Start of the Chase

By Michael Sinclair-Smith

IN THIS HISTORICAL BRITISH FICTION saga the story of Glenn O'Brien, an American engineer and avid horseman from Boston, continues to unfold.Caitlin O'Neil is a young woman living on the Irish Burren Moors who rescues Glenn from near-death during a raging storm. They discover they each possess a matching gold pendant, heirlooms that had been in their respective families for generations. Follow their story as they search for their common link through the old journals of Tom Smith, the builder of Caitlin's 19th century Burren home. Is it sheer coincidence that Glenn's great grandfather's name was Tom Smith O'Brien?The story that unfolds is based on the writings of Tom Smith and his nineteenth-century travels, to British North America, his 1823 appointment as Master of Foxhounds and honorary Captain for the Quebec Garrison Hunt. His visit to Virginia to obtain foxhounds and his stay at a plantation in the Shenandoah Valley, where he discovers an idyllic world, yet meets a beautiful slave and is confronted with the reality of slavery.Follow him in this clean historical romance as he sets out on the start of the chase, after redemption, prosperity, recognition, and happiness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540791769
• ISBN13: 9781540791764
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 502 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"