Jamie Eubanks's Blog - Posts Tagged "charter-to-redemption-great-read"

Young and newly engaged Emma Colchester is determined to stay the course of her beliefs. Saved from drowning by handsome Tobias Freeman - a prisoner who is being transported on the same ship to a convict labor camp in the wilds of Australia - Emma arrives, still soaked from her near drowning, in the new land to meet her betrothed for the very first time. Realizing after her arrival that she's been terribly misled, Emma is duty-bound to marry Officer Gideon Quinn - a man she discovers is old enough to be her grandfather and who holds the power of life and death over the convict who has saved her life. As the story unfolds, Emma learns that not all is as it seems, and that to someone she trusted dearly, she is little more than a pawn in a game of blackmail and deceit. As she fights against her growing feelings for Tobias Freeman, and in order to keep her promise that would secure her family's future from poverty, Emma knows she must wed the elderly officer. All the while, Tobias refuses to hide his attraction to Emily and actively seeks her out, bringing attention to his desires in a way that Officer Gideon Freeman cannot abide.

This well-crafted and excellently balanced historical romance held my attention from the first page through the last. Beautifully written and with well-defined characters, CHARTER TO REDEMPTION is a love story, an adventure, and a heartwarming tale of overcoming hardships, keeping the faith, and sticking to ones values despite the cost.