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BOOK REVIEW: Morning Sky
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by: Laura V. Hilton Dancing Word Reviewer
Title: Morning Sky Author: Judith Miller Publisher: Bethany House ISBN: 0-7642-2999-0 Genre: Inspirational/Historical/Fiction
Lilly Verdue arrives in Nicodemus, Kansas, traveling by train, during the early summer. She’s run from her home of New Orleans, fleeing something she’s unwilling to discuss. Immediately, Lilly tries to take over the town and the home of her brother-in-law, Ezekial Harban. Ezekial is unhappy to see his sister-in-law, feeling bitterness toward her when she refused to come home to help when her sister, his wife, lay dying.
Lilly has decided that Ezekial’s daughter, Truth, shouldn’t marry the man she’s engaged to. Instead, she has someone quite different in mind for Faith’s fiancé. She is determined to foist the relationship she wants on the young man. Then she reveals a secret that will alter her nieces’ assumptions.
Macia Boyle’s mother has insisted that Macia travel east to go to French classes during the summer. Macia goes, even though she wishes not to, and within a short time becomes quite ill and is returned home. Truth travels to New York to escort Macia back home to Kansas, but there discovers a deadly plot against the wealthy young women attending the classes. Can Truth get help before it’s too late?
Morning Sky is an engaging story, and easily stands alone, even though it is second in the Freedom’s Path series by Ms. Miller. I didn’t have the opportunity to read book one, First Dawn, in the series, but had no trouble understanding what was happening in Morning Sky. I found the premise interesting, the characters realistically developed and sympathetic.
I enjoyed reading Morning Sky. The plot was active, keeping the pages turning. I was interested in Macia and wished she had more sections in her point of view. At first I wondered how she tied into the story but it was all woven together nicely. 379 pages. $12.99.
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