USA TODAY bestselling author Colleen Coble explores the mystery and the romance of the Revolutionary War.
A young lighthouse keeper must navigate the dangerous waters of revolution and one man’s obsession with her to find safe harbor with the sea captain she loves.
Hannah Thomas believes she’s escaped Galen Wright’s evil intentions by marrying an older lighthouse keeper. Seemingly safe in faraway Massachusetts, her world is upended when John is killed in one of the first battles of the Revolutionary War. Hannah is allowed to continue the difficult task of tending the twin lighthouses in John’s place, though she faces daily disapproval from John’s family. She thinks her loneliness will subside when her younger sister arrives, but she finds Lydia’s obsession with Galen only escalates the dangerous tides swirling around her.
A stormy night brings a shipwrecked sea captain to Hannah’s door, and though he is a Tory, her heart is as traitorous as the dark-eyed captain. Even though she discovers Birch Meredith isn’t the enemy he seemed at first, Hannah isn’t sure their love will ever see the light of freedom.
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: Freedom's Light
Book Author: Colleen Coble
What do you like about this book:
"Sometimes our lives look like the backside of that tapestry, all mixed up with no sense or pattern. But . . . . . God sees the other side and is molding us to fit the picture he has in mind. "
Hannah Thomas' life has been a tangle of sad circumstances. Married briefly to a man she honored and respected but didn't love, she struggles to maintain a livelihood by continuing as a light keeper on the rocky coast of Massachusetts, during the perilous years of America's revolution.
Hannah's life is doubly upended when she pulls a badly injured Tory sea captain ashore, while at the same time offering a modicum of refuge to her younger, unpredictable sister Lydia. Coupled with strict oversight and harsh retribution for imagined offenses from community elders, Hannah's hopes and dreams for the future become as sooty as the light she so meticulously cleans.
After regaining his health and returning to an appointment laced with subterfuge, Captain Birch Meredith's conscience repeatedly finds a way to replay Hannah's parting words, "Jesus must save you, I cannot", daring them to penetrate a heart that he has gladly filled with hate, bitterness and a thirst for revenge. It's a dangerous game that he plays.
A simple, ingenious story that sheds light on unique aspects of the Revolutionary War, demonstrating how spies and turn-coats infiltrated just about every aspect of our nation's society in an effort to gain valuable information.
My copy of this book was provided by the publisher. The opinions stated are entirely my own.
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