Title: A Perilous Proposal

Author: Michael Phillips

Publisher: Bethany House Publishers

ISBN: 0-7642-0041-0

Genre: Inspirational/Historical/Fiction

Jake Patterson knows no other life than that of a slave. His father was a conscientious man, and tried to teach Jake to obey the white man. When Jake’s father was sold to another plantation, Jake begins to hate him, believing his father abandoned him. Now a white man has killed his mother and Jake fears what will happen to him if someone learns the truth. Since Jake’s mother made him promise to find his father, Jake runs away from the plantation he’s serving on.

Life on the run isn’t so easy. The War Between the States is beginning to break out and Jake doesn’t get very far before he’s discovered by Rebel troops. Will he even make it to Carolina and find his father there? Or will he die before he gets to his destination?

One thing I disliked about the story is that A Perilous Proposal seems to start near the end of the story and then it is told in back story until it catches up to itself and goes forward. It made it rather difficult at times to keep track of the time frame and setting, although when I got into the story I had no difficulty keeping up.