My Heart Belongs in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

by Murray Pura

Book Overview

When War Reaches Clarissa's Back Door, the Trustworthy Become Even Fewer.
Journey into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, of 1863 where Clarissa Avery Ross lives a full life. By day she is the daughter of a respectable shoemaker being courted by seminary student Kyle Forrester. But by night she is a conductor on the Underground Railroad, working with a mysterious man called Liberty. She would like to share her work with Kyle, but he refuses to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1683227409
• ISBN13: 9781683227403
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Engaging historical romance

Murray Pura continues the My Heart Belongs series, all stand-alone novels, with the story of Clarissa in the mid-180s, during the time period surrounding the Civil War. With tales of the Underground Railroad and the battle of Gettysburg, this novel is full of edge-of-the-seat scenes, courageous and heroic characters, and of course, romance. The author has done a great job of drawing the reader into the characters' lives and emotions, expressing the heartfelt fears and anguish of family and friends at home praying for and awaiting news about their loved ones. And illustrating the battles of a war that ended up on their streets, on their doorsteps and eventually changed everything, churches and schools turned into hospitals, the town reduced to burial plots and memorials and even changing the names of favorite landmarks. The book is rich in great historical detail, danger, battles, love, family, and friends and threaded throughout faith in God who can bring strength and comfort through the difficult times of war. It is another engaging addition to the My Heart Belongs series. I received a complimentary copy of this book from Barbour Publishing and was under no obligation to post a review.

Conductor

My Heart Belongs in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Clarissa's Conflict This is an interesting story about Clarissa who lives in Gettysburg, she is a conductor on the Underground Railroad-helping slaves to reach freedom with help from different locations along the railroad. Her family knows she does this and permits her to do it, she has an internal drive, that pushes her to succeed. Kyle is a bible scholar who is attending seminary school. He seems to stand for a lot of things that Clarissa is against. Clarissa has to get her mind around those facts and turns away from his courtship. There is a lot of history in this book, the author has researched it well. I found that it drug along in the middle of the book, took me much longer than normal to read it. The end part of the book flow along nicely. This author will get better and better, as he writes more and more. All in all, a good book. I received a copy of this book from Barbour Publishing and was under no obligation to post a review.