Harlequin Historical #242: Winds of Destiny

by Laurel Pace

Winds Of Destiny by Laurel Pace released on Aug 25, 1994 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373288425
• ISBN13: 9780373288427
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Harlequin Books
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

#2 A 4 PLUS - TAKES PLACE IN GEORGIA 1837

This is how many years [story wise] after DESTINY'S PROMISE? Elizabeth, the fifteen year old of 1823, is now grown up and 29 years old - widowed after a 4 year marriage to Samuel Merriweather and the lose of her child, is getting ready to set out on the adventure of her life. Elizabeth has inherited a land lottery from her husband, which her brother-in-law, Josiah Merriweather offers to dispose of for her. This land grant is land that has been worked and lived on by the Cherokee Indians. Unbeknown to Josiah, Elizabeth loads up her servants, Dolly and Jephtha and heads west [?] to inspect the 160 acres that borders on the ferry called Woodard's Landing. The Landing was run and owned by Ethan Woodard, a Cherokee Indian who is being displaced by the government. We meet some wonderful characters, Grey Bear, who polls the ferry across the river and helps with the public house - Ethan - his brother-in-law, Martin Early with his son, Ben and daughter, Rebecca. Then there are the villians, I would be inclined to include Josiah in this list because of his questionable character - Cephas Johnson, who wants to claim the personal land of Ethan, -Ah and we can't forget the Creek, Deerkiller - and of course, the cottonpickin' Army [rotton to the core]. Power seems to breed brutality in some men. We follow the day to day living of these people and live through the conflict of the Whites and the Native Americans. We get to follow the brutal trail that the Cherokee Nation was forced to travel west - away from their native lands. We are allowed to follow the hazardess trail that Elizabeth travels to find Ethan and his family and her reuniting with her own family. Where we learn about Charles and Lucinda's son and daughter. These two books allow us to follow the lives of characters in a pioneer setting much closer to home than "way out west" as most of the stories take place in Georgia. EXCELLENT read - just not power-packed with extreme action - Definitely recommend.