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HOLLY BLAIKIE
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"A fascinating and moving story about love, friendship and courage in harsh times."
Between Heaven and the Sea
-Kate Furnivall, internationally bestselling author
Between Heaven and the Sea
Mayflower passengers DOROTHY BRADFORD and DESIRE MINTER are discredited and attacked when they attempt to expose a charming yet dangerous saboteur intent on preventing their successful plantation. The women must take matters into their own hands to protect the congregation from starvation.
Dorothy has more to lose than most. Only when their plantation is safely established will her husband send for their four-year-old son left behind in Holland.
Desire can't afford to lose the support of the Congregation's heirarchy. An orphan, she desperately wants a family of her own, but while the Governor is deciding between potential suitors, she falls in love with her servant, a man beneath her reach. At a critical juncture Desire must decide whether to obey the hierarchy and the leaders she no longer trusts, or embark on a potentially isolating path of self-determination.
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May Bradford doesn't know if she'll see her son again.
Desire is in love with a man who can never marry her.
William is caught in the middle, torn between his personal and religious duties.
Virtues of the Mind traces these three interlocking stories behind one of the most important historical events of the seventeen century. Fleeing religious persecution in England, May, Desire and William set off on an uncertain journey across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World, where the only thing that awaits is the distant hope of a new life. Romance, conflict and tragedy follow the three fated passengers, whose destinies shape a continent forever.
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