Book Excerpt:
"Ruth's beau died - simply because he was a slave.
She is determined to help other enslaved people as she assists with the Underground Railroad. Recently freed and illiterate, Ruth is hired to bake mouth-watering delicious bread in a Philadelphia bakery. Her boss, Joseph, is kind, handsome, and determined to end slavery. She feels emotionally connected to him as they work together for a common cause. His presence is like a fresh splash of spring rain on her parched soul.
However, Joseph has plans. He's determined to make some significant changes in his life. He desperately wants to escape from his overbearing mother and leave the family business behind forever. As his mother tries to match him with beautiful Francine, an upper-class Black woman, he feels trapped and unhappy."
Title: The Bakers Bride
Author: Cecelia Dowdy
Publisher: Divine Desserts Publishing LLC
Series: The Romance Bride Series Book 1
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: 5
Review:
"The Baker's Bride" by Cecelia Dowdy
My Thoughts:
'The Baker's Bride' was an excellent novella with a little mystery, history, romance, and scripture during this time of the underground railroad. After all that was said and done, will this story bring together a mother, son, and someone else—the newly hired baker's helper? The mom seemed to have someone else in line for her son to marry, but was that to be now that he had met Ruth? This helper had been placed at this spot at the right time and knew how to bake bread. The secondary characters were interesting in how some helped develop the story to keep the reader turning the pages in this short story.
By the time we got to the end, we were given a heartwarming story of how this underground railroad story ended.
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