A Love Story from the Past Brings Closure to Dani’s Fractured Family
Walk through Doors to the Past via a series of historical stories of romance and adventure.
When Dani Sango’s art forger father passes away, Dani inherits his home. Among his effects is a book of Native American drawings, which leads her to seek the help of museum curator Brad Osgood to decipher the ledger art. Why would her father have this book? Is it just another forgery?
Brad Osgood’s four-year-old niece, Brynn, needs a safe home, and Brad longs to provide it. The last thing he needs is more drama, especially from a forger’s daughter. But when the two meet “accidentally” at St. Augustine’s 350-year-old Spanish fort, Castillo de San Marcos, he can’t refuse the intriguing woman.
Broken Bow is among seventy-three Plains Indians transported to Florida in 1875 for incarceration at ancient Fort Marion. Sally Jo Harris and Luke Worthing dream of serving God on a foreign mission field, but when the Indians arrive in St. Augustine, God changes their plans. Then when friendship develops between Sally Jo and Broken Bow and false accusations fly, it could cost them their lives.
Can Dani discover how Broken Bow and Sally Jo’s story ends and how it impacted her father’s life?
Don’t miss other great books in the Doors to the Past series:
The Lady in Residence by Allison Pittman
Hope Between the Pages by Pepper Basham
Bridge of Gold by Kimberley Woodhouse
Undercurrent of Secrets by Rachel Scott McDaniel
Behind Love’s Wall by Carrie Fancett Pagels
High Wire Heartbreak by Anna Schmidt
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: Love's Fortress
Book Author: Jennifer Uhlarik
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"I told you, I do not consider you my enemy. I hope that one day I might prove to you that I am your friend."
Forced to leave his Cheyenne tribe, Broken Bow is transported to St. Augustine, Florida where he and seventy-three others are considered prisoners within the walls of Fort Marion. Except for the kindness and compassion bestowed upon him by several unexpected persons, Broken Bow might have succumbed to the hate and bitterness festering within his soul. Among those were a young woman and her intended, an exceptionally kind British officer and a local citizen with a passion for education. One of the items afforded Broken Bow was an art ledger and the implements needed to catalog his experience. Providentially, it was that very ledger that spanned the centuries to help another young woman, who struggling with her past, was tempted to give into despair.
The history between these pages is absolutely amazing. Lieutenant Richard Henry Pratt and Sarah Mather are unsung heroes, putting one foot in front of the other as they walked right into the setting of this book. And while the transitions from one time period to the other may have had some awkward moments and noticeable gaps, the overall effect was transforming. And that, I think, was exactly what the author desired this book to be.
(And charming little Brynn and kind of scary Matty stole the show!)
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