Rita Gerlach's Blog
March 4, 2023
Women's History Month
It's Women's History Month. Wait Until Morning is on sale for just .99 through March 10th. If you've already read it, and liked it, please consider sending the .99 ebook to someone in your life to celebrate Womens History Month. Journey into the lives of three women on the Homefront during WWII.
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January 30, 2023
Gilded / Edwardian Romance Ebook sale .99
Beginning Tuesday, February 1 to the 8th 'After the Rain' in ebook will go on sale for just .99 on Amazon.
It's 1908, a year in the Edwardian Age, the year J.M. Barrie’s play 'What Every Woman Knows', premiered in Atlantic City and the first Model T rolled off the assembly line in Detroit. It is a year when the world faced one of its worst disasters in history, when the New Year would heal the wounds of loss.
Louisa Borden lives a privileged life in Chevy Chase, Maryland, a new and thriving community on the outskirts of Washington, DC for the well-to-do. Against the wishes of her domineering grandmother, she retreats from the prospects of a loveless marriage and instead searches for what she hopes is her calling in life.
When her horse is spooked along Rock Creek, she is thrown from the saddle—an embarrassing situation for any affluent young lady. Soaking wet, bruised and humiliated, she is carried up the muddy bank to safety by Jackson O’Neil, a stranger to the city, who changes the course of everything, including the lives of all those around her.
https://tinyurl.com/uj2mckxh
It's 1908, a year in the Edwardian Age, the year J.M. Barrie’s play 'What Every Woman Knows', premiered in Atlantic City and the first Model T rolled off the assembly line in Detroit. It is a year when the world faced one of its worst disasters in history, when the New Year would heal the wounds of loss.
Louisa Borden lives a privileged life in Chevy Chase, Maryland, a new and thriving community on the outskirts of Washington, DC for the well-to-do. Against the wishes of her domineering grandmother, she retreats from the prospects of a loveless marriage and instead searches for what she hopes is her calling in life.
When her horse is spooked along Rock Creek, she is thrown from the saddle—an embarrassing situation for any affluent young lady. Soaking wet, bruised and humiliated, she is carried up the muddy bank to safety by Jackson O’Neil, a stranger to the city, who changes the course of everything, including the lives of all those around her.
https://tinyurl.com/uj2mckxh
March 6, 2022
New WWII romance coming out in 2022
Hello all you wonderful readers,
WWII inspirational romances are touching the hearts of so many readers. It was a tough time in our history, and a time of romance for our parents and grandparents. The women who served on the home front cannot be forgotten.
My mother served working at the Naval Yard in Washington DC making crystals for submarine sonars. She never spoke much about it, but her romance to my dad was special.
It's because of them, I decided last year to write a novel about three women, all related, and joined mutually together over their men going to war. How did they endure it, especially emotionally? How did they keep the home-fires burning, and their families whole and healthy through the duration?
This Spring I will be releasing 'Wait Until Morning'. For fans of WWII fiction Wait Until Morning is an absorbing journey into the lives of three women faced with the absences of their men during WWII.
Alexandria, Virginia, 1944: Anna Aubrey’s desire to help with the war effort grates against the wishes of her cousin Freddie, the head of the family. She has reached a point where she has had enough of his interference in her life, especially when he rejects Corporal Daniel Blair’s request to marry her the night he leaves for Europe as a field medic.
Anna has no choice but to leave Alexandria for her sister’s home in the peaceful town of Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. Upon her arrival, she finds her sister’s health in decline, and ends up in a tug-of-war with the local doctor whose skills are antiquated, while struggling with whether she has lost or won the man she loves…and if he will return.
I hope you look for the release. My hope is for those who read it, they will be inspired to hold fast to the ones they love, whatever may come.
Blessings,
Rita Gerlach
WWII inspirational romances are touching the hearts of so many readers. It was a tough time in our history, and a time of romance for our parents and grandparents. The women who served on the home front cannot be forgotten.
My mother served working at the Naval Yard in Washington DC making crystals for submarine sonars. She never spoke much about it, but her romance to my dad was special.
