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is the third and final installment in the Daughters of Harwood House and I enjoyed this just as much as I did the other two, Laity and Crawford spin an engaging read that kept me reading into the night, Indian attacks, love, and suspense are all combined in this book about Lily, Lily herself is a bit of a confusion to me, She's extremely young in age but very old in years, I think it works for the time but I didn' find it believable all of the time, As a character she wonderful I'm just not sure totally believable,

The book is rich with historical detail that I found fascinating, Entering into the story of some of our earliest pioneers and their fight for their land and lives was gripping, I'm constantly amazed at those who have gone on before and kept going when I think I may have quit, The authors do a superb job of truly sharing with us their "plight",

An excellent read that really can be read as a standalone, You won't regret picking this one up, . . unless you like to sleep at night and not read : I was looking forward to a good easy read in this Christian Historical Fiction, but was sadly disappointed in this book.
I made it through the first chapter or two before throwing it aside in disgust and skimming to the end, Sadly, this book was as predictable and horrible as I thought it was going to be, The fact that it is "Christian fiction" is slightly disturbing to me since the premise of the book is a young women coveting another women's husband,

So the story is about Lily who is an indentured servant to John and Susan, taking care of their children while John is away fighting during the French and Indian war and Susan is too ill to take care of the kids.
When John comes back Lily likes him and has a hard time hiding it and John notices her too, Do you see something wrong with this picture Am I the only one who sees a problem with coveting and lusting after someone Else's husband And don't write about what a wonderful husband John is if he is making eyes at the servant while his wife is still alive.

Ugh,this book thoroughly disgusted me and I would not recommend it to anyone, Basically it is a secular book with some Christianity thrown in but it does not make the theme of the book any better as they don't really address how wrong it was that Lily is coveting a married man and she gets what she wants in the end.


If you are looking for a quality Christian book then stay away from this one! There are much better Christian books out there that actually have more going on and are not complete twaddle.

Lily the last daughter and youngest sister learned how to live in a small rural/frontier settlement as the indentured servant for a man who lived in the small settlement with an ailing wife and four young children who needed the extra help.
She quickly learned how to run a farm, cook and clean for this family while the husband was off serving in the militia during the French and Indian wars.
John and Lily had feelings for each other but afraid to act upon out of respect to the late wife, As the months moved on, the Indian raids became bolder and those who remained in the settlement built a blockhouse for safety, During one of these attacks, one of the settlers' son died that brought John, his neighbor and the men from the settlement to bring them back to help with the attack.
It was the aftermath, that John and Lily gave into their feelings and blessed by the small settlement to marry, Before Lily and John could marry the settlement had sent the women to their families in other settlements and towns while the men stayed and rebuilt the cabins, While Lily visited with her sisters at Mariah's house, she realized that she had to go back to the settlement because she felt it was right to do so.
Sally Laity and Dianna Crawford's final book of the Daughters of Harwood House series is Lily's Plight, The previous novels were Rose's Pledge Bookand Mariah's Quest Book,

As indentured servants Rose went to the wildness, Mariah went to a plantation, and Lily went to a farming community on the edge of the wilderness, Lily's roll was to care for the family's children and watch over John's ailing and beloved wife, Susan, After Mariah's wedding, Lily's freedom could have been bought, but Lily wanted to stay with the Waldons, She wanted to fulfill her contract and she wanted to remain close to those she loved, Life becomes complicated as the French and Indian War draws closer to the settlement and John worries for his family's safety, Lily remains firm to watch over her young charges in the face of grave danger,

Out of the three Daughters of Harwood House books, Lily's Plight is my favorite, The timeline isn't as rushed or drawn out to cover a long range of time, Laity and Crawford address the dangers of battle and how families in the early settlements needed to work together to succeed, The struggle with faith, love, and family are woven throughout the novel, It was a beautiful conclusion to the Harwood family,

ed from a NetGalley copy, Thank you, Barbour Publishing, Inc, ! Journey to Pennsylvania backcountry during the French and Indian War, Indentured servant Lily Harwood has always thought of herself as a good Christian lass, . . until she is struck with a deeper, more profound plight than the war that rages around her, When her mistresss

husband returns home on a short furlough, Lily finds herself falling in love with him, As Lily is caught between passion and sorrow in harrowing times, can she find hope in the promises of God

