The Patriot Bride
is the fourth book in the Daughters of the Mayflower
series. Kimberley Woodhoue wrote
the first and fourth books. In this most recent addition to the
series, Faith Lytton, great-great-great granddaughter to William and
Elizabeth Lytton, was orphaned at the age of ten and made ward of
then twenty-year-old George Washington. Faith grew into a fine,
Christian woman who embraced the Patriot's cause. Having been widowed
after one week of marriage and having never remarried, Faith felt
compelled to take on a dangerous mission as messenger between Patriot
spies, sparing those women with husbands and children from the
dangers involved. Matthew Weber, a close friend of Washington's and a
thirty-six-year-old bachelor, was a Patriot spy among the Loyalists.
It was to him that Faith carried coded messages while receiving
messages in return. Neither anticipated the spark that became a flame
growing between them, nor the consequences of the request of the
Loyalists whom Matthew moved among that he spy on the Patriots.
Woodhouse provides her reader with an interesting historical romance
with a dash of intrigue. While the book is one of a series, it works
well as a stand-alone read. The book holds the reader's interest
without a great deal of complexity; is is a simple, entertaining,
quick read. For me books like this are akin to using a palate
cleanser between courses.
I
thank NetGalley and Barbour Publishing for providing me with a copy
of The Patriot Bride
in exchange for an honest review. I was under not obligation to
provide a positive review and received no monetary compensation.
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