MaryLu Tyndall's books always surprise me. I don't know what I originally expect, but they always blow my expectations and this book is no different. It is set after the Civil War and is about people escaping the South trying to build a new south so to speak. They are heading to Brazil to build a new life trying to escape different things.
Colonel Blake Wallace is trying to escape the Yankees who want him dead. He has nothing left in the his southern home, no family, no plantation and no hope of a future as long as he is always looking over his shoulder.
Eliza Crawford, a former Civil War nurse, has nothing to call her own after to war tore apart her family. She longs to begin fresh where no one knows her past.
There are numerous other characters from all walks of life that make up this voyage to Brazil. Each one has his or her own purpose in the new colony that Wallace is heading up. The different personalities and roles make for some very interesting story lines.
The main story is the back and forth between Eliza and Blake. Can they look beyond their pasts and the deep rooted loyalties to find a true love.
I think the part that fascinates me the most about this story is the true historical aspects of it. Southerners really left the South and fled to Brazil because they refused to live under the government of the United States of America. I never learned that in history class. I learned so much reading this book and really enjoyed this book too! I look forward to the next book and am curious who the story will be about.
Good job MaryLu!
I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for my review.
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