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Set against the real history of Nashville’s Belle Meade Plantation and the original Fisk University Jubilee Singers ensemble, To Wager Her Heart is a stirring love story about seeking justice and restoring honor at a time in American history when both were tenuous and hard-won.
My Thoughts:
To Wager Her Heart
by author Tamera Alexander is a story of a young woman who has decided to
follow her dreams instead of her parent’s plans for her life. She does however
do this in a most respectful way, even considering her age which is in the
mid-twenties. Taking place in Nashville in the year 1871, the Civil War and its
aftermaths was still very much on everyone’s minds. As the country was changing
from the way before the war to the new reality, unfortunately Alexandra was
seeing that old prejudices did not want to die. Stepping out on her own, to the
best of her abilities, she was also paving the way for more women to do just
the same.
This was much more of a historical novel than a romance, although
we do get to see a romance bloom between Alexandra and Sylas Rutledge after a
rocky beginning. I did appreciate the author’s historical details and the real
life people she placed in this book. Sylas was a railroad owner and trying to
make his name by purchasing more lines and opening up the country’s
infrastructure. I was unaware of some of the historical facts that even took
place closer to my neck of the woods and I am intrigued enough to look closer
at that history.
This is the third novel in the series A Belle Meade Plantation, and I have yet to read the first in the
series. I still enjoyed To Win Her Favor
more (more of a romance historical, more my cup of tea) I did like getting a
peak Alexandra’s and Sylas’s world.
I received a copy of this novel for free. I was not required
to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.
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