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Can’t Wait Wednesday – With This Pledge

November 28, 2018 by Suzie Waltner 5 Comments

 

cant wait wednesday

 

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally, they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine. If you’re continuing with WOW, feel free to link those up as well! Find out more here.

 

Happy Wednesday! Is everyone recovered and getting back into the swing of things after Thanksgiving? I pray all of you had a blessed holiday.

This week I’m highlighting a local author. Tamera Alexander’s historical fiction is set in historical plantations around Nashville, and the one in her new Carton series is right down the road from me. I toured this plantation with my brother and his family two summers ago so I’m looking forward to seeing how Alexander brings the place to life through her characters and stories.

With This PledgeHistory takes on vivid life in the stunning first full-length installment of Tamera Alexander’s new series, The Carnton Novels.

On the night of November 30, 1864, a brutal battle in Franklin, Tennessee, all but decimates the Confederacy and nearly kills Captain Roland Ward Jones. A decorated Mississippi sharpshooter, Jones has a vision on the battlefield and, despite the severity of his wounds, believes his life will be spared. But a life without his leg, he can’t abide. He compels Elizabeth “Lizzie” Clouston—governess to the McGavock family at the Carnton mansion—to intervene should the surgeon decide to amputate. True to her word, Lizzie speaks on his behalf and saves not only the captain’s leg but also his life.

When a fourteen-year-old soldier dies in Lizzie’s arms that night, the boy’s final words, whispered with urgency, demand that Lizzie deliver them to their intended recipient. But all she has is the boy’s first name. And, as she soon discovers, there’s no record of him ever having enlisted. How can she set out alone across a land so divided by war and hatred to honor her pledge? Even more, does she dare accept Captain Jones’s offer to accompany her? As he coalesces at Carnton, romance has blossomed between him and Lizzie—a woman already betrothed to a man she does not love.

From the pages of history and the personal accounts of those who endured the Battle of Franklin, Tamera Alexander weaves the real-life love letters between Captain Roland Ward Jones and Elizabeth Clouston into a story of unlikely romance first kindled amid the shadows of war.

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Is anyone else staring down a January TBR pile already?

Filed Under: Can't Wait Wednesday Tagged With: Civil War, Coming Soon, Historical Fiction

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  1. Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know says

    November 28, 2018 at 7:48 AM

    Yes! I’ve featured this one a few weeks ago myself. It looks really good! Hope we both enjoy it!

    CWW
    Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know

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  2. Jennifer Tar Heel Reader says

    November 28, 2018 at 10:09 AM

    This sounds like such a good read, Suzy. I didn’t realize Carnton was a real place and near Nashville. I need to visit some time too! I hope you enjoy the book!

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  3. Mary @StackingMyBookShelves! says

    November 28, 2018 at 11:48 AM

    Ohhh the old south and war and love. Hey, love and war. Ok yes, I will add this one to my list. Good pick!

    Mary

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  4. Ashley S. says

    November 28, 2018 at 12:50 PM

    I really need to read a Tamera Alexander book sometime. This one sounds interesting and how cool that you toured the actual plantation! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

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  5. Michelle @Because Reading says

    November 28, 2018 at 7:48 PM

    I miss reading these types of books. This sounds like such an amazing story. Great pick! 🙂

    Reply

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