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    Carolina Gold

    By Dorothy Love

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    The war is over, but at Fairhaven Plantation, Charlotte's struggle has just begun.

    Following her father’s death, Charlotte Fraser returns to Fairhaven, her family’s rice plantation in the South Carolina Lowcountry. With no one else to rely upon, smart, independent Charlotte is determined to resume cultivating the superior strain of rice called Carolina Gold.  But the war has left the plantation in ruins, her father’s former bondsmen are free, and workers and equipment are in short supply.

    To make ends meet, Charlotte reluctantly agrees to tutor the two young daughters of her widowed neighbor and heir to Willowood Plantation, Nicholas Betancourt.  Just as her friendship with Nick deepens, he embarks upon a quest to prove his claim to Willowood and sends Charlotte on a dangerous journey that uncovers a long-held family secret, and threatens everything she holds dear.

    Inspired by the life of a 19th-century woman rice farmer, Carolina Gold pays tribute to the hauntingly beautiful Lowcountry and weaves together  mystery, romance, and historical detail, bringing to life the story of one young woman’s struggle to restore her ruined world.

     

    A native of west Tennessee, Dorothy Love makes her home in the Texas hill country with her husband and their two golden retrievers. An accomplished author, Dorothy made her debut in Christian fiction with the Hickory Ridge novels.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateDec 17, 2013
    ISBN9781401687649
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    Dorothy Love

    A native of west Tennessee, Dorothy Love makes her home in the Texas hill country with her husband and their golden retriever. An award-winning author of numerous young adult novels, Dorothy made her adult debut with the Hickory Ridge novels. Facebook: dorothylovebooks Twitter: @WriterDorothy  

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    • 4/5
      I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book for the historical value as well as the romance & action in the story - although I have to say it took me a while to figure out what the title "Carolina Gold" is referring to. Carolina Gold takes place during the aftermath of the Civil War with Charlotte returning to her late father's plantation. The characters in the story are strong - you have the slaves who are still thought to be lazy and disloyal to the slave owners, you have children no longer in school and you have plantations that are being foreclosed on - they lie in ruins and many plantation owners have given up or after fighting in the war they are no longer fit mentally or physically to run their own plantations. Charlotte steps forward as a strong woman with a good head on her shoulders - she is determined to pay off the loan she took out to grow rice and ends up teaching two little girls from a plantation down the road. When their father disappears she takes the girls under her wings and then sets out to find their father.Carolina Gold is very well written. It's an interesting look at the Civil War Period and the events and struggles that women and families faced after the war. If you know someone that likes period or historical fiction they should enjoy this one.
    • 5/5
      I have read a few books by Dorothy Love and I have never been disappointed. Although I completely loved the others this book was even a notch above the rest. For some reason I love stories revolving around war and it's devastation. I think it's because I love to read about how the characters deal with it emotionally, spiritually and physically. The main thing I loved about this book was Charlotte's strength and determination. She is a woman to look up to, a woman of substance. I enjoyed her character the most but each character endeared themselves to me in their own way. Nicholas was selfless. He worked tirelessly over the sick even after he had given up his life as a doctor and you could see the love he had for his daughters. I also loved Daniel Graves, the young boy Charlotte found sleeping in one of her former slave cabins. He had the most ambition to be so young. I couldn't read a part with him in it without smiling at his determination to make something of himself. I really hope there is a book about him later on. The characters were so enjoyable and true to life but even more enjoyable was the story itself. What are great characters without a great story? Dorothy Love delivers both. Her plot was so in depth describing the aftermath of the war and the ravages of yellow fever. It was so well written I lived through the characters and felt as if I were on a southern plantation fighting to save my livelihood one minute and mopping the burning forehead of a fever induced victim the next. If you want great romantic fiction with depth, spirituality, and amazing characters then I highly recommend you read Carolina Gold because Dorothy Love never disappoints!Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher for my honest review. The opinions stated are mine alone and are honest a forthright. If I recommend a book it's because I truly enjoyed it. I received NO monetary compensation for this review.
    • 5/5
      I loved that the main character in this book was a women and that she was fighting through the whole book to prove to men that she could do everything they were doing. I loved how no matter how bad things got she kept on fighting and trying to find a way to make things work and not lose her land. This is the first book I have read that takes place right after the Civil War ends and I was almost shocked at how people acted after it all ended. I love how it all worked out in the end even though it wasn't the way she thought it was going to work out.
    • 5/5
      I was fascinated to learn that the title of this novel refers to rice. And not just anywhere, but rice grown on plantations in the South Carolina Lowcountry.Dorothy Love did such a impressive job of igniting my imagination that I want to travel down the Waccamaw and Pee Dee Rivers and see for myself the grandeur of the old rice plantations. The authors use of vivid imagery transported me. This story, told from the view point of a young Charlotte Fraser takes place just after the civil war and deals with the struggles the southern farmers had with finding reliable workers. The novel is concerned with many subtitles, reconstruction of the southern states, tutoring, women farmers, as well as the yellow-fever which plagued the port cities of Charleston, New Orleans, and others,. It is done with empathy, and great talent as I felt the devastation of not finding the workers to put in the crop, the lack of money and the need to find a way to survive. And then the storms came and took the crop. Many of these things still concern and stress farmers today, though much has been done to alleviate their anxiety. I received this book free from Amy Lathrop at Litfuse Publicity Group and Thomas Nelson Publishers in exchange for an honest review. A positive critique was not required. The opinions are my own.
    • 5/5
      Dorothy Love has captured the reality that was the Reconstruction South in her newest novel, Carolina Gold. Filled with realistic characters, beautiful descriptions and the emotions of post-Civil War South Carolina, this novel is a must read for those who love historical novels set in the South of the 1800s. I really liked this book and am sure you will too.Charlotte Fraser made a promise to her father that she would restore the family plantation, Fairhaven. Armed with determination and grit, Charlotte tackles the task despite the warnings of other planters, unpredictable weather and labor shortages. Her courage is admired, but her neighbors feel that her dream of growing rice is a lost cause.Charlotte Fraser is a wonderfully complex character. She is a woman that never quite fit into the mold of the Southern belle. She faces hardship, failures and naysayers with focus. Yet Charlotte also yearns to have what other women desire — a husband, a home and a family. The promise to her father determines her actions, yet her work to recapture what had been must give way to life in the New South. Other characters are equally well-developed and capture real emotions and attitudes of the time.The Reconstruction South is brought to life in Carolina Gold – changed relationships between former masters and slaves, the deprivations following the defeat of the Confederacy, the many laws that sought to regulate the southern states — are all seamlessly interwoven in the narrative. Blacks and whites, poor and the formerly wealthy, all have to adapt in order to make a new life.Perhaps the best part of Carolina Gold is that it was inspired by a real-life person, Elizabeth Waties Allston Pringle, a woman rice planter in the Lowcountry. I love that Love brings to light this remarkable woman.Carolina Gold was a great start to my 2014 reading. Recommended for those looking for a well-written, well-researched historical novel.Recommended.(Thanks to LitFuse for a review copy. All opinions expressed are mine alone.)