Carolina Gold

by Dorothy Love

The war is over, but at Fairhaven Plantation, Charlotte's struggle has just begun.

Following her father’s death, Charlotte Fraser returns to Fairhaven, her family’s rice plantation in the South Carolina Lowcountry. With no one else to rely upon, smart, independent Charlotte is determined to resume cultivating the superior strain of rice called Carolina Gold.  But the war has left the plantation in ruins, her father’s former bondsmen are free, and workers and equipment are in short supply.

To make ends meet, Charlotte reluctantly agrees to tutor the two young daughters of her widowed neighbor and heir to Willowood Plantation, Nicholas Betancourt.  Just as her friendship with Nick deepens, he embarks upon a quest to prove his claim to Willowood and sends Charlotte on a dangerous journey that uncovers a long-held family secret, and threatens everything she holds dear.

Inspired by the life of a 19^th-century woman rice farmer, Carolina Gold pays tribute to the hauntingly beautiful Lowcountry and weaves together  mystery, romance, and historical detail, bringing to life the story of one young woman’s struggle to restore her ruined world.

 

A native of west Tennessee, Dorothy Love makes her home in the Texas hill country with her husband and their two golden retrievers. An accomplished author, Dorothy made her debut in Christian fiction with the Hickory Ridge novels.

• ISBN10: 140168761X
• ISBN13: 9781401687618
• Publish Date: 24 December 2013 (first published 17 December 2013)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 15 November 2016
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 336
• Language: English

Reviews

[cherryblossommj]

Dorothy Love has a gift in writing. She doesn’t just write a frilly story that takes place in history, she brings some harsh realities to life in a good combination of vivid pain and hope. Her last series I enjoyed was based in Tennessee and now we move on to the Carolina territories. My genealogy spends a lot of time in the Carolina territories before going to Georgia so that sparks another interest for me.

At first I couldn’t quite connect. It was one of those books where you pick it up and read a bit, but there is something else that you’d rather read more (especially if your list is anything like mine), yet Dorothy Love’s writing takes you back in time and with plenty of information and entertainment will hold you there once you get through the start.

Similar on the lines of how I felt about Ann Shorey and Amanda Cabot as well as Maggie Brendan - This story is full of hard and troubling events of the historical time, but also full of romance to be had with a good bit of trust and inspiration from the Lord. This was not a fast read for me, but it was an overall good one.

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