Keturah


"Keturah" is a beautiful book that deals with some of the gritty situations of the time, and shows how a woman can overcome and rise up even after she has been told she is not good enough. The year is 1772 and the book opens in England with Keturah learning of her recently deceased father's failing financial situation. Keturah and her two younger sisters must travel to Nevis, in the West Indies, where their father owned a once very successful sugar plantation, to see if they can turn their financial situation around. Keturah is a widow who was once married to a brutal tyrant, and now she has trouble accepting any help from men, since she has been hurt by them so many times. Keturah will face many trials in the book, but the biggest one of all may just be to open up her heart again, and give herself the chance to be loved the way that God intended.

This was my first book I had ever read by Lisa T. Bergren, and I think I may have found a new favorite author. This is the first book in, "The Sugar Baron's Daughters" series, and I am already eagerly anticipating the next books that will undoubtably be following Keturah's two younger sisters. Bergren know how to write strong, female characters, and that is a rarity that I love seeing in historical fiction. Keturah showed an amazing amount of strength and determination, and is a woman we can all aspire to be a bit more like.

I will say that the romance between Keturah and the main male character seemed to go from cold shoulder to, "I love you" rather abruptly, but I guess that is the mysterious way of love sometimes. I wish we would have seen a bit more of their courtship and wooing time, but all in all I loved seeing Keturah open up again and refusing to let her past hold her back from all that life had yet in store for her.

"Keturah" gets 4.5 stars from me, and that half star was subtracted just because the romance felt a bit abrupt. All in all, a wonderful start to a series that I am eagerly looking forward to the next installment in.

*I received this book for free from Bethany House Publishing, but my opinion is all my own.

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