About the Book
Book: RemiAuthor: Caryl McAdoo
Genre: Christian Historical Romance
Release Date: May 3, 2019
It
isn’t within man to guide his own steps—or a woman. Caught between a
wagon train and the deep blue sea, Agnes Remington Dalrumple, Remi for
short, chooses the overland journey west over crossing the Atlantic with
her mother and step-father. She decides to go to California and try to
fine the father she’s never known though she’s never been on her own.
Thwarted at every turn, almost every effort is dashed until a widower’s
thirteen-year-old daughter intervenes on her behalf. How can the
headstrong woman place herself under the responsibility of the young
girl’s father, a perfect stranger? But if she doesn’t, her journey ends
right there in Saint Joseph, Missouri. On the Oregon/California trail,
will her pride and independence deter her from the destiny God has
prepared for her?Click here to purchase your copy.
About the Author
For
research in December, Caryl McAdoo hit the trail—literally, the Oregon /
California Trail—beginning in St. Jo, Missouri with the Napa Valley
being her destiny. No wonder readers enjoy her novels so well! She prays
her story brings God glory, and He blesses the award-winning,
best-selling novels with a lion’s share of 5-Star ratings! With
forty-three titles (thirty-three in the last four-and-a-half years),
it’s obvious she loves writing almost as much as singing the new songs
the Lord gives her. (Listen to a few at YouTube.) Celebrating fifty
years being married to Ron, her high school sweetheart, she counts their
four children and eighteen grandsugars life’s best blessings. The
McAdoos live in the woods south of Clarksville, seat of Red River County
in far Northeast Texas, waiting expectantly for God to open the next
door.More from Caryl
Remi, my May ‘Prairie Roses Collection’ story, picks up where Uniquely Common, my April ‘Lockets and Lace Collection’ story ends! Well, actually it backs up a bit to Remi’s decision to go west! In Uniquely Common, you meet her after she’s already in Saint Jo, trying to join the wagon train.I fell in love with this semi-introvert, lover of literature, highly intelligent young lady, and felt the cover captured her exactly! (Thank you, Chautona Having, my new amazing cover designer! I am so blessed!)
Remi, short for Remington—her middle name as she hates her first name Agnus—is an only child reared by a single mother. Her father left years ago; she’s never met him and decides to go to California where his last letter was postmarked to do just that. It’s a long way from New York City, but better than sailing across the Atlantic.
And she can’t stay there with nowhere to live since her newest stepfather is whisking her mother overseas to his villa in Southern France. They invite her of course, but she hates boats and gets frightfully seasick! It seems the perfect time to go west and meet her Daddy. Riding in a prairie schooner would be a lark!
Researching for the covered wagons heading west led my dear husband to ask if I wanted to drive the Oregon / California Trail. Yes, yes, yes, I assured him! What could be better than seeing the rivers my wagon train had to cross, the amazing sights my characters would experience, and the terrain they navigated for ourselves?
What an opportunity God put before me!
Two weeks and forty-three hundred-plus miles later, we got back home to Clarksville, enthralled with our journey. That trip has made this story so much better for me! I hope it will make it all the better for you, too! I praise and give glory to the Lord for His many blessings and high favor.
I’m so grateful for the stories He gives us, His divine appointments—like with Sandy Barela, the founder of Celebrate Lit, all her amazing bloggers and reviewers—the doors He opens, my new cover designer Chautona Havig and all the fictional characters He introduces me to and allows me to share with you!
♫♪*`•. I’m just so excited.•*♪¨*about what the Lord is doing!•♪♫*`•. I’m just so excited Lord!! ♪♫•*¨♪ for what I know♪♫¸¸.•*♪ He will do!!*•.¸ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ¸♫♪*`•. I’m just so excited!!•.¸.• ✿And He is delighted ღ(̆̃̃ڿڰۣ✿♫♪*with my anticipation ♪♫•* ♫♪ of what I know He will do. •*♪♫•!♪♫¸•*♪ And I get to be a part ♫♪*`of what the Lord is doing!•♪♫*`•. I get to be a part! ♫•*♪¨♥ •♪♫ of what I know♪♫¸.•*♪ He will do!!*•.♫♪ I get to be a part ♫♪*♫•*♥ and He has a good plan!♪*•.✿♫♪*`•. He’s called me for His purpose!.•*♪¨ ✿♫♪*`• I have a role to play! ♪♫•*¨♪ (hear this new song on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKnU8JWXRlU )
Blog Stops
Blessed & Bookish, May 21
Quiet Workings, May 21
Retrospective Spines, May 22
For HIm and My Family, May 22
Maureen’s Musiings, May 23
Abba’s Prayer Warrior Princess, May 25
KarenSueHadley , May 26
D’S QUILTS & BOOKS, May 26
Christian Author, J.E. Grace, May 27
Through the Fire Blogs, May 28
Emily Yager, May 29
Inklings and notions, May 29
Bigreadersite, May 30
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, May 30
janicesbookreviews, May 31
Texas Book-aholic, June 1
A Reader’s Brain, June 2
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Caryl is giving away
Grand Prize – $50 Gift Amazon Card
1st Prize – Signed, Paperback copy of CHOICE of all my books2nd Prize – Signed copy of Remi
3rd Prize – eBook copy of Remi
4th Prize – eBook copy of CHOICE of all my books!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter. https://promosimple.com/ps/e516/remi-celebration-tour-giveaway
My Review
I enjoyed this read about the struggles that made this country great,
the travel across our vast landscape in a wagon pulled by oxen. We get
up close and personal with these folks, and our main characters are both
woman. One a woman who has a desire to finally meet her father, and the
other a bondswoman that she has bought to help her in her journey.
There is a bit of romance here, and the various trials that they meet along the way. Of course, there are some horrible tragedies that are met, and some darling little ones.
Learning to trust, and knowing you are not your mother, is another journey Remi has to overcome.
Do know that all is not answered in this book and you will need to move to the next read in this series to satisfy your answers.
I received this book through Celebrate Lit, and was not required to give a positive review.
There is a bit of romance here, and the various trials that they meet along the way. Of course, there are some horrible tragedies that are met, and some darling little ones.
Learning to trust, and knowing you are not your mother, is another journey Remi has to overcome.
Do know that all is not answered in this book and you will need to move to the next read in this series to satisfy your answers.
I received this book through Celebrate Lit, and was not required to give a positive review.
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I can't wait to read this one!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Maureen, for participating in my Celebrate Lit Blog Tour! I'm so glad you enjoyed Remi's story! I absolutely loved teh research for this book and think that impromptu journey of mine made the story so much better! BLESSINGS!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds good! Although I wouldn't want to have to experience this kind of life.
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying these tours and finding all the terrific books my family is enjoying reading. Thanks for bringing them to us and keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds like a fascinating read.
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