The Promise

Carson #1

by Marti Talbott

In 1746. eight-year-old Colleen Stuart was more than ten-year-old Jonathan Rodes' playmate -- she was his best friend. She could do anything a boy could do and best of all, she could play jokes on the adults without getting caught. Jonathan assumed they would always be together, but no sooner had his father told him the secret of the jewels, than his world collapsed. The King's men executed his father, his ailing mother died and he found himself painfully separated from Colleen. For years he remembered his promise to find her, but it seemed hopeless until one day an odd letter arrived.

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance

488 pages, Kindle Edition

About the author

Marti Talbott (www.martitalbott.com) is the author of over 45 full length novels, all of which are written without profanity and sex scenes. She lives in Seattle, is retired and has two children, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The MacGreagor family saga begins with The Viking Series and continues in Marti Talbott’s Highlander’s Series, Marblestone Mansion, the Scandalous Duchess series, and ends with The Lost MacGreagor books. Her mystery books include Seattle Quake 9.2, Missing Heiress, Greed and a Mistress, The Locked Room, and The Dead Letters. Other books include The Promise and Broken Pledge.
Watch for her new trilogy - THE FOX, THE LION, and THE BEAR (A Triplet Trilogy)

Reviews

[Jenny · Rating 2 out of 5]

For a free ebook, this was okay. The story was tolerable, though by the end I just wished it would get over. There was a lot of telling rather than showing. I wanted to scream at the editor, or lack thereof, several time. The plural of Carsons is Carsons, not Carson's. The text was riddled with misspelled words, incorrect word choice, etc. If you want to give me a free sample in order to entice me to buy more books in the series, make sure you do basic editing.

[Elise · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was an okay book, but I really just got so bored of it that I stopped reading it. I don't think I have that short of an attention span, but I don't know. I liked the beginning of it a lot, but the rest isn't really working out.

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting story about America just prior to & during the Revolution.