About the Book:

Lieutenant Owen Masters and Emeline Baratt meet on a British warship as sworn enemies. Where will Emeline place her loyalties when forced to spy against her country?
A trip home from England to Maryland in 1812 finds Emeline Baratt a captive on a British warship and forced to declare her allegiance between the British and Americans. Remaining somewhat politically neutral on a ship where her nursing skills are desperately needed is fairly easy—until she starts to have feelings for the first lieutenant who becomes her protector. However, when the captain sends her and Lieutenant Owen Masters on land to spy, she must choose between her love for him and her love for her country.

More in the Daughters of the Mayflower series:
The Mayflower Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse – set 1620 Atlantic Ocean (February 2018)
The Pirate Bride by Kathleen Y’Barbo – set 1725 New Orleans (April 2018)
The Captured Bride by Michelle Griep – set 1760 during the French and Indian War (June 2018)
The Patriot Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse – set 1774 Philadelphia (August 2018)​
The Cumberland Bride by Shannon McNear – set 1794 on the Wilderness Road (October 2018)
The Liberty Bride by MaryLu Tyndall – set 1814 Baltimore (December 2018)

Purchase Link: https://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Bride-Daughters-Mayflower-book-ebook/dp/B07BFN7F2P

My Thoughts:

Get ready for another swash-buckling adventure on the high seas as pirates… ahem, I mean, privateers engage in war, this time amidst the War of 1812, where spying, secrets, and lies become necessary for survival, something a proper lady does not do… right?

Our heroine, Emeline would rather die than spend her life bound by societal expectations. She longs for a life of adventure and struggles with the ideal proper lady that her elders have deemed her to be. She believes that putting aside her dreams and succumbing to a life of rules and regulations is the only way to please her father and God.

Our handsome lieutenant, Owen, struggles with a similar problem. If God is as strict and rigid as his own father was, he wants nothing to do with him. He longs for a life of freedom and adventure, doing whatever he wishes.

Both Emeline and Owen will have to learn that true freedom comes when we give our lives to God, but can they discover this timeless truth in time to save themselves and the country they love?

Life on the ship is so well-described that you will feel the salt air on your cheeks and feel the deck below your feet. Ms. Tyndall definitely knows her way around a boat! The amount of nautical research that must have gone into making something so historically visual is astounding.

Hannah’s cockney accent is well written, I could hear her voice in my head as I read along. I appreciated that she is the only character who speaks like this on a regular basis, so it adds depth and a historical flair, but is not overwhelming.

I love the lesson that God is the best father who longs to give us a life of abundance and adventures. I enjoyed the spiritual message of freedom through Christ as well as the story itself, full of turns and several unexpected plot twists.

Reader discretion is advised. Some scenes may be disturbing for some readers, namely an attempted rape and back lashing. These scenes are not graphic, but the subject matter may be too much for a more sensitive or immature person.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher. A review was not required. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

About the Author:

Award winning and best-selling author, MaryLu Tyndall dreamt of pirates and sea-faring adventures during her childhood days on Florida’s Coast. After obtaining a degree in Math and working as software engineer for 15 years, she decided to test the waters as a writer. With now more than seventeen books published, she makes no excuses for the deeply spiritual themes embedded within her romantic adventures. As a follower of Christ, her stories often reflect her own journey and walk with God. Her hope is that readers will not only be entertained but will be brought closer to the Creator who loves them beyond measure. In a culture that accepts the occult, wizards, zombies, and vampires without batting an eye, MaryLu hopes to show the awesome present and powerful acts of God in a dying world. MaryLu makes her home with her husband, six children, two grandkids, and three cats on the California coast, where her imagination still surges with the sea.