This week's Wednesday Wonders features
A Heart Broken
by Sara Barnard
About the Book:
At last, the War
Between the States is over! Sanderson Redding is finally home, and for
Charlotte, life is good. Until the Army comes knocking.
Sanderson's old
captors have charged him with the murder of Lieutenant Lantz, who died
mysteriously on the streets of St. Louis when the South surrendered. With help
from the most unlikely sort, can Sanderson convince the Yankee jury of his
innocence?
Left alone when
Sanderson is carted off for murder, newly pregnant Charlotte is despondent.
However, when the stress of their predicament threatens the life of their
unborn child, Charlotte is more grateful than ever to have Minerva as her
sister-in-law, and roommate.
When the judge
sentences Sanderson to a suicide mission in lieu of hanging by the neck until
dead, Charlotte knows she can't go along on this adventure. Between a hard
pregnancy and a rash of hydrophobia that threatens the entire Arkansas
countryside, Charlotte wonders if Sanderson will have a home waiting for him,
if he survives the mission, and if he wants to come home at all. However, a
freakish dog bite in the midst of the outbreak may well be the end of them
all.
EXCERPT:
“Don’t die till we get to have some fun, girl.” Samuel’s whiskey-ruined
voice was hot in Charlotte’s ear. Somewhere behind her, Dean’s maniacal
laughter pulsated with cruelty. The Bowie knife grew closer to her face, but
with her arms lashed behind her, Charlotte could only watch in helpless terror
as the promise of death drew nearer.
“Sanderson!” she screamed, just before the icy blade met the skin of her
neck.
“I’m here. I’m not going to let anything happen to you,” Sanderson
murmured into her hair. His arm, muscled and tanned, tightened around her middle.
His voice was thick with sleep. “Was it that dream again?”
She sat up and traced the knife scar at the base of her neck. The air was
crisp in their loft and a rash of goose bumps cropped up on her exposed skin.
“It was one of them. The knife one. I always wake up before they kill me, but I
swear,” Charlotte shook her head to clear the nightmare from her mind, “it gets
scarier every time.”
“They’ll get worse before they get better.” Sanderson propped himself up
on an elbow and ran his hand down her thigh. “Mine are pretty bad right now,
too. But when I wake up and look at you, I know that I’m finally home.”
About
the Author:
Sara Barnard is
mother to four beautiful children, daughter to a pair of awesome parents who
have become two of her best friends over the years, wife to a handsome Texan,
student to her Master's of Arts in European History classes, and friend to
many. Oh, she writes some, too.
Sara began writing in
the third grade, but became serious about becoming published after watching
Eclipse with her friend, Rochelle. Rochelle mentioned that Ms. Meyer was a
housewife with many children, so Sara decided that since she was back home
while her husband was deployed, she would put pen to paper and see what happened.
Wow. She started writing in 2009 and hasn't stopped since! This has led to her
finding her publisher, 5 Prince Publishing, and her awesome Warrior Princess
editor!
Her debut novel, A
Heart on Hold, was published in 2012 and quickly became a series. Books 2 and
3, A Heart Broken and A Heart at Home, were published in January 2013 and June
2013 respectively, with book 4, A Heart Forever Wild, forthcoming! Book 1, A
Heart on Hold, made it to the top three finalists for the best of 2012 American
Historical RONE award and became an Amazon bestseller! Book 2, A Heart Broken,
appears to be following in the same path. On a different note, set to release
in November is Sara's debut Amish romance novella, Rebekah's Quilt.
Author
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I've said it before, this is one fabulous story. Doris
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