So when her beloved mother—abandoned and ignored by her wealthy family—suddenly dies, the scrappy twenty-two-year-old devises a plan to right this terrible wrong. With nothing to lose, she sails to New York to find the man who turned a cold shoulder to her mother’s suffering: Caroline’s grandfather. To settle the family score, Caroline infiltrates her grandfather’s privileged world, hoping to sabotage his business from the inside. But as she sets her plot in motion, she meets Jackson Montgomery, a virtuous man who is struggling to recover from a family scandal of his own. As their friendship grows, and Caroline begins to piece together the motives that led her family to turn its back, she is forced to make a decision: Should she risk everything in the name of justice? Or can she look toward the future and let love and forgiveness guide her instead?

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From the first page of Journey’s End—an emotionally satisfying and wholesome historical romance—I was immediately transported to turn-of-the-century New York City. I felt as if I were alongside our heroine, Caroline St. James, sailing past the Statue of Liberty, anxiously waiting to begin the rigorous registration process at Ellis Island. As I read further, I was captivated by the elegant and sophisticated Gilded Age setting and the author’s fresh take on inspirational fiction.

Caroline is slightly cunning with a complicated past, and one can’t help but relate to her mission for coming to America—to seek justice for the loss of her mother. I admit, as Caroline puts her plan in motion, I was rooting for her to succeed, even when she begins to fall in love with the one man who stands in her way. As she uncovers the truth and cruel intentions of her family members, we watch her work through true-to-life internal conflicts: Is getting revenge the ultimate payout? Can you find the strength and ability to forgive? How do you gather up hope when all seems lost?

From the Great Hall of Ellis Island to the drawing rooms and dinner parties of the upper echelon of New York society, Journey’s End is an inspirational story I won’t soon forget.

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#outer_noteBody { display: none; } #noteGradient { display: none; } #noteLink { display: none; } From the first page of Journey’s End—an emotionally satisfying and wholesome historical romance—I was immediately transported to turn-of-the-century New York City. I felt as if I were alongside our heroine, Caroline St. James, sailing past the Statue of Liberty, anxiously waiting to begin the rigorous registration process at Ellis Island. As I read further, I was captivated by the elegant and sophisticated Gilded Age setting and the author’s fresh take on inspirational fiction.

Caroline is slightly cunning with a complicated past, and one can’t help but relate to her mission for coming to America—to seek justice for the loss of her mother. I admit, as Caroline puts her plan in motion, I was rooting for her to succeed, even when she begins to fall in love with the one man who stands in her way. As she uncovers the truth and cruel intentions of her family members, we watch her work through true-to-life internal conflicts: Is getting revenge the ultimate payout? Can you find the strength and ability to forgive? How do you gather up hope when all seems lost?

From the Great Hall of Ellis Island to the drawing rooms and dinner parties of the upper echelon of New York society, Journey’s End is an inspirational story I won’t soon forget.

- Amy Hosford, Editor

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“Utterly charming and not to be forgotten, Journey's End is Gilded Age delight.” —Victoria Alexander, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Powerful and inspiring. Journey's End is a wonderfully rich and rewarding book.” —Gerri Russell, bestselling author of Flirting with Felicity

“Renee Ryan’s heart-tugging story set in New York’s Gilded Age kept me turning the pages well past my bedtime!” —Winnie Griggs, award-winning author of inspirational historical romance

“Ryan's written a touching story of family, forgiveness, and a forever sort of love.” —Holly Jacobs, award-winning author of These Three Words

About the Author

Renee Ryan is the author of eighteen inspirational, faith-based romance novels. She received the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense, inspirational romantic division, for her novels Dangerous Allies and Courting the Enemy. She is an active member on the board of the Romance Writers of America. Ryan currently lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with her husband.

For more information, please visit www.reneeryan.com.

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File Size: 2713 KB
Print Length: 338 pages
Publisher: Waterfall Press (July 1, 2016)
Publication Date: July 1, 2016
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B01619OXG0
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Screen Reader: Supported

Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled

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JOURNEY'S END

June 2, 2016

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Another month, another Kindle First choice to make. I normally stay away from historical fiction, but this book looked to be the best choice- the descriptions of the others turned me off completely.

The heroine, Caroline is so likeable- you can picture her as the street-wise urchin in London she once was. But at the same time she is elegantly taking on her new family, her grandfather's partner and the social scene in New York. This is an emotional story about forgiveness and love. I will be reading the rest of the series as they come out.

