Windward

Indigo #2

by Paula Berinstein

Pirates, plantations, and plots in the 18th-century Caribbean . . .Esther Peacock is frantic with worry. The man she loves, a secret abolitionist, has left South Carolina to help a slave escape to a colony of free blacks in Jamaica, a dangerous mission if ever there was one. But there’s Jesse is wanted for crimes he didn’t commit and there’s a price on his head.So when his brother Rupert arrives carrying a time-limited pardon, Esther is confronted with a dilemma. With mere months to return to England to claim his freedom, Jesse could fail to meet the deadline and face execution. But assassins are stalking him in the New World too, and if he doesn’t get them called off, more slaves could die.After weighing the options Esther decides she has no choice but to find Jesse and let him make the call. But the prospect of navigating a region simmering with pirates, privateers, and hostile Spaniards turns out to be less of a threat than the menace in her own Rupert has his own agenda, and it may just bring all of them to ruin.

517 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 3, 2021

About the author

Paula Berinstein is the author of the Amanda Lester, Detective middle-grade/YA series, which features a descendant of the Sherlock Holmes character Inspector Lestrade and is set in the English Lake District.

She is also the author of the Indigo (time travel) and The King's Alchemist (historical fantasy) series for adults.

From 2005 to 2012, Paula produced and hosted the popular podcast The Writing Show (http://www.writingshow.com). She holds degrees in English literature and librarianship from UCLA.

Reviews

[Lily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Time travel can be such a tricky thing - especially when you're trying to do good and keep your family together at the same time. There's so much going on in this story, but if you're familiar with the first book, it's not too hard to keep track of the various story lines running. There was never a dull moment, and it was easy to quickly step back through time and get wrapped up in the story. With vivid imagery, deception, and peril around every corner with a little love and steam mixed in, this was a thrilling new addition to the Indigo series.