Summary
George Washington has been marked for death. British agents embedded in the Continental Army wait only for the order to strike. Racing against time, rebel spy Ethan Matlock sets out to protect the one man who can save the Revolution. Without General Washington, the whole American enterprise might easily collapse, for no one else has demonstrated the ability to keep together an army that constantly threatens to fall apart.
Boldly Ethan infiltrates the heart of the British military, occupiers of grand old Philadelphia, where elegant officers posture in drawing rooms and frolic in the bedrooms of the rich. Surrounded by twenty thousand redcoats, aware that the slightest misstep could lead to the gallows, Ethan resorts to vicious measures to unravel a conspiracy of power-hungry men. Against his better judgment, he becomes entangled with the provocative Miss Maddie Graves, whose fierce devotion to the American cause ironically threatens his mission. (less)
My Review
4.49/5
“Where the army goes, the law soon disappears.” -Gretchen Jeannette in The Devil Take Tommorrow.
This haunting quote is echoed throughout the novel where we see the tradegy war has had on colonial america- it has split families such as Loxley’s, jailed men who care about their country such as Maddie’s father, and caused death and misery throughout America.
The novel revoles around the tale of two lovers Ethan and Maddie but its true strength lies in its historical portrayal. From the very first page which is a letter to George Washington, the reader is instantly immersed into the revolutionary drama that is to come. We get a glimpse of almost every feature of colonial life from glittering balls to elaborate powdered wigs. The research that is demonstrated in the novel must have been painstakingly collected over months, if not years.
I won’t mince words: while the writing sometimes is over descriptive for the sake of being descriptive, I still would recommend the book because of its outstanding historical research and decent romance. If you want to get a glimpse of colonial life, this is the book for you.
Disclaimer: I was provided this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
Author Bio(Gretchen Jeannette)
I live and work in Chester County, Pennsylvania, an area rich in Revolutionary War and Colonial American history. My enduring interest in 18th Century America began at a young age, inspired by the novels of Dale Van Every and Allan Eckert, whose timeless tales of adventure and romance capture the essence of early American lore. Eager to read more such stories, to my disappointment I had trouble finding them on bookshelves, so I decided to write one of my own. Thus began a journey fueled by my passion for breathing life into history through believable characters, plots woven with adventure, romance and suspense and, of course, plenty of derring-do.
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