Here Burns My Candle

by
Liz Curtis Higgs
A WaterBrook Mulnomah Christian Novel

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

LIZ CURTIS HIGGS is the author of twenty-sevenbooks with three million copies in print, including: her best-sellinghistorical novels, Thorn in My Heart,Fair Is the Rose, ChristyAward-winner Whence Came a Prince,and Grace in Thine Eyes, aChristy Award finalist; My Heart’s inthe Lowlands: Ten Days in Bonny Scotland, an armchair travel guideto Galloway; and her contemporary novels, MixedSignals, a Rita Award finalist, and Bookends,a Christy Award finalist. Visit the author’s extensive website at www.lizcurtishiggs.com.

ABOUT THE BOOK :

A mother who cannot face her future.

A daughter who cannot escape her past.

Lady Elisabeth Kerr is a keeper of secrets. A Highlander by birth and a Lowlander bymarriage, she honors the auldways, even as doubts and fears stir deep within her.
    Her husband, Lord Donald, has secrets of his own, wellhidden from the household, yet whispered among the town gossips.
    His mother, the dowager Lady Marjory, hides gold beneath herfloor and guilt inside her heart. Though her two abiding passions aremaintaining her place in society and coddling her grown sons, Marjory’smany regrets, buried in Greyfriars Churchyard, continue to plague her.
    One by one the Kerr family secrets begin tosurface, even as bonny Prince Charlie and his rebel army ride into Edinburgh in September1745, intent on capturing the crown.
    A timeless story of love and betrayal, loss and redemption,flickering against the vivid backdrop of eighteenth-century Scotland, Here Burns My Candle illumines the darkside of human nature, even as hope, the brightest of tapers, lights the wayhome.

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MY REVIEW :

I was blessed that Waterbrook Multnomah provided me with a copy of this book for review.

I rate this book high on my list of must reads for both Christian novel and historical fiction fans.  I was first drawn to the historical fiction aspect.  As I kept reading, I fell in love with the characters, especially how they resolved the spiritual battles they fought by keeping secrets.  I saw struggles similar to what I've dealt with in my own family relations, and the mustard seed of faith planted and growing in Lady Elisabeth Kerr's heart. I felt the dowager Lady Marjory's struggles as she wore her faith more as a garment, rather than a heartfelt piece of who she was.  This is a well written book that captured my attention from the beginning through the end.  Although some of the Scottish vernacular was difficult to understand at first, Ms. Higgs provided a glossary of terms in the back of the book.  Once you get into the hang of the words, reading the book is relatively easy.

While I was engrossed in the historical aspect of the book and the Scottish grammar, what I enjoyed the most was how the biblical story of Ruth and Naomi was portrayed.  At the beginning of the book, I had definite ideas on the characters.  By the end of the book, my heart was especially softened for the dowager Lady Marjory.  Watching the relationship growing between the two Ladies Kerr was heartwarming and filled me with hope.

I enjoyed learning the many Scottish words. The book also encouraged me to study more on Scotland in the 18th century.  I hope you will take the time to read Here Burns My Candle.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

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