R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 7/29/2016 + 1438 more book reviews

The novel takes place in the 1780s with a midwife widow, Hannah Trevor, as the key character. This is the second about Hannah's life. In this one, her missing husband shows up under another name but is murdered by someone. And, you guessed it. She is accused of his murder!

Her daughter, Jennet, springs from a romance that Hannah had with Daniel, a wealthy married man whose wife's frail health confines her to her room much of the time. Drawn to each other, their love is the talk of the community. The local sheriff, Trapp, is a cruel opinionated man who is convinced of Hannah's guilt possibly implicating Daniel as well. In addition, Hannah's husband has another wife and family all of whom were cruelly murdered too. As Hannah copes with ostracism in her community and continues her life, she finds that someone wants her daughter and takes her away as Hannah and Jennet attempt to flee from this life.

The tale is fast paced, exciting and fun to read. For me, this is one of those difficult to put down reads.

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