Look to the East
By Maureen Lang
Historical Romance
Tyndale© 2009
The Hatfields and the McCoys meet the Toussaints and the de
Covilles
Feuds are not limited to the backwoods of the USA. In 1914,
France is no stranger to family disputes, class distinctions, and
social divisions. But will a world at war change views? Can
Toussaints and deCovilles learn to trust one another? Juliette
realizes that, “Touissaint or de Colville. . .to be born in
Briecourt was to be born to a loyalty to one or the other. It was
a simple fact no one questioned.”
Within the backdrop of World War I, the small village is overrun
by German forces. Nothing will remain as it once was. Families
from both strata are forced to work together to protect
stragglers left behind enemy lines. For some, that means
risking their lives to hide these whom the Germans would most
likely execute. For Charles, a wealthy Belgian businessman,
hiding is a major inconvenience. And in a church of all places,
a place he would rather not be for now he must confront his
beliefs, but a place Juliette Toussaint loves to visit. Here no
one faults her for being different, being neither a true
Toussaint or a de Colville. Adopted and an American by birth,
Juliette tender spirit borders on precognition, sensing things
before they happen, a gift the villagers cannot understand.
On one of her church visits, she stumbles onto the handsome
Charles Lassone, their second meeting. The first when Juliette
was caught perched in a tree belonging to Mr. Mantaux,
Briecourt’s highest version of royalty. Charles had been a
guest of Mr. Mantaux’s. Then, she had been dismissed as the
peasant girl she was thought to be. Now, in his hidden ordeal,
social status no longer comes between Charles and Juliette.
For Charles, Juliette is fresh air, food, kindness, and love.
Through the interweaving of carefully crafted subplots, we see
that sometimes God brings grace even through our enemies.
While the book is a romance, it is a story of a faith tested and a
faith grown through the horrors of a world gone insane.
Maureen Lang is a master story teller and this book is no
exception to her growing list of good reeds.
I highly recommend the book.
Review by
Linda Rondeau
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