About
the Book
Caleb
hurried to the post office. He had to get in and out before his sister finished
at the general store. “Any mail for the Stuarts?” he asked the postmaster.
The
postmaster took a lazy look at him over the top of his eyeglasses and gave a
heaving sigh as he turned around to check. “Yep. Somethin’ from Ohio and
somethin’ from Montana.”
Tapping
his foot, Caleb waited until the large man put the letters lazily in his hand.
As he left he wondered why Anna had written someone in Montana and who she knew
in Montana. It was really none of his
business, but he was still curious. He folded the Ohio letter in half
and stashed it in his back pocket. It would get wrinkled, but at least Anna
wouldn’t know about it.
As Caleb struggles through some inner battles,
he secretly starts a correspondence with a widow and her daughter. Their
unabashed faith in God convicts him and increases his inner struggles.
Unable to find a steady job, Maggie places an
advertisement to become a mail-order bride. Her daughter, Rachel, is her
motivation and encouragement, but if Maggie doesn’t find a job or husband soon,
Rachel might not survive through the next year.
Can Caleb learn to trust God despite his past?
Can Maggie and Rachel hold onto their faith despite all their trials? What will
happen when they meet in person?
An Interview with One of the Characters:
Name: Caleb Iain
Stuart
Age: 32
Appearance: Brown
hair with reddish streaks, tan, tall, muscular, the perfect farmer build
History: Caleb’s
mother died in childbirth when he was eleven. His father beat his little
brother, Jed, almost daily from age six through fourteen. When Jed was
fourteen, he beat up his father and ran away. Since then, Caleb has just been
living one day at a time and became more reclusive than he was before.
What was going
through your mind when your brother ran away?
After I learned he’d run away, the first thing that ran
through my mind was, “Will he be okay? Will he survive? Did he learn enough
morals from his limited church attendance to keep him from doing wrong things?”
When I tried to find him and failed, all I could think about was if we would
ever know what happened to him.
When Da was beating
your brother did you want to stop it?
Definitely! I hated the way Da treated Jed. But he
threatened Anna and me with the same beating or giving Jed a second beating if
we interfered. When I was big enough to actually do something, I didn’t because
Da’d threatened us so many times I didn’t question it anymore.
What do you remember
and hold dear to your heart?
Any memory of Mama. She was the bright spot in my life. All
the stories she told kept me going after she died. Some of the stories were
from the Bible and others were made up. Sometimes I wonder if she made them up
or if she just retold them.
What do you hope to
accomplish in the future?
I’d like to get married and maybe have some kids someday,
but I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to. Between my reclusiveness and Da’s
drinking problem, I doubt I’ll be able to. I guess just live the life I’m given
and go from there.
Was there a time when
you were certain things just were not going to turn out right?
An avid reader, Faith Blum started writing at an early age. Whether it
was a story about the camping trip that summer or a more creative story about
fictional characters, she has always enjoyed writing. When not writing, Miss
Blum enjoys reading, crafting, playing piano, Captaining on the Holy Worlds
Historical Fiction Forum and playing games with her family (canasta, anyone?).
As a history enthusiast who has been fascinated for years with the Old
West, Faith has endeavored to create a clean, fun, and challenging Western
story. Faith lives with her family on a hobby farm in the Northern Midwest,
where she enjoys the many cats they have.
Links
Blog Tour Schedule
May 7…………LeAnne Douglas………...Book Review
May 18……….Dawnita
Fogleman………Book Review/Author Interview
June 1…………Raechel…………………..Author
Interview
June 15……….Jaye L.
Knight……………Character Spotlight
June 25 ……….Karilyn
Putt………………Book Spotlight
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