It's because of them, I decided last year to write a novel about three women, all related, and joined mutually together over their men going to war. How did they endure it, especially emotionally? How did they keep the home-fires burning, and their families whole and healthy through the duration?
This Spring I will be releasing 'Wait Until Morning'. For fans of WWII fiction Wait Until Morning is an absorbing journey into the lives of three women faced with the absences of their men during WWII.
Alexandria, Virginia, 1944: Anna Aubrey’s desire to help with the war effort grates against the wishes of her cousin Freddie, the head of the family. She has reached a point where she has had enough of his interference in her life, especially when he rejects Corporal Daniel Blair’s request to marry her the night he leaves for Europe as a field medic.
Anna has no choice but to leave Alexandria for her sister’s home in the peaceful town of Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. Upon her arrival, she finds her sister’s health in decline, and ends up in a tug-of-war with the local doctor whose skills are antiquated, while struggling with whether she has lost or won the man she loves…and if he will return.
I hope you look for the release. My hope is for those who read it, they will be inspired to hold fast to the ones they love, whatever may come.
Blessings,
Rita Gerlach
September 26, 2020
Remembering the Mayflower Voyage on its 400th Anniversay.
Dearest Inspirational Fiction Fans,
My newest novel has just been released through Dusk to Dawn Books and is available in ebook and paperback. It was an incredible journey writing 'Mercy's Refuge'. Two years in the making, the research was eye-opening. I hope you will read this story. Here is a summary.
A young woman’s journey to the New World.
Inspired by William Bradford's 'Of Plymouth Plantation’, Mercy's Refuge is a sweeping historical novel of romance and adventure in the year 1620. Mercy McCrea, orphaned as a child and raised by her aging grandparents, lives in poverty. The only thing keeping her and her family from starvation is to work as a kitchen servant for a rich nobleman.
When catastrophe strikes and Mercy’s life is in danger, she flees England for her uncle’s farm in Holland. There she meets Caleb, a carpenter, and finds refuge among the Separatists who fled the wrath of the English King. Beginning in Ipswich, a North Sea port town in Suffolk, England, the novel takes the reader on a voyage across the English Channel to Holland, and then aboard the Mayflower.
When Mercy and Caleb face the dangers of the sea, their faith and love for each other is strengthened by the strong bonds of a people whose courage forged a nation.
One of the reigning queens of descriptive imagery and masterful storytelling, Rita Gerlach, has set the bar high.~ Diana Flowers, reviewer.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
My newest novel has just been released through Dusk to Dawn Books and is available in ebook and paperback. It was an incredible journey writing 'Mercy's Refuge'. Two years in the making, the research was eye-opening. I hope you will read this story. Here is a summary.
A young woman’s journey to the New World.
Inspired by William Bradford's 'Of Plymouth Plantation’, Mercy's Refuge is a sweeping historical novel of romance and adventure in the year 1620. Mercy McCrea, orphaned as a child and raised by her aging grandparents, lives in poverty. The only thing keeping her and her family from starvation is to work as a kitchen servant for a rich nobleman.
When catastrophe strikes and Mercy’s life is in danger, she flees England for her uncle’s farm in Holland. There she meets Caleb, a carpenter, and finds refuge among the Separatists who fled the wrath of the English King. Beginning in Ipswich, a North Sea port town in Suffolk, England, the novel takes the reader on a voyage across the English Channel to Holland, and then aboard the Mayflower.
When Mercy and Caleb face the dangers of the sea, their faith and love for each other is strengthened by the strong bonds of a people whose courage forged a nation.
One of the reigning queens of descriptive imagery and masterful storytelling, Rita Gerlach, has set the bar high.~ Diana Flowers, reviewer.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
November 26, 2015
Exciting New Edwardian era novel
I'm happy to announce the release of my newest novel 'After the Rain', an Edwardian romance set in 1908-09 America. It's a hefty book, with lots of interesting characters, and a hero and heroine that will win your heart over.
Reviewers are loving it.
Available on Amazon in ebook and paperback.
Reviewers are loving it.
Available on Amazon in ebook and paperback.