  I don't know, . . this book just rubbed me wrong I guess, I wasn't comfortable with John and Lily falling in love while his wife was dying I did not like the way Indians were portrayed as basically beasts I was appalled by the hatred that all the settlers had for the Indians who attacked them.
. . like they were never going to forgive them, and that was okay, : I just made me sad and a little sick inside,

Rose's Pledge and Mariah's Quest were both books I enjoyed, But I'm afraid Lily's Plight just had too many things in it that just didn't feel right, As brutal as some Indians were back then, we really can't say that the "white men" didn't mercilessly cheat, steal, and slaughter peaceful Indians, And Lily was clearly coveting another woman's husband, . . which is a sin. Which she didn't run from,

I don't know, There was some really interesting parts, Some good lessons. But all in all, I just couldn't really enjoy Lily's Plight because of the things listed above, Really didn't like how they had feelings for each other while a spouse was dying, Not very Christian at all Very good, Not quite up to the first,

I only give astar rating because there was, to me, too much waffling about whether the heroine should be having the feelings she was having.
Otherwise Lily's story was just as good as Rose's and Mariah's, I'm certainly glad I decided to purchase this book, Satisfying ending to an outstanding threebook release about sisters who come to the Colonies from England and become indentured servants to help their father, This last book centers on the youngest sister who cares for a dying woman and her children, while the husband goes off to war to fight the British and Indians.
This is an excellent inspirational historical romance series, with vivid characters and historical settings, Sally Laity amp Dianna Crawford in their new book, “Lily's Plight”, Book Three in the Daughters Of Harwood House series published by Barbour Publishing, Inc, brings us into the life of Lily Harwood in the turbulent,

From the back cover: Their greatest challenge is yet to come,

Lily Harwood always considered herself a good Christian lass, But after years of serving the Waldon family, and despite the fact that she loves them dearly, her life has grown increasingly difficult and frightening, Daily she watches Susan Waldons health deteriorate, and with John Waldon away with the militia, protecting them from attack by the French and Indians, Lily is responsible for the entire farmstead.


Ever since Johns last child was born over four years ago, hes had to watch helplessly as his beloved wife suffers with a mysterious and debilitating illness.
And because of the drawnout conflict, hes torn between wanting to be with his family and knowing that thwarting the enemy on the frontier is the best way to protect them.


But when he returns home on a short furlough, both John and Lily face a deeper more profound plight, They find themselves falling in love, Caught between passion and sorrow in harrowing times, their only hope lies in the promises of God

The Dictionary defines “Plight” as, “a solemnly given”, or, “an unfortunate, difficult, or precarious situation”.
Lily Harwood lives up to both definitions, She gave her solemnity or promise to serve in the Waldon household and her situation is proving difficult as she is now in love with a married man, Can you imagine selling yourself into servanthood to pay off your fathers debt Lilys sister Rose thought so and the three sisters came from England to America to do so.
Rose and Mariahs stories were told in the previous two books, now it is Lilys turn, I like history and ”Lilys Plight” is loaded with it, It is set against the background of the French And Indian War and Lily is an indentured servant trying to hold together a family that is seemingly falling apart.
Lily has come to love this family however she has come to love John more and this is dangerous because he is married to Susan, Can she remain pure while the war happens around her and her own emotions threaten to overwhelm her I wont give it all away except to say that the thrill ride that this story turns out to be has some real surprises before we find out that answer.
“Lilys Plight” is a great read, filled with drama, romance, history and suspense, I recommend this book highly, I am sorry to see this series end but I am looking forward to more from these very talented authors,

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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Barbour Publishing, Inc, I was not required to write a positive review, The opinions I have expressed are my own, I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade CommissionsCFR, Part: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, ”.I have read and reviewed the other two books in this series, The first book, Roses Pledge, was very good and I enjoyed the story, The second book, Mariahs Quest, was not so good and I would not read it again, I was hoping that this third book would get back to the likes of the first book for me, Well it was not as bad as the second but still not a favorite of mine, I have this book/stars, I though the characters were well portrayed but sometimes their personalities conflicted with what they actually did, I just could not fall in love with them and that makes it hard to read about their lives! I would recommend you read the others in the series first but it is not a necessity.
I would recommend this book as a descent Christian Historical Fiction book to read,

I would like to thank the publisher for the copy of this book I enjoyed reading, I gave an honest review based on my opinion of what I read,
This novel is a last in a trilogy, though the first I have read by these authors, so I was not familiar with the background of the story or the characters or with their writing style.
Reading it also represented something of a new experience for me, as I generally opt for books of this genre set in Europe or in the medieval period, I am British, and a medievalist in training, so I prefer these and I am not really familiar with American history, the period when this story is set in general

This said, I have to say I was not greatly impressed by this story.
I have read quite a few Historical romances in my time, and this one seemed about the average, run of the mill type of story in this genre, It was enjoyable enough, but I would say nothing special, Even the hint of forbidden love in the sense of Lily falling for her master in spite of herself when she knows she shouldnt and him doing the same has been done before, and felt perhaps felt a little clichéd.

