100 Pages A Day...Stephanie's Book Reviews

Selah Kilbrid is Goddess Born, half human and half divine descending directly from the Goddess Brigid. She is blessed with the gift to heal others, but with that gift comes the obligation to keep it a secret.  Selah's grandparents were removed from their homeland and came to Pennsylvania to settle.  Now Selah and her father live among the Quakers in 1730.  One of the Quaker ministers, Nathan, has been hounding Selah for her hand in marriage and has turned to threatening her, but because of her gift, Selah must marry within the other descendants of Brigid.  Upon his deathbed, Selah's father tells her to marry her cousin as soon as possible. Selah sets off to complete her father's wishes, but runs into trouble when she finds out that her cousin has passed on the ocean crossing.  Not wanting to return home unmarried for fear of Nathan, Selah sees a handsome indentured servant for sale and convinces him to pose as her husband in return for time off his sentence.  The servant, Henry, agrees, but he is hiding a secret himself. 

This was the perfect blend of history, paranormal and romance.  Selah's character was strong and feisty. The idea of Goddess Born was also unique, I liked that Selah was very careful with her gift of healing.  She had to know to heal just enough to save a life, but leave enough to be healed with traditional means so that it did not appear to be out of the ordinary.  Her gift also made her story very dangerous and suspenseful when the notion of witchcraft came into play.  Henry was the perfect handsome, strong, mysterious hero; I could see where their relationship was going to go pretty early on, however it turned out to be very sweet and I couldn’t guess what Henry’s secret was until the end.  Another part I enjoyed was the setting; it was differed to learn about a Quaker settlement, their views, meetings and daily lives.  Now, I can’t wait to see what will happen in the next two books.

This book was received for free in return for an honest review.  

And my first book for Holiday Bookish Bingo....an orange cover: