Don't be fooled that this is called a christian novel. This is surprisedly good and there is very little reference to religion or God. You don't feel like you are being preached at in this story.This takes place after the American Revolution when a patriot discover he has inherited property in England. Not knowing how he feels about it he takes dream and there he meets the woman of his dreams. Unfortunately she has a malignant stalker who will stop at nothing to make her his. How this all works is the focus of the plot.I enjoyed this one! I read a lot of classic books, like Jane Austen, Dickens, Flora Thompson, Louisa May Elcott. To me, most books today don't slow down enough to set the stage. In Moby Dick, some 35 pages are given to detail about a picture...now that's over doing it, so I set the book down. Can't read Moby Dick. But Rita Gerlach doesn't belabor her setting and detail a lot. It's so beautiful.I think in our fast pace culture, we're losing setting. Such an important element to a story, and in some books, the element. Cranford, by Elizabeth Gaskell, is really all about the setting, as is Jan Karon's town of Mitford. I applaud an author who paints a picture for me, especially since it's historical. If I was reading something contemporary, I could see the need for lack of detail, but this book is set in the late 1700's. In the first chapter, I felt like I was in a virgin (untouched) forest, little we know about today. In England, the castle scenes were excellent. Can't wait for Rita's new Daughters of the Potomiac to come out. Counting the days!
What do You think about Surrender The Wind (2009)?
good but a little predictable... not in depth enough about a character ...
—chrishni
beautiful love story ...enjoyed reading this very much!
—sonu
A page-turner story of adventure, redemption and love.
—K_C
Liked it, but it SHOULD have been so much better.
—vrundap
