Michelle Griep – set 1760 during the French and Indian War (June 2018)
The Patriot Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse – set 1774 Philadelphia (coming August 2018)
The Cumberland Bride by Shannon McNear – set 1794 on the Wilderness Road (coming October 2018)
The Liberty Bride by MaryLu Tyndall – set 1814 Baltimore (coming December 2018)
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“Pioneer women were very tough – they had to be, because the men go off for long periods of time, and the women would have to be able to protect themselves and their homes.” –Haley Bennett
This review may contain SPOILERS… Rating: clean, faith based. This is book 3 in the Daughters of the Mayflower series.
Anyone familiar with the 1992 movie The Last of the Mohicans, or have read the novel by James Fenimore Cooper, will love this story by Michelle Griep. Having seen the movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis, I could easily picture the atmosphere and characters in Griep’s story.
Timeline: 1759, 5-years into the struggle between France and England for dominance of North America. Our characters and their situations were believable, realistic and I could-not-put-this-down. I was caught up in the conflict immediately. WOW!
Our three main characters: Mercy Lytton ‘Kahente’ was returning from a scouting campaign with Captain Matthew Prinn, her mentor/friend and scouting companion. Elias Dubois, a condemned traitor, was in jail awaiting a date with the gallows.
Brigadier General Bragg called a meeting with his scouts to discuss their next mission… escort a load of gold [stolen from the French… and Dubois] to another British fort. They would be disguised as a family unit… father, daughter and her husband… at that statement Mercy bolted from the room. She was having none of that… a husband…??? Never! When she finally calmed down enough to hear the mission … she discovered that it was to be a pretend marriage… that… she could agree to. Thus, our group began their journey. It would not take Mercy long to discover that there was more to Elias Dubois then appearances dictated. He, we would soon learn, had a mission of his own. General Bragg had his own agenda in the adding of his son to their traveling party. Lawd help them… that boy was useless. He was never around when you needed him… nor when there was work to be done.
Religious element: This was a faith-based story and not preachy. Our characters were realistic as they talked/prayed to a higher power and were very personal regarding their God. They also related well with each other whether the other was a person of faith or not. When a character was facing their own death or approaching a huge trial in their life… they often sought the guidance/peace/deliverance and reassurance from that higher power. It was well done.
What I didn’t like: Not really didn’t like… just a little niggling thing. It was the explanation for the secret weapon. I realize it was a difficult decision on the part of the author in producing something dangerous and necessary to the advancement of the war. She explained that difficulty in the author’s comments following the story. However, I think it leaned a bit modern and every time it was described… it pulled me from the story. It could just be me… perhaps our modern use of chemical warfare… jaded me a bit. Publication date June 1, 2018.