About the Book
Book: Caleb’s Destiny
Author: Carole Brown
Genre: Historical Romantic Suspense
Release Date: June 2020
Mr. Michael, Destiny Rose McCulloch, and Hunter have a mysterious history. Why were three fathers, all business partners, murdered under suspicious circumstances while on their quest to find gold?
Hunter is determined to protect his boss and the precocious young lady who he suspects holds a key answer to his questions.
Mr. Michael wants only to be left alone to attend to his property, but what can he do when Destiny refuses to leave and captures the heart of every one of his employees?
Destiny almost forgets her quest when she falls in love with Mr. Michael’s ranch and all the people there. And then Mr. Michael is much too alluring to ignore. The preacher man back east where she took her schooling tried to claim her heart, but the longer she stays the less she can remember him. She only came west to find a little boy she knew years ago. A little boy all grown up by now…unless, of course, he’s dead.
Three children, connected through tragedy and separated by time, are fated to reunite and re-right some powerful wrongs.
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My Thoughts:
I always enjoy a western romance and this one had a mystery to go along with it as well. Right from the very beginning we are brought into three kids' lives. Caleb who is 12, Hunter 5, and Destiny at 6. Fifteen years later they are all grown and still interconnected. The how and the why is revealed throughout the story.
This read was filled with adventure and danger and a budding romance between a mysterious Mr. Michael and Destiny who has come out west to find out information on what happened to her family and she is trying to locate the boy Caleb.
Destiny is young and naïve and some of her brashness and trying to show how capable she was in a man's world was a little bit over the top. If she would have only listened to some sense now and again...well. Mr. Michael seems up to the challenge though, and he certainly was keeping some big secrets.
I enjoyed their growing and often frustrated relationship. I can certainly understand Destiny's search for her past and the mystery was very well written and kept me turning the pages. I thought the title was a clever take on the story as well.
I received a copy of this novel from the author. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.
About the Author
Besides being a member and active participant of many writing groups, Carole Brown enjoys mentoring beginning writers. An author of ten books, she loves to weave suspense and tough topics into her books, along with a touch of romance and whimsy, and is always on the lookout for outstanding titles and catchy ideas. She and her husband reside in SE Ohio but have ministered and counseled nationally and internationally. Together, they enjoy their grandsons, traveling, gardening, good food, the simple life, and did she mention their grandsons?
More from Carole
Sharing God’s Love Through my Novels by Carole Brown
Once upon a time, there was a child—an expressive child who used her hands to convey her emotions and her imagination to talk with others, older people, and neighbors who found her amusing and relatives who loved her and encouraged her to develop her creativeness.
That child’s elementary fellow-students clapped when she gave childish presentations. She received good grades on her first written works of imagination in school. In high school, she and her best friend spent hours creating pensive and lovesick poems that they thought expressed their feelings.
Years later, that child/teen grew up. She married, birthed two sons, traveled and ministered alongside her husband and family then finally realized it was time to use her imagination and creative talents seriously. Although she was good at English, she soon learned she still had much to re-learn about writing novels. She joined critique groups, went to conferences and soaked in every bit of advice that came her way.
Today, she’s celebrating the release of her 10th full length novel, a new adventure because she ventured into writing an Historical Western Romantic Suspense.
Caleb’s Destiny. She began this novel several years ago, thinking she might enter it into a contest, but didn’t finish it then. Last year was a tough year of little writing, but once 2020 hit, inspiration sprang into renewal, and she determined this would be the year to finish it. Finish it she did in two and half months.
Since I’m that little girl, all grown up, I’ll confess that I love using my God-given talent for Him. Developing stories that encourage, gently show God’s love and power and wisdom for his children is the best thing in the world. I love being an author. I love sharing with others the stories God places on my heart showing that faith and goodness will always prevail. I love knowing I’m using the talent God gave me.
Blog Stops
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Rebecca Tews, August 11
Locks, Hooks and Books, August 12
lakesidelivingsite, August 13
Texas Book-aholic, August 14
deb’s Book Review, August 14
For Him and My Family, August 15
Ashley’s Bookshelf, August 16
Artistic Nobody, August 17 (Guest Review from Joni Truex)
Mary Hake, August 17
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, August 18
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, August 19
Connie’s History Classroom, August 20
Captive Dreams Window, August 20
Simple Harvest Reads, August 21 (Guest Review from Donna Cline)
Emily Yager, August 22
Pause for Tales, August 23
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Carole is giving away the grand prize package of a mug, a throw, and the winner’s choice of a Kindle or paperback copy of the book!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