August 19, 2014
Time Gone By
Hello Readers,
It's been a little over a year since I last posted to Goodreads. I want to thank all of you that have read my novels and posted comments about them. Thank you, also, for the prayers you said for me over the last year while I have gone through treatment for breast cancer. I'm doing very well.
Time goes by quickly, and my message to you is to savor as much of it as you can. My journey through this disease has shown me what is most important in life --- a walk with God, love, and family. Those three things brought me through the most harrowing time of my life.
God bless each of you.
It's been a little over a year since I last posted to Goodreads. I want to thank all of you that have read my novels and posted comments about them. Thank you, also, for the prayers you said for me over the last year while I have gone through treatment for breast cancer. I'm doing very well.
Time goes by quickly, and my message to you is to savor as much of it as you can. My journey through this disease has shown me what is most important in life --- a walk with God, love, and family. Those three things brought me through the most harrowing time of my life.
God bless each of you.
April 26, 2013
New Release
Dear Readers,
I'm happy to share my newest book release with you, 'Thorns in Eden & The Everlasting Mountains'.
'Thorns in Eden & The Everlasting Mountains' is a 2-in-1 collection. You will find love, adventure, and suspense at the start of the American Revolution along the coast of Cornwall and the Maryland frontier.
Here's a little synopsis of what you can expect.
John Nash, has built a new life in the Maryland frontier, and journeys back to England to see his father before the first shots of the Revolution are fired. Rebecah, a young woman who has known little more than the solitude of an isolated manor has lost her father and is now under the control of a domineering patriarch. As their romance unfolds, they become trapped in the schemes of her uncle and immersed in one of the most infamous Indian wars in Colonial history.
As the firebrands of Revolution grow hot, they marry and work together to build their estate, Laurel Hill. Facing a strange new world, Rebecah experiences the prejudice of being English, but finds friendship and acceptance in the wilds of the Maryland frontier. Joy reins at Laurel Hill when she announces she is carrying a child. Nash, known as Jack, is captain of a band of rangers who protect the frontier families from Indian attack. His friendship with Chief Logan has not prevented the Indian War from reaching their peaceful home along the lush hills of the last outpost.
Can he protect his wife from warring Indians and from a man who has no allegiance to any nation, tribe, or creed, wanted for robbery and murder, who has vowed vengeance? In Thorns in Eden and The Everlasting Mountains, love and faith are the sustaining forces that cannot be overtaken by the vines of adversity.
In EBook:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CIV5IRO
Paperback to Follow.
Praise for 'Thorns in Eden & The Everlasting Mountains.
Rita Gerlach captures the feel of Colonial America in her sweeping saga, Thorns in Eden. With lush descriptions and well-drawn, captivating characters, Gerlach creates a story I won't soon forget. Jamie Carie, award-winning author of Snow Angel
I'm happy to share my newest book release with you, 'Thorns in Eden & The Everlasting Mountains'.
'Thorns in Eden & The Everlasting Mountains' is a 2-in-1 collection. You will find love, adventure, and suspense at the start of the American Revolution along the coast of Cornwall and the Maryland frontier.
Here's a little synopsis of what you can expect.
John Nash, has built a new life in the Maryland frontier, and journeys back to England to see his father before the first shots of the Revolution are fired. Rebecah, a young woman who has known little more than the solitude of an isolated manor has lost her father and is now under the control of a domineering patriarch. As their romance unfolds, they become trapped in the schemes of her uncle and immersed in one of the most infamous Indian wars in Colonial history.
As the firebrands of Revolution grow hot, they marry and work together to build their estate, Laurel Hill. Facing a strange new world, Rebecah experiences the prejudice of being English, but finds friendship and acceptance in the wilds of the Maryland frontier. Joy reins at Laurel Hill when she announces she is carrying a child. Nash, known as Jack, is captain of a band of rangers who protect the frontier families from Indian attack. His friendship with Chief Logan has not prevented the Indian War from reaching their peaceful home along the lush hills of the last outpost.
