The Measure of Katie Calloway
October 11th, 2011. Filed under: Tuesday's Tempting Reads.Fleeing to the North Woods to Escape Her Abusive Husban
Will Katie have the courage to allow another man into her heart?
The Civil War in America is over and former northerner, Katie Calloway, must flee for her life from Georgia, where her husband, an abusive Confederate officer, is waging war in their own home. Not only does he taunt her about her father and brother dying for the Union army, but she discovers that he is planning to kill her in order to be free to marry a local widow whose still-intact plantation he covets. Katie and her little brother find refuge in a lumber camp where she allows the camp owner to believe she is a widow.
The camp owner, Robert Foster, wonders if the lovely woman he’s hired has the grit to survive the never-ending work and harsh conditions of a remote pine forest in winter. Katie, worried that Robert will fire her if he discovers she is not the grieving widow she pretends to be, fights to keep her past a secret from this good man she is growing to love.
As Katie and Robert slowly realize their deep love for one another, Katie wonders, can she truly outrun her tumultuous past and learn to trust someone new?
Miller tells the story of an unforgettable journey of love, sacrifice, and self-discovery set against the backdrop of a world that was unforgiving at best.
ISLAND BREEZES
I’d like to have some of Katie Calloway’s recipes. This woman cooks up a storm.
Not only that, she’s just one heck of a woman. She’s strong enough to take her young brother and run from her abusive husband.
She ends up in a lumber camp in the boonies of Michigan. She has no idea just how hard it’s going to be to cook for all those men, especially in the dead of winter. With below freezing temperatures and no inside plumbing.
She fights it, but begins to fall in love with the camp’s owner. Sooner or later she has to tell him she’s married. She’ll probably have to run again after some fireworks. Or not.
***A special thank you to Donna Hausler for a review copy***
Serena Miller is the author of Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio, as well as numerous articles for periodicals such as Woman’s World, Guideposts, Reader’s Digest, Focus on the Family, Christian Woman, and more. She lives on a farm in southern Ohio.
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