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Escaping the Fire: Can True Love Survive the Inquisition and Salem Witch Trials?
It's 1669, and feisty Isobel de Toledo is betrothed to be married to the son of a rich landowner when she learns people in her Seville, including her friends, are being burned at the stake.
Outraged, she joins a revolutionary group of ladies of intrigue and danger, healers, and others who question the Church's preoccupation with sexual crimes and women who heal, shaking her very values and birthright.
Based on historical events, Escaping the Fire (80,000 words) spans two continents and tells the story of how Isobel flees her homeland with Richard, a handsome sailor who saves her from being burned at the stake. They marry and board a ship, setting sail for the New World. On the trip, they encounter frightful storms, on-board fires, the birth of their first child, murderous Jamaican Indians, and a female pirate and her partner who take over their ship.
Will love be enough to guide her when they reach the New World?
Outraged, she joins a revolutionary group of ladies of intrigue and danger, healers, and others who question the Church's preoccupation with sexual crimes and women who heal, shaking her very values and birthright.
Based on historical events, Escaping the Fire (80,000 words) spans two continents and tells the story of how Isobel flees her homeland with Richard, a handsome sailor who saves her from being burned at the stake. They marry and board a ship, setting sail for the New World. On the trip, they encounter frightful storms, on-board fires, the birth of their first child, murderous Jamaican Indians, and a female pirate and her partner who take over their ship.
Will love be enough to guide her when they reach the New World?
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First published July 4, 2011
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Carolyn Chambers Clark
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I'm Carolyn chambers Clark, and I'm an award-winning author of both fiction and non-fiction. Won first place in a RWA competition and second place in a Florida State Writing competition. I won 3 Book of the Year Awards for my health-related nonfiction books.
I've been featured on BellaOnline.com, Examiner, Beacon Publications, Seattle-Post Intelligencer, St. Petersburg Times, Health Central.com and many more.
For a chuckle, click on my book videos to your left.
I'm giving away presents!
READERS: Go to https://mybookcave.com/d/bfd7fe18/ and get a free sample chapter of CANDY, MURDER & ME and the chance to win the whole book for free!
Sign up for my free Wellness Newsletter e-zine by leaving me a message @Dr.CarolynChambersClark. The last monthly edition focused on gratitude and its effect on health and wellness, with concrete suggestions for expressing gratitude
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December 31, 2011
I really enjoyed this story. Through a fantastic and precise flow of words Carolyn had me running along with Isobel as she escaped through the many trials she had to endure just to fulfill her lust to heal the infirmed. Some of the escapades had my own heart ready to stop.Because of the fear from those not used to 'natural' healings, all hell fell on the girl's life.
I learned a lot of history(one of my fav subjects) and was never bored. A great read.
I learned a lot of history(one of my fav subjects) and was never bored. A great read.
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