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Rachel LeMoyne (A Woman of the West Novel)

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I enjoy all of Eileen Charbonneau's work. She has a rare, fresh voice that brings untold stories to life. This book is the best yet!

I loved Eileen Charbonneau's richly developed characters and colorful history of The Randolph Legacy, her last historical novel. Rachel LeMoyne is an equally impressive story, filled with fascinating little-known facts of American history and characters we hate to let go of when we finish reading the book. Even the secondary characters are captivating. Eileen Charbonneau is a refreshing face in American historical fiction. I'm thrilled to have discovered her and I can't wait for more.

Raised as a Presbyterian, mixed blood Rachel leMoyne knows that God is sending her across the ocean to provide corn to the starving people of Ireland. The mission seems simple enough until Rachel lands on British soil and learns that the English do not want the food aid to reach the Irish. Desperate, Rachel obtains the help of a broken Irish farmer, Darragh, whose family succumbed to the famine. However, by assisting the American with grinding and distributing the surplus corn, Dare has been declared an outlaw.

Rachel and Dare are very attracted to one another and soon marry. The couple heads back to America where they learn freedom is not meant for their kind. With special laws of intolerance all over the east, the couple heads west hoping to find a new start.

Fans of historical novels with a potent touch of action, romance, and authenticity need to read the classy works of Eileen Charbonneau. The intelligent writing brings alive issues that were critical in the mid eighteenth century and in many ways still exist today. RACHEL LEMOYNE is one of the top five Americana novels of the year and should be required reading for anyone who enjoys a great tale from our past.

Harriet Klausner

This is not a simplistic book, but rather a beautifully written, closely researched historical novel. Charbonneau makes you feel the inner conflicts of her characters. The author has captured the clash and melding of different cultures that have suffered oppression (Irish and Choctaw)through the lyrical romance between the Choctaw woman who has delivered her tribe's gift of corn to the starving Irish and the Irish outlaw she brings back as her husband. If you like Sara Donati's books you will love this one.

Every page of this book was a delight; it was so different because it took the reader to the famine in Ireland and then back to America, where the couple, wed for convenience, now make their way to the West. The attraction between them crackles with sexual tension and when they finally do consummate their marriage-- well, I'll say no more. I do heartily recommend this wonderful book. --Eileen Hehl

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