The Seeker
July 29th, 2010. Filed under: This & That.A CAPTIVATING STORY OF LOVE THAT BLOOMS
DESPITE DESPERATE CIRCUMSTANCES
Author Ann H. Gabhart weaves a striking story about life, love and fateful decisions in her new book The Seeker.
Set during the 1860s, The Seeker introduces readers to Charlotte Vance, a pampered Kentucky gentlewoman who knows what she wants. But when the man she planned to marry joins the Shakers—a religious group that does not allow marriage—she is left dumbfounded. And when her father brings home a new wife who is young enough to be Charlotte’s sister, it is more than she can bear.
With the country—and her own household—on the brink of civil war, Charlotte hatches a plan to avoid her new stepmother and win back her man by joining the Shaker community at Harmony Hill. Little does she know that this decision will lead her down a road of unforeseen consequences.
In this moving and well-researched story, Gabhart brings alive the strikingly different worlds of the Southern gentry, the simple Shakers, and the ravages of war during the 1860s to deliver a touching story of love, freedom, and forgiveness.
She joined the Shakers to escape her troubles …
But unforeseen consequences threaten all she holds dear
ISLAND BREEZES
Buried in the Shaker life at Harmony Hill, Charlotte escapes a lot of the horror of the Civil War. She is encouraged by the Ministry to correspond with an artist she met when he was commissioned to do a portrait of her new stepmother.
Adam is traveling with the army to try to find his brother and to draw illustrations of the war horrors he encounters. The Ministry wants to be in on all the latest news of the war. Unbeknown to them, Adam is a bit more than a brief acquaintance.
He managed to steal a couple kisses from Charlotte. Now that her former fiance is a Shaker, will Adam also steal her heart?
Will Charlotte have to choose between salvation and love? Seek and ye shall find. What if you don’t know what you are seeking?
*** Special thanks to Donna Hausler of Revell Books for sending me a review copy. ***
Living just thirty miles from a restored Shaker village in Kentucky, Ann H. Gabhart has walked the same paths that her characters might have walked in generations past. Her thorough research provides a convincing and colorful backdrop for her Shaker novels. Gabhart is the author of several novels, including The Outsider and The Believer.
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, offers practical books that bring the Christian faith to everyday life. They publish resources from a variety of well-known brands and authors, including their partnership with MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) and Hungry Planet.
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Available July 2010 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.