The story line for "Where Hearts are Free" begins in 1687 Philadelphia. Philippe Clavel is an indentured servant to the Barrington family. He immigrated from France and his family jewels were stolen on the trip over. He and his younger brother have to become indentured servants to pay for their passage over. The Barrington's only daughter, Bridget, and Philippe have become close friends over the years that Philippe has worked for them. They have become so close that Bridget has fallen in love with Philippe. As you can expect, Bridget's parents are not pleased about this and offer to pay off Philippe's last few weeks of service early if he will leave quietly and have no contact with their daughter. This leaves Bridget heartbroken and she finally accepts to consider courting a man her parents think is more suitable for her, who also happens to be wealthy and much older. This is where the book gets interesting. Edward Moorehead wants to marry Bridget, but not for love. It is to keep her quiet. Edward realizes that Bridget witnessed him murder a man many years ago when Bridget was a child. Bridget is not yet aware that Edward is the murder. As the plot thickens, Philippe learns who Edward truly is and has to decide if he will resuce the woman he loves.
I love to read fiction books. It is more like light reading for me. It is enjoyable without having to process deep information, like nonfiction books usually require of me. I started reading "Where Hearts are Free" by Golden Parsons on a Saturday afternoon. Needless to say, I stayed up really late finishing the book. I just could not put it down. It is more of a suspenseful, romantic fiction book. It is a realy page turner. This is the third book in a series by this author. For me, what sets apart the good authors from the great authors is how they handle books in a series. Parsons wrote a great book that you can enjoy without having to read the other books in this series first in order to follow the story line. (And believe me, I have read my share of books, where I spent more time trying to figure out the characters because they were introduced in a previous book).
This book was sent to me by Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their book review program. I was sent a free copy of this book to review. I was not required to write a positive review and the opinions expressed are my own.
