Pursuing Gold
December 5th, 2016. Filed under: Monday's Musings.Pursuing Gold
By Cynthia L. Simmons
With his father dead and his business partner incapacitated, Peter Chandler inherits the leadership of a bank in economic crisis.
With only a newly-minted college degree and little experience, Peter joins his partner’s daughter, Mary Beth Roper, in a struggle to keep C&R Bank afloat while the Civil War rages around Chattanooga. Political pressure for unsecured loans of gold to the government stirs up trouble as tempers and prices rise. Their problems multiply when Mary Beth discovers counterfeit money with Peter’s forged signature. Can they find the forger before the bank fails? The two friends must pursue gold on behalf of their business, as they learn to pursue their heavenly Father to find hope and peace.
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This book has two new bank partners struggling with their new duties. They had no idea what kind of mess they were walking into.
Peter and Mary Beth were friends before becoming partners in a bank that just might go under.
There’s the Civil War nearing their door step. Then a murder. Now forged paper currency printed on their bank – a bank which has always dealt in gold and shunned paper currency.
The two must pursue gold as well as find the forgers and their cache of the false currency before it’s distributed and causes the bank to fail.
Will they also have a chance to pursue a budding romance?
Thank you, Ms Simmons, for this novel. I love historical novels and almost always learn something new in its particular time frame.
***I received this book free of charge from Litfuse, and am giving my honest opinion.***
Cynthia L Simmons and her husband, Ray, have five children and reside in Atlanta. She has taught for over thirty years as a homeschool mother and Bible teacher. She’s a columnist for Leading Hearts Magazine and she directs Atlanta Christian Writing Conference. Cyndi has a heart for encouraging women in today’s crazy, upside-down world. She loves history and peppers her speaking and teaching with fascinating vignettes from the past. Her first book, Struggles and Triumphs, was nominated for 2008 Georgia Author of the Year. She co-founded Homeschool Answers and hosts Heart of the Matter Radio.