Grace MacKinnon’s widowhood promises little but a life of drudgery under her father-in-law’s
oppressive rule. When quiet rebellion turns to opportunity, she books passage on an Atlantic
steamer only to face near disaster in Halifax harbour.
Her future looks doomed from the start until with the help of a sympathetic stranger, and a chance meeting with Lucy Maud Montgomery, she changes destination and arrives on Prince Edward Island.
Her new found independence drives her to undertake a brave new adventure in a male
dominated world, and a chance encounter with Lucy Maud Montgomery brings her a
surprising ally.
Despite the challenges, Grace keeps her head and prevails, until an encounter with bootleggers
during Canadian Prohibition threatens to topple her hard won success.
Can Grace trust those she goes to for help, or as a woman alone in turn of the century
Charlottetown are the odds stacked against her?
Professional Reviews
An Island Delight
I like the work of both Anita Davison and Victoria Chatham, and their collaboration for the eleventh book in the Canadian Historical Brides series didn’t disappoint. Set at the time of, and featuring, the Parisian-Albano collision in Halifax harbour in 1905, I found it a light, enjoyable tale with likeable protagonists and just the right amount of difficulties, complications, misunderstandings, and hints of danger twixt beginning and end. And the way the authors involved the not-yet-then famous Lucy Maud Montgomery in the storyline was both interesting and believable.
A Lovely Read
A wonderful story from Anita Davidson. Set in Canada and featuring great characters with a good plot and the glimpse of a famous person from history. This book has it all. Lovely summer read.
Unforgettable Story of Triumph Over Adversity
I enjoyed Ms Davison’s word picture of Grace’s first impression of New Brunswick. ‘Behind the harbour was a tree-lined street unlike any Grace had seen before. The majority of the houses had boarded facades as opposed to brick or stone, most with bay windows, covered verandas and porches, all freshly painted in pastel colours like a child’s toy village just out of the box.’ And, on the way to Charlottesville the steamer glided ‘through the strait along a shore of rose and golden sand that sparkled in the sunshine. Coves and small bays wound in and out, beyond which lay a patchwork of lush rolling fields, tiny gabled farmhouses and seaside villages scattered along the shore.
While reading historical fiction, I always appreciate it when the author slips facts into the story as skilfully as Ms Davison. For example: ‘Here, is your first history lesson,’ Mr Jardine says to Grace. ‘In the mid 1700’s Charles Lawrence and John Gosham clashed with Louis Loutre who led the M’ikmaq tribe and the Acadia against the British.”
Jealousy, an attempt to incriminate Grace in illegal activity, her friendship with L.M. Montgomery author of Anne of Green Gables, sabotage and romance are woven into Envy the Wind, which enthralled me from beginning to end.
Boom! Pain! Blackness!
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