In 1859, Mercy Hudson arrived in Minnesota with her sister,
Isabelle Caldwell, and her family. They had high hopes of
beginning a new life. When their barn burns down, the
neighbors come together to help rebuild. That's when Mercy
meets the dashing Will Owen. It's love at first sight for
both of them. But to their dismay, Will has made a prior
commitment and hired himself out to help with building at a
distant town and won't return until spring.
Upon Will's return, he and Mercy are married and are soon
expecting their first child. Their life together seems
almost blissful, except for the disturbing events happening
in the country. During their time together, strange things
occur that Mercy keeps to herself, at first. Someone is
leaving items for her to find, such as a necklace one day
and a kitten another day. There are also times she feels
that she's being watched. Then one day, while riding to her
sister's, someone attacks Mercy. Are the items and the
attack related?
Will is feeling restless and discontent because it's
difficult for him to sit back and read about the turmoil
going on in the East and the Sioux uprisings close to home.
He finally signs up and, along with Mercy's cousins James
and Clark, heads for Fort Snelling. While away at Fort
Snelling, Will receives the disturbing news that Mercy is
missing. He's granted leave and hurries home hoping he's
not too late. Why would she be missing? Is there someone
out there who wishes to harm her? With the baby's due date
so close, will he find Mercy in time?
SKY TINTED WATER by K. Celeste Bryan is a well-
researched and well-written historical fiction with a
beautiful love story. The characters are physically and
mentally strong and possess great convictions. I love
reading about people etching out a new life in a new land,
and Ms. Bryan provides such wonderful details that you feel
completely transported back in time. There is always room
on my bookshelves for her books. I anxiously await the
sequel, BENEATH A CRIMSON SKY.
A novel ablaze with the fiery flames of malevolent schemes,
family loyalty and magnificent passion that tests the wills
of two strangers. Mercy Hudson, the proud, sensual Irish
lass whose strong, independent constitution could never be
conquered--until she met the dashing, honorable man who
promised her a lifetime of passion and adoration . . .
Will Owen, the son of a common farmer who plunges her
world into a tailspin when he enlists in the army to bring
peace to a nation torn apart by Civil War, and to stop
bloodthirsty, renegade Indians on the war path. But neither
are able to dispel the days their souls were lost forever to
a passion so fierce, a love so strong, even death cannot
destroy it.
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