Isabel brushed the brown curls from his face and smiled, drawing him closer to her bosom. At least one of them was getting their rest. Now, he slept peacefully nestled against her chest in the sling Marlie had fashioned for him. Each bolt of lightning, each bellow of thunder had sent her son Frederick screaming in terror, and although Isabel had tried rocking him in the rickety old chair Reverend Thomas had given her and singing his favorite lullaby, he would not be soothed. All through the night torrents of angry rain had pelted against the window of her room in the church. Raising her chin in the air, Isabel Melody Ashton plodded through the muddy streets of Port Royal. Originally published by Barbour Publishing, Inc.Ĭhapter Twelve: Where Affections May FallĬhapter Fifteen: Old Wounds and New WoundsĬhapter Sixteen: Under the Shadow of His WingsĬhapter Twenty-Four: Blood Is Thicker Than the SeaĬhapter Twenty-Five: Darkest before the DawnĬhapter Twenty-Eight: Even to the Ends of the EarthĬhapter Thirty-One: What Does It Profit a Man? Original Cover Design by Müllerhaus Publishing Group Additional design work by Bruce Carey Any similarity to actual people, organization, and /or events is purely coincidental. Names, character, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission of the publisher.Īll Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the Bible. If you read a book by the beach, pool, or tub: did you at least RELAX? I hope so.All rights reserved.

On the floor (too big for the bookshelf!) until I get a final copy and then on my bookshelf until the borrowers demand it!!ġ0. When is your next book coming out? And how on earth did you manage to get a story to work between the main characters with their dreadful history? For those who have read The Reliance you will know what I mean!! Now do you wish you read the book sooner?Ĩ. Galley copy given to me to review for Ĭan’t give away too much here yet but in a nutshell ~ excellent adventure and romance!ħ. What made you buy/borrow the book in the first place? How long was the book languishing in your TBR pile?ĥ.

The Restitution by M.L. Tyndall