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    Honor

    By Lyn Cote

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    When unexpected circumstances leave Honor Penworthy destitute after the death of her grandfather, she is forced to leave her Maryland plantation—and the slaves she hoped to free—and seek refuge with a distant relative. With no marketable skills, her survival hinges on a marriage arranged through the Quaker community to local glass artisan Samuel Cathwell. Samuel is drawn to Honor, but he has been unwilling to open his heart to anyone since scarlet fever took his hearing as a child.

    A move west brings the promise of a fresh start, but nothing in Honor’s genteel upbringing has prepared her for the rigors of frontier life with Samuel. Nevertheless, her tenacity and passion sweep her into important winds of change, and she becomes increasingly—though secretly—involved in the Underground Railroad. Samuel suspects Honor is hiding something, but will uncovering the truth confirm his worst fears or truly bring them together as man and wife?

    Set against the backdrop of dramatic and pivotal moments in American history, the Quaker Brides series chronicles the lives of three brave heroines, fighting to uphold their principles of freedom while navigating the terrain of faith, family, and the heart.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTyndale House Publishers
    Release dateSep 1, 2014
    ISBN9781496400192
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    Lyn Cote

    USA Today best-selling author of over 40 books, Lyn Cote writes award-winning contemporary and historical romance. Her brand is "Strong Women, Brave Stories." Visit her website/blog at http://www.LynCote.com and sign up for her newsletter. Also look for her on Facebook, Goodreads and Twitter

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    • 5/5
      Slavery/Sign Must Read!!I loved this book for the way Lyn Cote deals with the ugliness that was slavery and for how real, flaws and all, her characters are. Having lived as a young adult near Cincinnati and the Ohio River, I was especially interested in the setting of the book. Honor and Samuel deal with so many issues: deafness, feelings of inferiority, political unrest, slavery, the need to get involved in abolition,(or not),forgiveness,and a ready-made family.Sometimes, in this book of Lyn's, as well as others, I have wanted to shake the characters and ask them why they don't behave differently. (In this book, it was Caleb's mother.) After much thought, I have realized one of the reasons Lyn Cote Is a GREAT writer. She doesn't always draw her characters to fit our present-day sensibilities and thoughts, but molds them to be representative of and true to their times. This is a wonderful book, chock-full of history, plus emotional and romantic tension.I received this book from bookfun.org in exchange for an honest review.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed the characters in this book. Everyone had such depth, from the main characters of Honor and Samuel to the secondary like Tuck and Zeb. I think I was especially impressed how the author portrayed the slave catchers. They’re vile men who will do anything to profit, including kidnap and selling children. Yet, in the latter half of the book, the reader gets a view into a side that respects women (at least the white ones) and will stop to help a stranded traveler on the road, all the while keeping their slimy natures. It’s an interesting characterization dichotomy that I felt the author did fantastically. And that’s just one great example.The time frame portrayed also fascinated me. The author brings to life the opening of Ohio and Illinois for full settlement and the beginnings of the Underground Railroad. She does a great job in exploring the societal issues of the day, how free blacks are viewed even in supposed free states and the status of women after marriage. Seeing how society portrayed the deaf also made for interesting reading; people’s reactions to sign language and the abandonment of children due to a characteristic they have no control over tugged at my heart and made me really feel this book. I liked that the author paid attention to the research and details, all the while exploring some very meaty subjects.Overall, this was a very enjoyable novel, more than I was expecting going in. The characters shine vividly with life, and the story itself made for engrossing reading. The author took the time to get the details right; it shows in her writing to fantastic effect. I’d definitely recommend this novel to any lover of historical fiction, Christian romance, or just a dang good story.Note: Book received for free from the publisher via the Good Reads First Reads program in exchange for an honest review.
    • 5/5
      Honor the name of the book and main character was a story I never wanted to end, and became absorbed in the time before the Civil War. Being a woman during this time, was really not having an identity, and being black was being subhuman.We observe Christians interpreting the bible to fit their needs and owning slaves, the cruelty they displayed towards their fellow man was atrocious. Of course, not all Christians felt this way, thank God, and thus we have Honor, and her Quaker religion, as she personally fights the injustices of slavery.She is forced to give up everything, and end up penny less, but could hold her head high by maintaining her beliefs. We learn about some very deep and dark secrets, and I felt she was better off leaving Maryland, but she was raised to do nothing but be a lady, a not marketable skill.We travel with her to the Quaker community in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, and it takes weeks to get there, of course we are in the early 1800’s. Loved the family who takes her and her maid Royale in, and felt it was not by chance, but by God’s hand. A life changing stop for her, she meets her future husband. What you think, just met and gets married, life has strange twists and turns.We find both Samuel with his deafness, and Honor with her loss of all she knew, fighting their demons. Will they both be able to accept their marriage as more than a convenience? Will they be able to make a difference in the world as far as slavery and the brutality that came with it? As I said I didn’t want this book to end and cannot wait for the next book in this series. A must read!I received this book through Edelweiss and the Publisher Tyndale House, and was not required to give a positive review.