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| Liar's Winter |
Lochiel
Ogle was born with a red-wine birthmark--and it put her life in jeopardy from
the moment she entered the world. Mountain folks called it "the mark of
the devil," and for all the evil that has plagued her nineteen-year
existence, Lochiel is ready to believe that is true. And the evil surely took
control of the mind of the boy who stole her as an infant, bringing her home
for his mother to raise.
Abused and abandoned by the only people she knows
as family, Lochiel is rescued by a peddler and given the first glimpse of love
she has ever known. The truth of her past is gradually revealed as is the fact
that she is still hunted by a brother driven to see her dead. Unsure if there's
anyone she can truly trust, Lochiel is faced with a series of choices: Will she
continue to run for escape or will she face her past and accept the
heartbreaking secrets it reveals? Which will truly free her?
Set in the wild and beautiful Appalachian
Mountains of nineteenth-century East Tennessee, Liar's Winter is an
unflinching yet inspirational exploration of prejudice and choice.
Mercy's
Rain Book Description:
When your life is built around a father's wrath, how can you trust in the love of Father God?
When your life is built around a father's wrath, how can you trust in the love of Father God?
Mercy Roller knows her name is a lie: there has
never been any mercy in her young life. Raised by a twisted and abusive father
who called himself the Pastor, she was abandoned by the church community that
should have stood together to protect her from his evil. Her mother, consumed
by her own fear and hate, won't stand her ground to save Mercy either.
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| Mercy's Rain |
The Pastor has robbed Mercy of innocence and love,
a husband and her child. Not a single person seems capable of standing up to
the Pastor's unrestrained evil. So Mercy takes matters into her own hands.
Her heart was hardened to love long before she
took on the role of judge, jury, and executioner of the Pastor. She just didn't
realize the retribution she thought would save her, might turn her into the
very thing she hated most.
Sent away by her angry and grieving mother,
Mercy's path is unclear until she meets a young preacher headed to counsel a
pregnant couple. Sure that her calling is to protect the family, Mercy is drawn
into a different life on the other side of the mountain where she slowly
discovers true righteousness has nothing evil about it--and that there might be
room for her own stained and shattered soul to find shelter. . . and even love.
Mercy's Rain is a remarkable historical novel
set in 19th century Appalachia that traces the thorny path from bitterness to
forgiveness and reveals the victory and strength that comes from simple faith.
My Review:I love Cindy Sprole's writing about mountain folk. Her description and dialect drew me into the beautiful Appalachian setting and into the heart of the people. The women portrayed in the stories endure difficult circumstances, sometimes hard to digest. But I love how they drew on their deepest emotions and found the courage to move forward. Lochiel and Mercy's stories are difficult, they struggle, but they also endure. Cindy has captured the essence of what life is like in the mountains and how God's love overcomes evil. She writes about the hard stuff, pain and sorrow with the essence of hope. Years ago, I fell in love with literature written about the Appalachian Mountains when I read Christy by Catherine Marshall. I am thrilled to visit the mountains once again in Sprole's books. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
Cindy has a new book coming out in June,
What Momma Left Behind.
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