Liar’s Winter: An Appalachian Novel
by Cindy K. Sproles
(received in exchange for an honest review)
Genre- Fiction / Christian / Historical
Published by- Kregel Publications
Copyrighted- 2017
Number of pages- 248
Age Group- Adult
Description of book- paperback, listed price- $14.99, ISBN 978-0-8254-4453-1
Lochiel Ogle has been tormented and harmed for the first nineteen years of her life. She has a red-wine birthmark that the mountain people call “the mark of the devil.” She is rescued by a stranger after being beaten and left for dead by her brother. While Lochiel is with him kindness and love are now a part of her new life. Soon the new security will be gone as her brother finds her again and people fear her.
Will Lochiel ever be safe? Why would her brother treat her so badly?
About the Author-
Cindy K. Sproles currently lives with her family in East Tennessee. She writes devotions and is a teacher/speaker and different conferences. Her website is cindyksproles.com.
My thoughts-
Sproles’s writing brought me into Lochiel’s life and didn’t let me go until the book was over. I find it both hard and not hard to believe that people were suspicious about her birthmark. It’s the way it’s been for many years. People are suspicious about people who are different than they are. I would have liked a little more information about red-wine birthmarks somewhere in the book.
I liked how this book was written from the first person point-of-view. I could feel Lochiel’s joys and pains as I read the book. She even thought the Devil was in her, because of how people treated her. It wasn’t until her father found her that she began to know and feel the Lord. I like all of the subtle hints of the Lord throughout the book.
I could also see what it was like to live in the Appalachian Mountains of East Tennessee during the late 1890’s.
I think that many of you would enjoy this book. I know I did.
(I really enjoyed the cover.)
Disclosure of Material Connection- I received Liar’s Winter, by Cindy K. Sproles, for free from the Kregel Publications’ Blog Tour. All links were current when posted. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.