Welcome to my stop on the Celebrate Lit blog tour for After the Rain, a 570 page novel in the Christian historical fiction genre. It was released on September 29, 2015. Click here to purchase your copy.
About the Book
He becomes the love of her life. She becomes his biggest challenge.
It’s 1908, a year in the Edwardian Age, the year J.M. Barrie’s play What Every Woman Knows, premiered in Atlantic City and the first Model T rolled off the assembly line in Detroit. It is a year when the world faced one of its worst disasters in history, when the New Year would heal the wounds of loss. Louisa Borden lives a privileged life in Chevy Chase, Maryland, a new and thriving community on the outskirts of Washington, DC for the well-to-do. Against the wishes of her domineering grandmother, she retreats from the prospects of a loveless marriage and instead searches for what she hopes is her calling in life.
When her horse is spooked along Rock Creek, she is thrown from the saddle—an embarrassing situation for any affluent young lady. Soaking wet, bruised and humiliated, she is carried up the muddy bank to safety by Jackson O’Neil, a stranger to the city, who changes the course of everything, including the lives of all those around her.
GENRE: Historical Fiction
PUBLISHER: Rita Gerlach
PUBLICATION DATE: September 29, 2015
PAGES: 570 pages
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From Rita Gerlach’s Pinterest page: Inspiration for Louisa Borden
From Rita Gerlach’s Pinterest page: Inspiration for Jackson O’Neill
About the Author
About the AuthorRita Gerlach is a best-selling author of inspirational fiction with a romantic bent, including The Rebel’s Pledge, Thorns in Eden and The Everlasting Mountains, Surrender the Wind, and The Daughters of the Potomac Series. She lives in Maryland near the Catoctin Mountains with her husband Paul.
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Join Celebrate Lit and Rita Gerlach for our book club meeting on January 28 and February 7. This will be like a traditional book club but online. We will fellowship, discuss After the Rain, grow closer to the Lord and have fun together! The Fun starts at 4 pm PST/ 5pm MST/ 6 pm CST/ 7 pm EST at https://www.facebook.com/events/1687681504803294/.
Giveaway
Enter below for your chance to win an autographed paperback copy of After the Rain and the audio books of The Daughters of the Potomac series.
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Celebrate Lit Blog Tour Stops
Jan 11: Our Perfectly Imperfect Life
Jan 12: Singing Librarian Books
Jan 13: Bukwurmzzzz
Jan 13: Artistic Nobody
Jan 14: Daysong Reflections
Jan 15: Texas Book-aholic
Jan 15: Blessed and Bewildered
Jan 16: Reading is My Super Power
Jan 17: Through the Open Window
Jan 18: Jendi’s Journal
Jan 19: Splashes of Joy
Jan 19: Christian Bookaholic
Jan 20: Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations
Jan 21: Proverbial Reads
Jan 22: Simple Harvest Reads
Jan 22: Cassandra M’s Place
Jan 23: Big Reader’s Site
Jan 23: Janette’s Thoughts
Jan 24: The Editor’s Note
Jan 24: A Greater Yes
Jan 25: For the Love of Books
Enjoyed your review.. I think I’d like to read this one!
I love the cover! This is definitely going on my TBR list!
isn’t it a pretty cover?
The story sounds interesting but this is one book I’d like to read just because the cover is so lovely. Thanks for the review.
i love the cover!
I’m so happy that this book is getting so much love. I haven’t read it yet, but I’m fairly certain it’s exactly what I love in a book – a long, heavily detailed Christian romance. That alone makes me sigh with happiness. 🙂
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Thanks for the chance!
Sounds like a great read 🙂
Great review Carrie! 🙂