Book: Ava
Author: Caryl McAdoo
Genre: Historical Christian Romance
Release date: May 3, 2023
And a child will lead them.
Even if she’s a seventeen-year-old, raven-haired bear slayer though? Ava May, head strong, fetching, and true of soul grew up wise in the ways of swamp living while so naive concerning the outside world. Gold for her ma to pay off her dead father’s debts and the promise of great adventure transport her from her backwoods Louisiana cabin to Montana’s big sky county to marry a stranger. However, love threatens to thwart all the plans made for the mail-order bride before the wagon train’s wheels stop rolling. Enjoy your journey with Ava and the other brides under Miss Lottie’s care on the Oregon Trail, living though temptations, dangers, and the harrowing trek.
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Caryl McAdoo is one of my ultimate favorite authors. I am always ready to read her new books as they are released. Ava is Book 34 of the Prairie Roses Collection, a collection of standalone novels by Various authors.
Ava May is only 17yrs old, but she is embarking on a journey to become a Mail Order Bride. Ava has decided to move from her humble Family cabin in Louisiana to the Great Skys of Montana where she will be matched with someone to marry. Ava is doing this not so much for her, but for others, She is promised enough Gold to help her ma pay off her deceased father's debt and that alone makes her make the decision to do this. She is on a Wagon Train with other Mail Order Brides and she meets someone on the Wagon Train. Ava is a woman of strong faith and knows the man she marries should be a Christian also. Will Ava find her match on the Wagon Train or will she find her match in Montana? Does she stick to her faith and marry a Godly Man?
.I LOVED this book from beginning to end! I enjoy storylines of Mail Order Bride, but this was had a wonderful twist to the story. Ava is a strong young woman of Faith and I LOVE that she is only seeking a Godly Man to marry. Ava is taken on a adventure to make this dream come true. The travel on the Oregon Trail via Covered Wagon was dangerous at times, but Ava kept her faith and it worked out for her. This is a book of Faith, Love and Family and Adventure. I HIGHLY recommend this to anyone who enjoys Historical Ficton. FANTASTIC BOOK!
Award-winning, Christian author Caryl McAdoo prays her story brings God glory. Of her best-selling novels, readers love her historical Christian romance family sagas most, but also enjoy their contemporary cousins, Caryl’s Biblical fiction, her historical mystery series, and tales for young adults, mid-grade booklovers, and pre-K through 2nd grade picture books.
The majority of reviewers award her stories five-stars and praise Caryl’s writing style, citing her extensive research and the depth of her characters.
The prolific writer loves singing the new songs God gives her almost as much as penning new novels—hear a few at YouTube! She’s been married to Ron fifty-five years, and they share four children and twenty-five grandsugars. The McAdoos live in the woods south of Clarksville, seat of Red River County in far Northeast Texas, waiting expectantly for God to open the next door.
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2023 is the fifth annual Prairie Roses Collection, and I’m so excited to add AVA to my contributions for this multi-author, covered-wagon-stories project! The sojourners of these grueling treks fascinate me, willingly suffering such hardships and walking two thousand miles for a fresh start.
In fact, Ava May Harley never wanted to leave her home, a log cabin her father built in Skeeter Bottoms. She was born there, but with her Pap gone, for her family’s sake . . . The Word says if we don’t take care of our own, we are worse than an infidel, right?
What have you sacrificed for the sake of your family?
What immediately comes to my mind is the time we gave up our “golden years” and put off our empty-nest for fourteen years to take in four precious grandsugar-sons when we were fifty-two. They were six, four, three, and three-days-old.
Had we not, CPS was going to remove them from our family and spread the brothers out among strangers. Ron and I couldn’t let that happen and asked them to leave the boys with us. Of course, we thought it would only be for a few months.
We assumed their parents would attend the required classes and ‘get clean’ Figured we could do anything for a couple of months, right? The short months turned into years. Each boy left when the graduated high school, except the baby. When the third brother left, he asked to go with him to the other grandmother’s. He was fourteen then.
When people asked how we did it, there was an easy answer. 😊 “Only by the mercy and grace of God.” The boys are grown now. The oldest is a fire fighter, and the youngest is a Marine. Ron and I have enjoyed our empty nest since 2017 (at 67 years of age), but we miss our fellers!
In AVA, my sweet heroine was only seventeen when a cousin dangled gold coins in front of her broke and bereft mother. Ma could buy a proper gravestone for her dead husband and pay off his debts if she would only send her firstborn off to marry a stranger in Montana.
My brave and independent character made her own decision to make the journey for the betterment of her family and count it a great adventure. As the miles piled on top one another, taking her farther and farther from her life in the Louisiana swamps, the only home she’d ever known, she doubted her decision more than once.
Her strong faith in God worked with her naivety and kept her on the Oregon Trail, moving ever toward her future. When a person knows God has a plan, and believes they are on that very path, there’s no reason to be afraid or worry. She knew God would never leave her or forsake her.
She knew how completely trustworthy He is.
I fell in love with this precious character, and I hope you will, too. I hope you will enjoy going along with AVA on the harrowing journey!
How involved have you gotten with a book character in the past? Share the character’s name and the book’s title if you will in your comments below! 😊
BLESSINGS!
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To celebrate her tour, Caryl is giving away the prize of a $50 Amazon gift card and copy of the book!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
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Celebrate Lit Blog Tour: Ava by Caryl McAdoo
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