Reading Excursions

MY REVIEW   Series:  For Liberty & Conscience (Book #2)  Paperback:  322 pages  Publisher:  Jayna Baas (September 24, 2024)  Language:  English  ISBN-10:  1734717548 ISBN-13:  978-1734717549 ⬅️   Click Photo for Purchase Information “ The fight he got wasn’t the fight he wanted.   It’s 1780, and North Carolina is a battleground. Backcountry scout Benjamin Woodbridge is guarding a Patriot camp when he sees the king’s men pursuing a civilian. Never one to stand by while someone is in trouble, Benjamin steps in to help the stranger and finds an unexpected ally.   But the same British officer who targeted the stranger is also targeting Benjamin’s settlement. After Benjamin is wounded on a lonely mountain trail, he watches Sunrising fall to the man who crushed his father’s cause nine years earlier. Benjamin’s fight has come home to the very people he wanted to protect—his shy younger sister and the woman who has give...

MY REVIEW   Series:   For Liberty & Conscience (Book 0.5)  eBook:  46 pages  Publisher:  Jayna Baas (September 7, 2021)  Language:  English  ⬅️   Click Photo for Download Information “ HE CAME LOOKING FOR A PREACHER. HE FOUND MORE THAN HE’D BARGAINED FOR.    It’s 1759, and Robert Boothe and his younger brother have crossed North Carolina to find their father’s circuit riding partner. But the old preacher is nowhere to be found. And Magdalen Davies wants to keep it that way. She’s willing to help shelter Robert on her father’s plantation. She’s not so willing to trust him with secrets that could hurt the people she loves. But Robert needs her help. And Magdalen needs his. ”    Thank you to the author, Jayna Baas, for providing a complimentary copy for signing up for her email. A positive review was not required nor requested, and all words are my own.  Having read the first two books in the series, I thought ...

  MY REVIEW     Paperback:  378 pages Publisher:  Atmosphere Press (September 18, 2022) Language: English ISBN:  1639884319 ISBN-13: 978-1639884315 ⬅️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ In a terrible time of war, one woman must fight for what she holds dear...   Pennsylvania, 1777: As war rages in the American colonies, Clara Fletcher struggles to make do on her Chester County farm while her husband is off in the fight. Lonely in the woods, with no hope of returning to her beloved Philadelphia, she has no other wish than to survive. Then, one morning her son finds a wounded man in the carriage house and her life takes an unexpected turn.   The man is Declan O'Reilly, and as Clara nurses him back to life, she finds in this mysterious stranger a kindred spirit and the welcome spark of love. But day by day the war is moving closer to her door as the British Army embarks on its Philadelphia Campaign. And once Declan O'Reill...

Preacher on the Run: A Novel of the Regulator Uprising Blog Tour Series:  For Liberty & Conscience #1 Paperback: 326 pages Language: English ⬅ ️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ STANDING FOR TRUTH COULD COST HIM HIS FREEDOM.   It’s 1771, and Robert Boothe has spent the last four years leading the tyrant-hating Regulators against North Carolina’s corrupt British government. All he wants is a safe place for his little Baptist church to live and worship God. But the established church wants him to shut up. The governor wants him dead.   FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM COULD COST HIM HIS LIFE.   Being an unlicensed dissenter preacher has already made Robert a target. Then Colonel Charles Drake comes to town with one ambition: winning the governor’s favor, no matter what it takes. And Robert Boothe just might be his last chance.   YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE. ”   EXCERPT   Robert turned away from the stream and said, “Here’s...