Rose's Pledge, by Sally Laity and Dianna Crawford - FREE book

Tell us about your book.

In Rose’s Pledge, the reader will meet three British sisters who come to America as indentured servants. Expecting to be sold together, they instead find themselves sold to different owners and separated from each other by great distances. Rose’s Pledge centers on Rose, the oldest sister, and each of the two following books will feature her other sisters, Mariah and Lily.

Can you give us a sneak peek?
Sure thing! From the back blurb: A gentlewoman sold to the highest bidder…

A frontiersman looking for love outside of marriage…

And the vast, untamed wilderness and peoples that threaten their survival.

To save her father from debtors’ prison in England, gently bred Rose Harwood indentures herself to the highest bidder in the far away American Colonies. Her new owner, a grubby trader, takes her deep into Indian Territory, and when hostilities erupt at the start of the French and Indian War, Rose finds herself more in need of rescue than her father ever was.

Frontiersman Nate Kinyon is eager to save Rose, but he has strayed from his childhood beliefs and is far from being the man God called him to be. And Rose is reluctant to sacrifice her faith to secure a charming but wordly longhunger’s protection.

As the two struggle amid danger for survival, they have a lot to learn—from each other and from God. Will they discover that the only true and lasting love comes from God, the Author of their destiny?

What inspired this book?
My co-author, Dianna Crawford, and I have written a six-book series on the Revolutionary War, called Freedom’s Holy Light, which told of the effect of the Great Awakening on Colonial America. We enjoyed researching the time period so much—and putting back into history some of the miracles that revisionists have removed from American history textbooks—we decided to go farther back into history to the time of the French and Indian War and delve into how life affected the courageous earlier settlers.

What has been your most challenging experience writing a book?
Coming up with an intriguing and original story line has never been my favorite part of writing, but it is Dianna’s. She doesn’t care much for playing with words, but I love to. So working together has been a blessing for both of us, as we each feel we’re doing the ‘easy’ part.

What is your favorite thing to write about, (i.e., forgiveness, rebellion, etc)?
I truly love showing how faith and love go together, and how the Lord truly does work all things together for good to those who live for Him.

What do you hope readers will take away from this book?
I hope they will appreciate the dangers the founders of this magnificent country endured so that we could live in freedom. The courage and tenacity of the individuals who left everything familiar behind to bring the light of the Gospel to an entirely new, unsettled land are a true inspiration. God truly has blessed our country and made it the most wonderful nation on earth.

What is your favorite color?
My favorite color has always been sky blue, but I also like rich jewel tones.

Do you have a favorite recipe?
My family is always happy when I make soft chocolate chip cookies, from a recipe I altered out of a Betty Crocker cookbook.

If you could travel back in time when and where would you go?
It would be awesome to have been among the people who followed Jesus and walked where He walked. I truly hope I would have been a faithful follower and would have stood firm in my faith despite persecution.

What project are you currently working on?
Dianna is already plotting out Lily’s Plight, the third book in our series, and I expect to start working on it after the holidays.




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