Description
"In the 1750s, a lass and a laird are ripped from theScottish isle and friendship of their youth and sent to the West Indies andVirginia Colony as indentured servants. Will they ever find one another again?An epic journey of faith and love wrought through hardship. Laura Frantz is agifted writer." Julie Klassen ,bestselling author"Equally suspenseful and heart-wrenching, LauraFrantz's A Bound Heart takes readers on a journey that begins in themisty isles of Scotland and crosses oceans to the sun-drenched plantations ofthe New World, with finely drawn characters who rose from the pages to quicklycapture my sympathies. From start to finish, A Bound Heart is anabsorbing, tenderhearted story about the grace of second chances." Lori Benton ,author of Many Sparrows and the Christy Award-winning Burning Sky "Make a spot on your keeper shelf, because this is onestory you'll want to reread! From the Scottish Highlands to colonial America, ABound Heart keeps you riveted until you've turned the last page. You won'twant to leave Lark and Magnus behind. Classic Laura Frantz stellar writing,weaving in history and a solid biblical message. Highly recommended!" MichelleGriep , award-winning author of The Captured Bride "A soaring tale. With her trademark attention todetail and lush imagery, Laura Frantz takes readers on an unforgettable journeycertain to stir the soul. Magnus and Lark captured my heart, and theircourageous story stole my sleep until I reached the last page. Sweeping readersfrom Scotland to Virginia to Jamaica, A Bound Heart dazzles withauthenticity. A triumph." Jocelyn Green ,Christy Award-winning author of Between Two Shores "Every Laura Frantz novel transports readers to aplace long since past, a journey Frantz always skillfully, seamlesslyfacilitates. A Bound Heart thrumswith the pulse of both historic Scotland and colonial America, but at itscenter is a relatable heroine of modern sensibilities, as lovely and unusual asher name. With unbound hair and bound heart, Lark is a woman of contradictions.She has one foot in the old world and one in the new, certain of her principlesand gifts but uncertain where, and perhaps with whom, she belongs. As sheskillfully prepares tonics to bring comfort to others and tends to herconstants--her bees, her faith--readers long for Lark's hero to be found constanttoo, and deliver the happiness she so richly deserves. Extraordinarystorytelling in every way--a feast for historical romance lovers." Sandra Byrd ,author of Lady of a Thousand Treasures Laura Frantz is a Christy Award finalist and the ECPA bestselling author of several books, including The Frontiersman's Daughter , Courting Morrow Little , The Colonel's Lady , and The Lacemaker . She lives and writes in a log cabin in the heart of Kentucky. Learn more at www.laurafrantz.net.
Features & Highlights
- Though Magnus MacLeish and Lark MacDougall grew up on the same castle grounds, Magnus is now laird of the great house and the Isle of Kerrera. Lark is but the keeper of his bees and the woman he is hoping will provide a tincture that might help his ailing wife conceive and bear him an heir. But when his wife dies suddenly, Magnus and Lark find themselves caught up in a whirlwind of accusations, expelled from their beloved island, and sold as indentured servants across the Atlantic. Yet even when all hope seems dashed against the rocky coastline of the Virginia colony, it may be that in this New World the two of them could make a new beginning--together.Laura Frantz's prose sparkles with authenticity and deep feeling as she digs into her own family history to share this breathless tale of love, exile, and courage in Colonial America.
