Can a religious separatist and an opportunistic spy make it in the New World?
A brand new series for fans of all things related to history, romance, adventure, faith, and family trees.
Mary Elizabeth Chapman boards the Speedwell in 1620 as a Separatist seeking a better life in the New World. William Lytton embarks on the Mayflower as a carpenter looking for opportunities to succeed—and he may have found one when a man from the Virginia Company offers William a hefty sum to keep a stealth eye on company interests in the new colony. The season is far too late for good sailing and storms rage, but reaching land is no better as food is scarce and the people are weak. Will Mary Elizabeth survive to face the spring planting and unknown natives? Will William be branded a traitor and expelled?
Join the adventure as the Daughters of the Mayflower series begins with The Mayflower Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse.
More to come in the Daughters of the Mayflower series:
The Mayflower Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse – set 1620 Atlantic Ocean (February 2018)
The Pirate Bride by Kathleen Y’Barbo – set 1725 New Orleans (April 2018)
The Captured Bride by Michelle Griep – set 1760 during the French and Indian War (June 2018)
The Patriot Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse – set 1774 Philadelphia (August 2018)
The Cumberland Bride by Shannon McNear – set 1794 on the Wilderness Road (October 2018)
The Liberty Bride by MaryLu Tyndall – set 1814 Baltimore (December 2018)
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: The Mayflower Bride
Book Author: Kimberly Woodhouse
What do you like about this book:
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"Our father were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness, but they cried unto the Lord and He heard their voice, and looked on their adversity . . . . - William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation
Mary Elizabeth Chapman is quite certain that leaving the body of her beloved mother behind in Holland is the most difficult thing that she has ever been required to do. She reluctantly boards the "Speedwell" in 1620, along with her father and young brother; among the Separatists, anxious for a life of religious freedom in Virginia. However, the journey ahead is going to be more difficult than any of them imagined.
William Lytton is considered a "Stranger", an investor and carpenter who has joined the group of Separatists heading across the ocean, hoping for new beginnings. He is drawn to the lovely Mary Elizabeth; her quiet, demure faith gives her courage and strength when those around her are ill and dying. What would it be like to share the future with such a woman?
A story simply told, with so much fascinating history, which the author has expertly dissected and reconstructed into a memorable series opener.
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