Can he protect his wife from warring Indians and from a man who has no allegiance to any nation, tribe, or creed, wanted for robbery and murder, who has vowed vengeance? In Thorns in Eden and The Everlasting Mountains, love and faith are the sustaining forces that cannot be overtaken by the vines of adversity.
In EBook:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CIV5IRO
Paperback to Follow.
Praise for 'Thorns in Eden & The Everlasting Mountains.
Rita Gerlach captures the feel of Colonial America in her sweeping saga, Thorns in Eden. With lush descriptions and well-drawn, captivating characters, Gerlach creates a story I won't soon forget. Jamie Carie, award-winning author of Snow Angel
February 19, 2013
Beyond the Valley ~ Inspirational Historical Fiction
It was an amazing journey writing The Daughters of the Potomac Series. The Potomac area is one of my favorite spots, and its picturesque beauty inspired me time and time again to write about three courageous women as they faced the harshness of the wilderness in the 18th century.
'Beyond the Valley', the third and final book in the series has been released.
Beyond the Valley is my favorite out of the three. Sarah seemed to resonate with me on so many levels. She is a wife and expectant mother, a loyal friend, a grieving widow. Her faith is shown in a way relevant to the times she lived in, not just a Sunday Christian, but a virtuous woman whose daily walk with God required ultimate trust, though her trials cause her to question.
I hope for those who have read books 1 and 2 in the series will read Beyond the Valley to discover how Sarah came to River Run and the many trials she faced and the love she finds in a compassionate physician, Alex Hutton.
Here is a little bit about the story—
When Sarah’s husband Jamie drowns, her young life if shattered and takes a turn that she never expected. Pregnant and now widowed, she reaches out to Jamie’s family for help but they are unwilling. Instead they devise a plan to have her kidnapped and taken to the Colonies to live a life of servitude for seven years.
She is deceived and taken aboard a ship headed for the Colonies to be sold, bound to unspeakable hardship and forced into the same world she left.
Caught in the talons of servitude, she falls in love with a young conscientious doctor, Alex Hutton, who has arrived in Virginia to care for his widowed sister in law and two young nieces. Called back to serve in Washington’s army, he promises he will return for her, gain her freedom and wed her. Other plans were made for Sarah when her owner finds himself bankrupt and sells her the first chance he gets. She’s taken out into the frontier, captured by Indians, and faces unbearable hardship.
When the mistress of River Run along the Potomac encounters Sarah’s plight after she has escaped, Eliza Morgan pities her, and a way is made for Sarah to remain with her and care for Eliza’s young daughter, Darcy. Revolution has ignited in America, and together they endure many hardships which bring them together in friendship. But when Sarah learns that Zachary Halston, a local landowner, has seduced Eliza, she is troubled about what to do.
Grateful for Eliza’s kindness, Sarah is forever bound to keep silent. She promises Eliza to never reveal the secret that Ilene is Eliza’s child, even at the risk of living a life in shame if her master should ever discover the truth upon his return.
Trapped in Eliza and Hayward’s troubled lives, Sarah flees River Run. Will she make her way back to Alex and freedom as he searches the wilderness for her? Or will her hopes be crushed at the hands of the man who deceived her long ago in Cornwall when she faced destitution?
(Review in RT (Romantic Times) Book Reviews Magazine - 4 stars)
Creating characters with intense realism and compassion is one of Gerlach's gifts. Her books typically involve dramatic situations, giving her characters a chance to rise above their adversity. Beyond the Valley is a shining example of that, reminding us that we are never forsaken. This is the third in the Daughters of the Potomac series. Sarah's character was introduced in the first novel, Before the Scarlet Dawn, and now she has her own heart-wrenching story that takes us from England to Virginia and Maryland. The historic setting is vividly descriptive, bringing the story to life, almost becoming a character unto itself.
You may shed some tears, but you'll come away with deep contentment and satisfaction of a story well told.
