Focus on: Freedom's Path, the Deerbourne Inn Series

 Can an abolitionist and an Army Corporal find middle ground over the emotional subject of slavery in pre-Civil war Vermont?

Wild Women Authors focus on: Freedom’s Path, Book 3 in the Deerbourne Inn series, a December 2018 release out of The Wild Rose Press, written by Linda Carroll-Bradd.

Blurb: Working as a maid in the Deerbourne Inn gives freedom-fighter Sidonie Demers the perfect cover for helping escaping slaves travel farther along the Underground Railroad. The patterns in her quilts serve as messages directing them to the safest route. The cause is a personal one for octoroon Sidonie whose mother and grandmother escaped bondage years earlier.

Army Corporal Colin Crawford arrives in Willow Springs, in disguise as a salesman, to ferret out abolitionist activity. Raised in a state that forbids slavery, he's conflicted about upholding the Fugitive Slave Act but believes in laws and fulfilling his duty.

The attraction between Colin and Sidonie is evident and irresistible, but what will happen when their true identities are revealed?

Excerpt:

He cupped his hands in front of his body and flexed his fingers toward his chest. “Again, but from a different angle.”

Eyes flashing, she dropped her shoulders and stepped forward, hands held at waist height.

This time, Colin grabbed her right hand and shoved his bent left thigh in her path.

Grimacing, she twisted and dropped onto his leg. “Omph.”

The intimate position was highly improper. But he kept his focus where it belonged—on teaching the maneuver, instead of the warmth of her body spreading through his trousers to his skin. “Now, you try the same tactic on me.” He braced a hand on her elbow and helped her to her feet.

Before she straightened, she spun, grabbed his hand away from her elbow, and pushed against his thumb.

Pain shot down his wrist and tingled to his elbow. Wincing, he dropped to his knees. “All right, that’s good.”

“Gosh, the move really works.” She stepped back with bouncing steps and a wide grin. Then she stopped and frowned. “You weren’t faking, were you?”

Shaking his head, he stood. “No, ma’am.” Did he dare make the next suggestion? Now that he’d touched her hands, he wanted to get closer. The thoughts were crazy, but she’d been on his mind since he left the fort almost a hundred miles ago. “Ready for a repeat of the situation like what I saw happen tonight?”

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A Bit About Our Focus Author:

As a young girl, Linda was often found lying on her bed reading about fascinating characters having exciting adventures in places far away and in other time periods. In later years, she read and then started writing romances and achieved her first publication--a confession story. Married with 4 adult children and 2 granddaughters, Linda now writes heartwarming contemporary and historical stories with a touch of humor from her home in the southern California mountains.

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