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A Gilded Age Gem!

June 1, 2016

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Renee Ryan has crafted a beautifully written story that is both heartwarming and inspiring. Her heroine, Caroline St. James, is a strong woman determined to right a terrible wrong. She travels from England to America to seek justice. The Gilded Age in New York City comes alive in Ms. Ryan's deft hands. I've been to Ellis Island and done tours of the tenements in the Bowery. I was transported back in time to those places as well as to the homes of New York's privileged. Jackson Montgomery was the perfect man for Caroline, strong and virtuous, but with family secrets of his own. I found myself cheering for Caroline and Jackson as they slowly opened up to one another and learned to deal with their past hurts. This inspirational romance is not a "preachy" book, it is a wonderful story about love and the power of forgiveness.

If you're a fan of the Gilded Age or simply looking for a romance that will make you want to sigh with happiness when you read that last page, Journey's End is for you!

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Amy Geary

Don't waste your time

June 24, 2016

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I should caveat that I don't like romance novels as a genre, so am perhaps less forgiving than I would be for genres I like.

I ordered this book as a Kindle First selection and thought it would be a fun historical novel with an interesting mystery twist. In fact, it was so poorly written that I could barely get through half of it. On top of incredibly cliched writing, the writer can't decide what her characters believe, think, or are motivated by. They change their minds constantly, which I think is meant to evoke that classic romance novel push-pull of attraction for someone unsuitable, but just makes these characters seem like they have personality disorders.

This writer used exceptionally banal adjectives throughout the whole book which was incredibly distracting and made it difficult to focus on the plot (as thin as the plot was). Ultimately I think the bad writing was the biggest problem with this book.

I didn't get far enough in to find the religious subtext, but I'm sure that would have been another reason to put the book down and move on.

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Jackie

Painful mess of a book

July 27, 2016

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I am genuinely shocked at the number of 5-star reviews. This is not Pride and Prejudice. It's not even 10% of the way towards such a book. In fact, while I'm no manuscript buyer, I expect the folks at Harlequin wouldn't even accept it for publication.

On the "plus" side, I did find myself caring about the heroine and her hero. That's the full extent of the "plus" side (and what earned the book the second star).

On the "minus" side -- everything else. Scattered, poorly constructed plot. Flat, obvious, characters, many of whom who would more aptly be termed "caricatures." Non-credible actions by characters. Non-credible reactions by characters to others' actions and changing situations. Painful, useless descriptions, i.e. the author's repeated use of phrases such as "He showed such magnificent control," especially when in response to situations not requiring overmuch control. I was whipsawed, and not pleasantly so, by the author's fecklessness in setting a course for each scene. For example, in one confrontation, we are told that our heroine was going to "stand her ground." But then she's running off. And then she's standing her ground again. And then *running off again!* And all of that took place in the course of maybe 3 minutes. Ugh.

Finally, there was language use. I may be a bit of a language snob. Maybe not. But misuse of words bothers me. Use of "altercation" when the author meant "confrontation" is a relatively minor affront. Other examples, however, such as the use of the word "deign" when that word was obviously an error (I think the author may have meant "dare"), really grated. In this way and many others, a competent editor could have worked wonders. I wish that would have happened.

Anyway, this book is not worth your time to read, let alone any money you may spend to buy it.

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Ann Ferri

A wonderful book!

June 4, 2016

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A wonderful book!! I will be reading the rest of the series as soon as they come out. The best part to me was there was NO cliffhanger, it had an ending! I'm so tired of reading books that leave you hanging.

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Jennifer

Repetitive and rediculous

July 4, 2016

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If you cut out all the repeated monologues about Jackson being a man of duty and honor and Carolina being clever and sharp (we never see either of these things in action or even see her use her rain man skills ) this book would be a one third as long and twice as readable. I'm also really tired of romance novers with a flimsy excuse for the main characters not to be together that your supposed to consider a plot point when said rediculous reason is removed.

2 stars for an interesting concept, minus 3 for execution.

Also, I enjoy a good inspirational book, but the religious message is shoehorned in and shallow in this book. It's basically "I didn't believe in God until everything worked out great in my life"
Try Francine Rivers if you want a book with believable dialogue and a meaningful message.

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