Amazon: In Paperback - http://tinyurl.com/8dta3o2
In Kindle ebook - http://tinyurl.com/bjou7db
Barnes & Noble: In Paperback - http://tinyurl.com/ae6dbvu
Christianbook.com: In Paperback - http://tinyurl.com/b9vj4av
In ebook - http://tinyurl.com/agy6bv8
Buy the entire series in paperback at a discount: http://tinyurl.com/aclvcl8
'Beyond the Valley', the third and final book in the series has been released.
Beyond the Valley is my favorite out of the three. Sarah seemed to resonate with me on so many levels. She is a wife and expectant mother, a loyal friend, a grieving widow. Her faith is shown in a way relevant to the times she lived in, not just a Sunday Christian, but a virtuous woman whose daily walk with God required ultimate trust, though her trials cause her to question.
I hope for those who have read books 1 and 2 in the series will read Beyond the Valley to discover how Sarah came to River Run and the many trials she faced and the love she finds in a compassionate physician, Alex Hutton.
Here is a little bit about the story—
When Sarah’s husband Jamie drowns, her young life if shattered and takes a turn that she never expected. Pregnant and now widowed, she reaches out to Jamie’s family for help but they are unwilling. Instead they devise a plan to have her kidnapped and taken to the Colonies to live a life of servitude for seven years.
She is deceived and taken aboard a ship headed for the Colonies to be sold, bound to unspeakable hardship and forced into the same world she left.
Caught in the talons of servitude, she falls in love with a young conscientious doctor, Alex Hutton, who has arrived in Virginia to care for his widowed sister in law and two young nieces. Called back to serve in Washington’s army, he promises he will return for her, gain her freedom and wed her. Other plans were made for Sarah when her owner finds himself bankrupt and sells her the first chance he gets. She’s taken out into the frontier, captured by Indians, and faces unbearable hardship.
When the mistress of River Run along the Potomac encounters Sarah’s plight after she has escaped, Eliza Morgan pities her, and a way is made for Sarah to remain with her and care for Eliza’s young daughter, Darcy. Revolution has ignited in America, and together they endure many hardships which bring them together in friendship. But when Sarah learns that Zachary Halston, a local landowner, has seduced Eliza, she is troubled about what to do.
Grateful for Eliza’s kindness, Sarah is forever bound to keep silent. She promises Eliza to never reveal the secret that Ilene is Eliza’s child, even at the risk of living a life in shame if her master should ever discover the truth upon his return.
Trapped in Eliza and Hayward’s troubled lives, Sarah flees River Run. Will she make her way back to Alex and freedom as he searches the wilderness for her? Or will her hopes be crushed at the hands of the man who deceived her long ago in Cornwall when she faced destitution?
(Review in RT (Romantic Times) Book Reviews Magazine - 4 stars)
Creating characters with intense realism and compassion is one of Gerlach's gifts. Her books typically involve dramatic situations, giving her characters a chance to rise above their adversity. Beyond the Valley is a shining example of that, reminding us that we are never forsaken. This is the third in the Daughters of the Potomac series. Sarah's character was introduced in the first novel, Before the Scarlet Dawn, and now she has her own heart-wrenching story that takes us from England to Virginia and Maryland. The historic setting is vividly descriptive, bringing the story to life, almost becoming a character unto itself.
You may shed some tears, but you'll come away with deep contentment and satisfaction of a story well told.
Amazon: In Paperback - http://tinyurl.com/8dta3o2
In Kindle ebook - http://tinyurl.com/bjou7db
Barnes & Noble: In Paperback - http://tinyurl.com/ae6dbvu
Christianbook.com: In Paperback - http://tinyurl.com/b9vj4av
In ebook - http://tinyurl.com/agy6bv8
Buy the entire series in paperback at a discount: http://tinyurl.com/aclvcl8
January 17, 2013
Romantic Times Book Review ~ Praise for 'Beyond the Valley'.
Review in RT Book Reviews Magazine - 4 stars / February 2012 issue.
Creating characters with intense realism and compassion is one of Gerlach's gifts. Her books typically involve dramatic situations, giving her characters a chance to rise above their adversity. Beyond the Valley is a shining example of that, reminding us that we are never forsaken.
