Surrender the Wind
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Has romance and mystery.
I couldn't put it down. I had to read the whole book. It has romance (not too much to make you gag), suspense and mystery and faith is interwoven a bit. No violence and no swearing. If you're looking for a bit of a getaway with a romantic story laced with excitement, mystery and intrigue, this might be the book for you. It was a great price. There's no real moral or change in the characters or anything to change your life, just a good book when you want to escape reality for a bit. Pretty good story.
September 28, 2012
Great story!
This book was my first e-book and the only reason I gave 4 stars instead of 5 was that I wasn't crazy about the reader that you download to your PC if you want to read the book when you aren't online. The online reader is easier to move around in.
I enjoyed the story very much. Adventurous Christian Romance is my favorite genre: I love to read stories with historical settings and greatly prefer it when the romantic parts are tastefully done (but you still understand the true emotions the characters are feeling). The characters were believable and I enjoyed seeing how God used the bad circumstances that come into each of our lives and was able to make things work out for the best.
July 27, 2011
A great story
This is a great story and well written. I love seeing unexpected miracles when they happnen and this book
has just that. It had a happy ending, better than I dared
wish for. All things are possible with God if only we can
believe and put our faith and trust in Him.
January 20, 2011
'Surrender the Wind' grabbed me within the first few pages. It's a fast-paced, Georgian romance, steeped in history that had me comparing it to my favorites by Jane Austen or the Bronte sisters. It also has a hint of gothic, reminding me of the old mystery classics by Victoria Holtcreaky carriages rumbling along an English countryside dripping with fog, candlelight flickering against mullioned windows, a quill pen scratching against parchment. The author, Rita Gerlach, immediately swept me away from US soil to the misty isle of England where her hero, the American Revolutionary patriot, Seth Braxton, seeks to reunite with his sister Caroline. Seth wants nothing to do with his English roots, unlike his sister, so returning to the British Isles goes against his hearts desire. Then Seth meets the beautiful Juleah, and love begins to flower. In addition, danger and betrayal wait for Seth in his ancestral manor. Someone who keeps his presence and identity well-hidden also doesnt want Seth to return and take up the reins of his legacy. Carolines little son is kidnapped and Seth sets out to rescue his nephew. But Seths faith wavers at times in the face of sinister plots of abduction and murder, and Juleah helps to strengthen his faith in God.This is a great book to while away a summer day under a shady tree or on a wintry day with the rain slashing against your windows as you curl up on the couch. It is a book of around 300 pages that I would not hesitate to give to my young niece of 13, my friend of 30, or my mother at 73 years of age. It has no jarring or grotesque images to disturb, but it does have plenty of action, suspense, beautiful description, romance, and is inspirational.
May 7, 2010