Unflinching and plainspoken, Tessa Swan is not your typical 18th-century woman. Born and bred on the western Virginia frontier along with her five brothers, she is a force to be reckoned with.
Quiet and courageous, Clay Tygart is not your typical 18th-century man. Raised by Lenape Indians, he returns a hero from the French and Indian War to the fort that bears his name, bringing with him Tessa’s long-lost friend, Keturah, a redeemed Indian captive like himself.
Determined to avoid any romantic entanglements as fort commander, Clay remains aloof whenever he encounters the lovely Tessa. But when she is taken captive by the tribe Clay left, his hand–and heart–are forced, leading to one very private and one very public reckoning.
Intense, evocative, and laced with intricate historical details that bring the past to life, An Uncommon Woman will transport you to the picturesque and dangerous western Virginia mountains of 1770.
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: An Uncommon Woman
Book Author: Laura Frantz
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"All her life had been spent looking over her shoulder."
Tessa Swan was an uncommon woman, living life deep within the mountains along the dangerous Virginia frontier; she was plainspoken, hard working, and lovely to look upon; occasionally allowing herself the small luxury of dreaming about a different sort of life, the kind where one did not have to fear if the next Indian attack might strike more tragedy among her family and friends.
"The journey out was always more comfortable that the journey back."
Colonel Clay Tygart was an uncommon man, having lived half of his life captive among the Lenape Indians before being traded back to his wealthy Quaker family; he much preferred wide open spaces to the refined social parlors of cities like Philadephia, so while he was inwardly relieved that he was on the the trail to Fort Tygart, he was also thankful that he had no attachments of the womanly sort to muddle his concentration. That was about to change.
As Tessa and Clay deftly dance around their unspoken attraction; danger draws near, along with a hidden bent for revenge that becomes impossible to thwart. "Almighty God, help Thou me."
Written in the author's unmistakable style, "An Uncommon Woman" is all absorbing with its lush descriptive langauge and distinctly heroic characters; penned with a perfect blend of masculinity and femininity in all things wild, scripted with a gentleness and gracefulness in all things meant to be.
"For where thou art, there is the world itself . . . and where thou art not, desolation."
I received a copy of this book from the author; the opinions stated above are entirely my own.
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