Kentucky Bride by Caryl McAdoo
About the Book
Book: Kentucky Bride
Author: Caryl McAdoo
Genre: Historical Christian Romance
Release Date: June 9, 2020
A Country Divided…And so is her heart.
Some might say you can’t be too fussy when almost every unattached young man is off fighting for Southern freedom, but that shouldn’t mean a rebel’s daughter has any business with a Union soldier. Forbidden love never created greater battles than Gigi’s unexpected love for a Union soldier.
A dashing Rebel Soldier. The daughter of a Federal Soldier. How will they overcome the odds and a war to be together? Find out in this twist on Romeo and Juliet.
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About the Author
Award-winning author Caryl McAdoo prays her story brings God glory, and her best-selling stories—over fifty published—delight Christian readers around the world. The prolific writer also enjoys singing the new songs the Lord gives her; you may listen at YouTube. Sharing four children and eighteen grandsugars with Ron, her high-school-sweetheart-husband of over fifty years, she lives in the woods south of Clarksville, seat of Red River County in far Northeast Texas. The McAdoos wait expectantly for God to open the next door.
More from Caryl
It thrilled me to be a part of the North and South Collection series, a thirty-seven titles by seventeen authors project headed up by Christine Sterling Bortner. One reason is that my husband and co-writer has always been a Civil War buff, and the other because it’s such a huge undertaking. I’m actually writing two titles, Kentucky in 1861 and Nevada in 1865.
The stories are broken up by the years (1861-1865) and then the years divided into the states or territories (37 in all) as to when its most major event happened. So, if a reader stays with the series, one releases every other week, they will enjoy a chronological overview of the Civil War.
This story, Kentucky Bride is set near Bowling Green where the Confederates first set up their area headquarters. Twenty-thousand men descended on the city of seven hundred. Nearby, General Hindman with fifteen hundred men that included the 8th Calvary Regiment from Texas, a group of Texas Rangers who’d joined the effort. Of course, I had to have a Texan as a hero! 😊
My heroine is eighteen-year-old Gardenia Gladiola Garland who helps her grandfather in the family business as her papa, brother, and uncle were gone. They’d joined the Union Army several weeks before. She hates the flowery name her mother pinned on her almost as much as the war and insists on being called Gigi.
My Texas Ranger hero, Ephraim Edward Kerns is sent to meet a supply wagon and it surprises to find such a lovely young woman muleskinning. He ties his horse to the back of the wagon and takes over for her, falling in love with her intelligence, beauty, and determination practically at first sight.
This Texas author hopes readers will love these two young ones, and I’m always “Praying my story gives God glory!”
Blog Stops
Texas Book-aholic, July 10
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, July 10
Inklings and notions, July 11
For Him and My Family, July 12
Novels Corner, July 12
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, July 13
For the Love of Literature, July 14
Pause for Tales, July 14
Abba’s Prayer Warrior Princess, July 15
Older & Smarter?, July 16
She Lives To Read, July 17
deb’s Book Review, July 18
Bizwings Blog, July 18
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, July 19
Betti Mace, July 20
KarenSueHadley, July 21
MY THOUGHTS:
Nobody brings a story together like Caryl does. I enjoyed her recently published book "Kentucky Bride." It's a sweet read with so much happening there is never a lull in between the pages. Sometimes love is a strange thing. Gardenia or Gigi for short helps with providing supplies to the Confederate army while the men in her family fight for the Union (you'll find out why this is unusual in her family when you read the book). In the process finds a sweet and precious love. Do you believe you can fall in love at first sight? I do! You will too so READ THE BOOK!
Blessings,
Karen
Rating: 4*
I requested a copy of this book and all opinions are my own.
Artistic Nobody, July 22 (Guest Review from Donna Cline)
Connie’s History Classroom, July 23
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Caryl is giving away the grand prize of a $25 Amazon Gift Card!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
I haven't read too many "love at first sight" books, but it sounds like I need to read this one! :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for your lovely review & participation in the blog tour!
Wonderful review! Caryl is an exceptional author. I'm looking forward to reading the Kentucky Bride. Thank you for hosting.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a fun story!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a good one!
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