This is the third in the Daughters of the Potomac series. Sarah's character was introduced in the first novel, Before the Scarlet Dawn, and now she has her own heart-wrenching story that takes us from England to Virginia and Maryland. The historic setting is vividly descriptive, bringing the story to life, almost becoming a character unto itself.
You may shed some tears, but you'll come away with deep contentment and satisfaction of a story well told.
(Release date: February 1, 2013)
Creating characters with intense realism and compassion is one of Gerlach's gifts. Her books typically involve dramatic situations, giving her characters a chance to rise above their adversity. Beyond the Valley is a shining example of that, reminding us that we are never forsaken.
This is the third in the Daughters of the Potomac series. Sarah's character was introduced in the first novel, Before the Scarlet Dawn, and now she has her own heart-wrenching story that takes us from England to Virginia and Maryland. The historic setting is vividly descriptive, bringing the story to life, almost becoming a character unto itself.
You may shed some tears, but you'll come away with deep contentment and satisfaction of a story well told.
(Release date: February 1, 2013)
September 22, 2012
Book Release
After a long anticipated wait BESIDE TWO RIVERS the sequel to Before the Scarlet Dawn, has been released! Book 2 in the Daughters of the Potomac series.
From the banks of the Potomac to the misty moors of England, comes a tale of love won and love lost, and the faith to find it again.
Vaguely can Darcy Morgan recall the day her father returned home from fighting in the American Revolution. When he discovers his unfaithful wife had borne a child in his absence, the marriage is broken, and Darcy’s quiet childhood along the two rivers was changed forever.
She grows up believing her mother dead and that her father journeyed west to the lands beyond the Blue Ridge. Her indulging Uncle Will, excitable Aunt Mari, and her five female cousins, cannot shield her from thinking of the mother she loved and the father she barely knew, nor can she escape the fleeting images in her memory of the babe Ilene and Ilene’s surrogate mother, Sarah, or the grandmotherly servant, Fiona Goodall.
In this dramatic saga that began with 'Before the Scarlet Dawn', Darcy seeks to unravel a lifetime of memories unaware that the young Englishman who loves her holds the answers. Her search takes her far from her beloved home along the Potomac, to a manor house in faraway England. Soon the secrets of the past slowly rise to the surface. Will she be reunited with the most important people in her life? Will Hayward and Eliza find peace and reconciliation? Will Darcy's faith sustain her to make the difficult choices, and will the love she and Ethan share endure?
Beside Two Rivers is the sequel to Before the Scarlet Dawn.
Reviews
"Beside Two Rivers is much more than the sequel to Rita Gerlach’s popular Before the Scarlet Dawn. It’s the heart-rending story of true love threatened by secrets and deceit, of family torn apart by tragedy, and most of all, of the redeeming power of love and faith. Filled with vivid descriptions of life along the Potomac and rural England during the late 18th century, this is a story that will linger in readers’ memories." - Amanda Cabot, author of Summer of Promise and Christmas Roses
"Beside Two Rivers stirred me like no other book has. Rita Gerlach has an epic style to her writing that is guaranteed to sweep you away to another place and time. With a deeply emotional storyline, characters of uncommon depth, heart-throbbing romance, and the boundless love of family lost and regained, this is truly a magnificent novel!" - MaryLu Tyndall, author of the Surrender to Destiny Series and Veil of Pearls
"This is the epitome of romance with a flavor of Persuasion. I definitely had a flavor of regency in the wilderness that touched me like no other. Bring in a mix of Jane Austen with a kick of Laura Frantz and I'm on every page. Goodness, just looking back at my thoughts I feel like Rita Gerlach is presenting the best of all my favorite authors on the page! That and with Darcy's wit she even gives me a humor worthy of Mary Connealy. Could it get any better?” - Margaret Chind, CreativeMadnessMama.com
"What do you get when you combine authentic history, picturesque settings, dynamic characters and a feels-like-you're-there storyline? You get a Rita Gerlach novel, and in Beside Two Rivers, book two in her Daughters of the Potomac series, she delivers all that and more. My advice to readers: Make room for this one on your "keepers shelf." My advice to Rita: save space on your "awards wall," because this tale is sure to earn a bunch!" - Loree Lough, best-selling author of more than 85 award-winning books, including Honor Redeemed, book two in the First Responders series
Beside Two Rivers is available in both ebook and paperback in bookstores everywhere.
