Happy Release Day, Melanie Dobson!!!
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Paperback
Published
May 9th 2017
by Tyndale House Publishers | |
About the Book
What happened to Brigitte Berthold?
That
question has haunted Daniel Knight since he was thirteen, when he and
eleven-year-old Brigitte escaped the Gestapo agents who arrested both
their parents. They survived a harrowing journey from Germany to
England, only to be separated upon their arrival. Daniel vowed to find
Brigitte after the war, a promise he has fought to fulfill for more than
seventy years.
Now a wealthy old man, Daniel's final hope in
finding Brigitte rests with Quenby Vaughn, an American journalist
working in London. He believes Quenby's tenacity to find missing people
and her personal investment in a related WWII espionage story will help
her succeed where previous investigators have failed. Though Quenby is
wrestling her own demons--and wary at the idea of teaming up with
Daniel's lawyer, Lucas Hough--the lure of Brigitte's story is too much
to resist. Together, Quenby and Lucas delve deep into the past,
following a trail of deception, sacrifice, and healing that could change
all of their futures.
About the Author
Writing novels is a fun excuse
for Melanie to explore ghost towns and old houses, travel to unusual
places, and spend hours reading dusty books and journals. She writes
both contemporary and historical fiction with threads of romance and
suspense.
Melanie is the award-winning author of sixteen
historical romance, suspense, and contemporary novels including Catching
the Wind, Beneath a Golden Veil, and The Silent Order. Three of her
novels including Chateau of Secrets have won Carol Awards, and Love
Finds You in Liberty, Indiana won Best Novel of Indiana.
Melanie
and her husband, Jon, have two daughters. After moving numerous times
with Jon's work, the Dobsons have finally settled near Portland, Oregon,
and they love to travel and hike in both the mountains and the cliffs
above the Pacific. When Melanie isn't writing or researching, she enjoys
line dancing, biking, and making up stories with her kids.
More information about her and her books is available on her website at www.melaniedobson.com.
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My Review
5 STARS!!!
A beautifully written novel that left this reader in stunned
silence, Catching the Wind holds
within its pages a captivating story of an enduring love that lasted a
lifetime. Brimming with intrigue,
mystery, and drama, along with poignant moments of hope, this will be a story
that lives on in my heart for a long time.
I particularly found a few passages stood out to me,
probably because of the deep grief I still feel as the fifth anniversary of my
daughter’s passing approaches this weekend.
He’d thought he built a castle big enough for space to breathe, but on
days like this, when the memories returned, even the windowed walls up here,
with their sweeping views of the sea, seemed to close in on him. On these days,
it felt as if he were being attacked from the inside.
The
tower of the castle—the keep—was the final refuge in an attack from the enemy,
but no fortress of stone could protect from the enemy who crept up from
memories, moving stealthily through the entire body, raiding the refuge of
one’s mind.
He
needed to clear the adversary from his head before it took hold.
(Daniel
Knight, pg 94, 95)
All I could
think of when I read that passage was Yes! This is how I feel. And then I read
this…
He breathed in rain as he hobbled
toward the front gate, the moisture coating his lungs. Rain clung to the cold
wind and splashed his face. He loved the thrust of power to stir the sea. Shake
trees. Carry the voice of a child crying for help.
Here
in the storm, tears could fall freely down his cheeks, mixing with the torrent
of God’s grief falling from the sky. (Daniel Knight, pg 95/96)
Oh boy, did the tears fall then?! I have stood at the edge
of the ocean many times since my daughter’s step into Heaven, imagining I could
hear her cry, and my tears overflow like a wave crashing to the shore.
And even though not a direct correlation to my particular
grief, this passage gripped my heart too.
If she truly forgave her mother, would God take away her pain even if
her memories remained? Perhaps that was the superpower she needed most. The
power to let go. The power to love again. (Quenby Vaughn, pg 334)
I highly recommend Catching the Wind to everyone! Seriously. This story has it all. It
encompasses complicated relationships, crafty and cunning characters, and a
gentle and beloved faith in God that will lead to forgiveness and
reconciliation. And the mystery. Oh, the mystery is the best!
Grab a cup of coffee, like I did, and sit down to savor this delightful and moving story!
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| Image belongs to: Anne Payne :-) |
Dobson has once again shown incredible ability to weave past
and present fluidly while creating an exciting plot and memorable characters
that stirred my emotions. By the second chapter, I was fully invested in their
lives and didn’t want to put the book down. By far, this is the best yet in
Melanie’s repertoire of historical-contemporary hybrid novels.
I was gifted an advance reader copy of this
book from the publisher and author for promotional purposes only, with no
expectation of a review. No compensation has been received.
