Sunday, July 22, 2018

This Freedom Journey


About the Book



Title: This Freedom Journey  
Author: Misty M. Beller  
Genre: Christian Historical Romance  
Release Date: July 11, 2018

Adrien Lockman is through with the political unrest and bloodshed in his home country of France, so he sets off to the Canadian territory’s mountain frontier, in search of a place where a man can live his own life in peace. The last thing he expects to find is a woman, half-starved and half-frozen in a shack nestled among the towering peaks of the great Rocky Mountains. Mary Standish thought she’d finally found a place where she was accepted, trapping with her husband for the Hudson Bay Company. But when he dies after a gruesome grizzly fight, she determines to carry on their work. After all, life in these remote mountains is better than enduring the scorn and snubs of “civilized” folk. When she’s forced to face a winter harder than any she’s endured yet, her stubbornness may just be the death of her. Until a stranger appears at her ramshackle door. Adrien had planned to explore the mountain country all winter before he settles down to build a farm in the spring, but he can’t leave this woman to die in the elements. Even though she seems desperate for him to go. As Mary regains strength, she’s torn between wanting to save her dignity, and craving the respect of this man who’s slipped past her defenses. As the winter worsens, the truth becomes all too real—the only way they’ll survive is together.


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About the Author



Misty M. Beller writes romantic mountain stories, set on the 1800s frontier and woven with the truth of God’s love. She was raised on a farm in South Carolina, so her Southern roots run deep. Growing up, her family was close, and they continue to keep that priority today. Her husband and daughters now add another dimension to her life, keeping her both grounded and crazy. God has placed a desire in Misty’s heart to combine her love for Christian fiction and the simpler ranch life, writing historical novels that display God’s abundant love through the twists and turns in the lives of her characters.


Guest Post from Misty Beller

A Inside Look at the Cover for This Freedom Journey

My book covers are one of my favorite parts of the creative process! With most of my books, I have the cover done early, usually as I’m first brainstorming the story. I love to have the heroine on my cover, and I work hard to make sure the woman on the front matches the heroine I’m envisioning for the story. That way I can describe her in the novel the way she looks on the cover. Sometimes I even work in the outfit she’s wearing on the cover! This Freedom Journey is a novella in my Heart of the Mountains series, so I wanted the cover to be similar in layout and style to the other books in that series. The setting is winter in the Canadian Rockies, so I knew Mary (the heroine) had to be bundled warmly! Funny story: Mary is mentioned in the other two books, although they’re set later in her life. When I first described her in the other books, I imagined her with amber brown eyes. When I chose the final cover for This Freedom Journey, I had to go back and change the amber brown eyes in those other manuscripts to the riveting blue on the cover. 😊



My Review:

I really enjoyed this book. Full of adventure and touch my emotions and very inspirational. Adrien is traveling in the blinding snow and comes upon an cabin where he least expected it. He meets Mary who is a widow and trying to survive on her own. Mary was so hard working and very stubborn at times and so brave. It would be a very hard life to live in the wilderness. He also has a mule with him, they had quite an adventure at times caring for the mule, trying to keep it out of the winter elements. The mule added so much to the story. The characters were really real to me. I received this book from Celebrate Lit and was not required to leave an positive review. 

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To celebrate her tour, Misty is giving away a grand prize of a $50 Amazon gift card!!
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6 comments:

  1. This looks like a great story. I need to add it to my TBR list. Carol A. carola245 (at) hotmail (dot) com.

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  2. I appreciate getting to read about another book my family have not known about previously. Thanks so much for the book description and giveaway also.

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  3. thank you for your wonderful review. i would love to read this book. the cover is so lovely
    quilting dash lady at comcast dot net

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  4. This sounds like a good story!

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  5. I'm glad this book was an enjoyable read. And the dynamic between the characters and the mule sounds intriguing.

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