For purchase online.
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Beside-Two-Rive...
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/besid...
Christianbooks : http://www.christianbook.com/beside-t...
In Christianbooks.com buy books 1 & 2 in a set. http://www.christianbook.com/daughter...
Side Note: Book 3 in the series, ‘Beyond the Valley’, will be released February, 2013, and is available for preorder.
From the banks of the Potomac to the misty moors of England, comes a tale of love won and love lost, and the faith to find it again.
Vaguely can Darcy Morgan recall the day her father returned home from fighting in the American Revolution. When he discovers his unfaithful wife had borne a child in his absence, the marriage is broken, and Darcy’s quiet childhood along the two rivers was changed forever.
She grows up believing her mother dead and that her father journeyed west to the lands beyond the Blue Ridge. Her indulging Uncle Will, excitable Aunt Mari, and her five female cousins, cannot shield her from thinking of the mother she loved and the father she barely knew, nor can she escape the fleeting images in her memory of the babe Ilene and Ilene’s surrogate mother, Sarah, or the grandmotherly servant, Fiona Goodall.
In this dramatic saga that began with 'Before the Scarlet Dawn', Darcy seeks to unravel a lifetime of memories unaware that the young Englishman who loves her holds the answers. Her search takes her far from her beloved home along the Potomac, to a manor house in faraway England. Soon the secrets of the past slowly rise to the surface. Will she be reunited with the most important people in her life? Will Hayward and Eliza find peace and reconciliation? Will Darcy's faith sustain her to make the difficult choices, and will the love she and Ethan share endure?
Beside Two Rivers is the sequel to Before the Scarlet Dawn.
Reviews
"Beside Two Rivers is much more than the sequel to Rita Gerlach’s popular Before the Scarlet Dawn. It’s the heart-rending story of true love threatened by secrets and deceit, of family torn apart by tragedy, and most of all, of the redeeming power of love and faith. Filled with vivid descriptions of life along the Potomac and rural England during the late 18th century, this is a story that will linger in readers’ memories." - Amanda Cabot, author of Summer of Promise and Christmas Roses
"Beside Two Rivers stirred me like no other book has. Rita Gerlach has an epic style to her writing that is guaranteed to sweep you away to another place and time. With a deeply emotional storyline, characters of uncommon depth, heart-throbbing romance, and the boundless love of family lost and regained, this is truly a magnificent novel!" - MaryLu Tyndall, author of the Surrender to Destiny Series and Veil of Pearls
"This is the epitome of romance with a flavor of Persuasion. I definitely had a flavor of regency in the wilderness that touched me like no other. Bring in a mix of Jane Austen with a kick of Laura Frantz and I'm on every page. Goodness, just looking back at my thoughts I feel like Rita Gerlach is presenting the best of all my favorite authors on the page! That and with Darcy's wit she even gives me a humor worthy of Mary Connealy. Could it get any better?” - Margaret Chind, CreativeMadnessMama.com
"What do you get when you combine authentic history, picturesque settings, dynamic characters and a feels-like-you're-there storyline? You get a Rita Gerlach novel, and in Beside Two Rivers, book two in her Daughters of the Potomac series, she delivers all that and more. My advice to readers: Make room for this one on your "keepers shelf." My advice to Rita: save space on your "awards wall," because this tale is sure to earn a bunch!" - Loree Lough, best-selling author of more than 85 award-winning books, including Honor Redeemed, book two in the First Responders series
Beside Two Rivers is available in both ebook and paperback in bookstores everywhere.
For purchase online.
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Beside-Two-Rive...
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/besid...
Christianbooks : http://www.christianbook.com/beside-t...
In Christianbooks.com buy books 1 & 2 in a set. http://www.christianbook.com/daughter...
Side Note: Book 3 in the series, ‘Beyond the Valley’, will be released February, 2013, and is available for preorder.
