5 out of 5 stars
Another high seas
adventure you won’t want to miss from award-winning author MaryLu Tyndall.
Charity Westcott’s
only desire is to be free. After suffering years at the hand of an abusive,
controlling husband, she finds herself running for her life. Accused of
murdering her husband, and with her brother-in-law bent on seeing her put to
death for his murder, she flees England, hoping to be reunited with her family
in Charles Towne. But, when her brother-in-law is waiting for her at the next
port, she persuades Elais Dutton to pose as her husband so she can make passage
on a ship leaving for Barbados. Not trusting Elais in the least—or any man for
that matter—Charity tolerates the man’s questions and counsel only because she
needs his help.
Elias Dutton is an
enigma. He claims he is a preacher but also proves his skills as a ship’s
captain, and admits to being the son of a pirate. He desperately needs to make
his way to Barbados in order to insure the safety of his sister. When he sees a
woman fall overboard he rescues her and then somehow finds himself posing as
her husband. He doesn’t know what to make of Charity Westcott, but is sure
there is much she is keeping from him. When he finds himself rescuing Charity
once again from the clutches of a notorious pirate, he must kidnap her just to
insure her safety. And that isn’t the last time that Elias must come to her
aid.
Charity doesn’t want
to like, let alone trust Elias Dutton. He is a man, and even if he proclaims to
being a preacher, Charity knows firsthand that men of the cloth are no better
than the vile men Elias has rescued her from. But, when Elias continues to put
her safety above his own she can’t help but feel he is somehow different from
any man she has ever known. But knowing Elias to be a man of such honor only
solidifies in her heart that he could never accept a woman such as herself. She
has lied to him from the start. Lies that are most definitely too monumental
for him to forgive.
I loved the
characters in CHARITY’S CROSS. Charity has a penchant for trouble, but Elias
has a way of always smoothing out her predicaments. Charity has more than just
physical scars, but Elias knows the peace she is searching for is within her
grasp if she will only trust him and God. Charity is a spitfire that you
sometimes want to rattle to her senses, and Elias makes for a great
hero—genuine yet not perfect. The secondary characters add to the life of the
story, and I enjoyed the way Ms. Tyndall wove characters in from not only the Charles Towne Belles series, but her Redemption series as well. I have been a
fan for years and I have yet to be disappointed by any of MaryLu’s books. A
must read for those who like romance bookended with adventure and suspense.
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