Monday, May 7, 2012
Scarlet Ribbons by Judith E. French
French has done an incredible job with this 390 page multifaceted book.
The Revolution is in full bloom and its hard to tell who is a patriot
and who is a Tory and people get killed if they are wrong. Sarah Turner
is a young wife with a little boy trying to survive by keeping "kings
Landing Inn" open. Sarah's husband, Obediah is a beast who beat her and
abused her and forced her into marriage but he is thankfully off
fighting the war. His brother Issac, who is even more evil and vile,
"checks" on Sarah from time to time waiting to get his hands on her, the
inn and her son (and any supplies she may have). Actually Isaac is the
leader of a band of renegade cutthroats who kill for the fun of it. In
addition to the inn, she ferries people across the river and is desperately in need of physical help when Abe Forrest shows up and saves
her from marauders. Despite his straggling red hair, unkempt beard, eye-patch and low born speech, Sarah hires him on. Soon she and her son
care about this mountain man. However Forrest is having trouble. He is a
Patriot spy sent to spy on this inn and this woman who is a strong
loyalist. They survive many bad situations and have to run for their
lives, find the bad guys, help win the war, etc....And somehow Sarah has
to explain to Forrest that her husband is buried in her yard!!and she
is being blackmailed. Very strong characters, hunky guy with or without
his eye-patch, incredibly brave woman with a sense of humor, terrific
writing ...this is a real treat.
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I loved Scarlett Ribbons. So glad it's available on Kindle now.
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