Under a Blackberry Moon
October 8th, 2013. Filed under: This & That.Under a Blackberry Moon
By Serena B. Miller
Which wilderness is more treacherous–the one she must cross to find her home . . . or the one she must traverse to find love?
Just a few days after she gave birth alone in the northwoods, a recently widowed young Chippewa woman stumbled into a nearby lumber camp in search of refuge from the winter snows. Come summer, it is clear that Moon Song cannot stay among the rough-and-tumble world of white lumbermen, and so the camp owner sends Skypilot, his most trusted friend, to accompany her on the long and treacherous journey back to her people.
But when tragedy strikes off the shore of Lake Superior, Moon Song and Skypilot must depend on each other for survival. With every step they take into the forbidding woods, they are drawn closer together, until it seems the unanswerable questions must be asked. Can she leave her culture to enter his? Can he leave his world to enter hers? Or will they simply walk away from a love that seems too complicated to last?
Get swept into a wild realm where beauty masks danger and only the truly courageous survive in a story that will grip your heart and your imagination.
ISLAND BREEZES
I’m glad to have had the chance to get to know some of the characters from The Measure of Katie Calloway a little better. The members of the lumber camp are staying in Bay City until the next opening of the camp.
Bay City hasn’t been all that good for Moon Song. It’s been decided that Skypilot will accompany her and her baby back to her tribe to make sure she arrives safely.
It turns out that is wasn’t as easy a trip as they thought it would be. It turns out that it was downright dangerous. Adding to the physical danger was the danger to their hearts.
As they continued to travel, they began falling in love. That’s a major problem. She can’t live in the white man’s world, but can he live in her world? It appears that love will lose out, but can Skypilot really give her up?
I enjoyed this book, but one thing bothered me a bit. In 1898, Slovenia was actually part of Austria. So, even though Father Slovic was a Slav, he would have been born and raised in Austria.
***A special thank you to Lanette Haskins for providing a review copy.***
Serena B. Miller is the RITA Award-winning author of The Measure of Katie Calloway and A Promise to Love, 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. Please visit www.serenabmiller.com for more.
Available October 2013 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group