So Lily and Johns love story is sweet, but rather predictable, In spite of both parties trying to supress and quash their feelings for one another, in spite of them being separated by war and hardship, in spite of everything was almost inevitable that they would eventually get their happy ending.


The religious content seemed to be woven into the story well, and there was nothing that seemed objectionable or questionable in a theological sense, Without intending to be irreverent or disrespectful, I would say the theme and subject matter was about standard fare for inspirational historical novels of this kind, Not that I suggest or expect that Christian authors should change the Christian content or write anything new to pander to readers, the point as that this, like the novel is just about the same as a lot of others of this type.

The one aspect that did stand out for me was the question of why God does not always seem to answer prayer and sometimes seems to let bad things happen.
If felt this was addressed sensitively, decisively and rather well,

Romance aside, the rest of the story did seem rather slow and repetitive at times perhaps this just reflected the state of the conflict and political conditions ins rural Pennsylvania.
Most of the action was focused around the lives of the inhabitants of a small town, and some of their men serving in the militia, Apart from facing attacks by Native Americans, or travelling outside the region to try to escape from this, not much really happened that was not related to their lives in some way.


Another aspect which seemed to be a reflection of the time period was the depiction of the Native Americans as barbarian savages, People now might find this objectionable, but I did not personally as it seemed a plausible enough presentation of the way that people living in the environment and circumstances of the characters might have viewed them.
If the only contact they had with Native Americans was when they saw or heard of them raiding and burning settlements, killing people, or kidnapping their children, it did not seem surprising that they would view them in such a way.


Then there was the setting itself, It seemed to me a very idealised and romanticised version of good old fashioned rural American life, with characters who could have stepped off the set of Little House on the Prairie.
The honest, decent, robust, hard workin folk of Beaver Cove might have been pleasant enough, but they seemed to lack depth and be a little too perfect and sweet to be real.

Yes they faced hardships but they all muscled in together to help each other out, and everythin came alright in the end, Not like wealthy them city who are almost all presented as living in luxury and as being too concerned with trivial things like clothes and balls and their social status or elegant wives to worry about much else that is important.


The British almost universally seemed to be depicted as cowards, weaklings or bungling fools whose Commanders could or would not defend the their territory or help each other, and seemed to do little except sit in their fortresses and surrender at the first hint of an attack, and who literally had to be forced to take any kind of decisive action in the war.
It was of course the tough rugged colonials in other words the Americans who did most of the real fighting and the ones who seemed to make the real difference.

The stereotyping went further when the Brits like the city folk were almost all depicted as genteel types from rich or affluent backgrounds who never did much tough physical labour like the Waldons of Beaver cove.
Lily is presented as having been thus before she came to America and adopted the good life, Eye roll inducing stereotyping once again where I had hoped the depiction of nonAmerican people might be more informed or objective,

Then there were the accents, As stated before, I am not American, I am British, so I am not familiar with the nuances of regional American accents, Yet I could not help questioning whether there really would have been such a pronounced difference between the accents of Americans and British people at this time as there was in the story.
Somehow, the accents of the American characters seemed a little too modern, and their use of some anachronistic terms and phrases which did not exist in the mids seemed to confirm this.
The only two major nonAmerican characters, as stated before were Lily, and Scotsman, who served as the preacher or pastor in Beaver Cove, he spoke with what seemed to be a ridiculously exaggerated accent, and Lilys was little better.


Overall, this novel was enjoyable enough, but it was really not my proverbial cup of tea, There did not seem to be anything much to set it apart from other novels in this genre, but it is passable enough a light, clean and moderately enjoyable read.
I am interested in perhaps reading the preceding two novels, though I dont think I would buy them, If you like these authors, and novels set in this period, it might be for you,
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