For the Love of Faith by Tricia McGill | Book Review ~ Excerpt ~ $25 Gift Card | #HistoricalRomance
A book blog tour from Goddess Fish Promotions.
Thank you to the author, publisher, and Marianne & Judy at Goddess Fish for providing me with the information for this tour.
Book Details
For the Love of Faith by Tricia McGill Published by BWL Publishing Inc. on 11/24/2022
Genres: Historical Romance
Format: eBook, Paperback
Pages: 280
Source: Goddess Fish Promotions, Received from the author or publisher for review.At almost seventeen Faith Boswell knows little about the world beyond the lodging house in Ballarat owned by her widowed mother. The mining town of Ballarat in 1860 is populated by those seeking to get rich by finding gold, so their residents are mostly miners on their way to the diggings with high hopes of finding this highly treasured substance.
Sadly, Faith's Ma is not the easiest person to get along with and Faith often wonders just why her mother is so bitter.
Things start to change unexpectedly one day when a stranger appears at the door of their home-a gentleman who mysteriously seems to know a lot about Faith's Ma, her past life, plus Faith herself. Faith fears that her mother has been lying to her all her life.
From that day Faith's life takes a turn, perhaps for the better. One long-term lodger is a widow who unexpectedly presents Faith with an unusual birthday gift. This gift causes uproar which plays a large part in Faith's life from them onwards.
Because Faith knows little about life outside of her sheltered existence, she is unable to fathom if handsome Walter Finch, son of the nearby store owners, has real feelings for her or is simply being kind. Faith is soon to find out just how willing he is to help her as she sets out on a new and scary phase in her life.
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Excerpt from For the Love of Faith
Faith quickened her pace as she neared the store, her Ma’s list clutched in her hand. This visit had become the highlight of her week, for the anticipation reached a level she could not understand. She sincerely hoped that the owner’s son, one Walter Finch would be working behind the counter. The store contained everything from cooking ingredients for the women, to shovels and hats for the men working out at the diggings, and had taken on a new pleasure in the past few months. She was at a loss to understand quite why this should be.
Previously Walt had barely passed the time of day with her until one morning as she handed her list over to George Finch, his son had come out of the back room, wiping his hands on a scrap of rag. “Finished out there, boy?” his father asked and with a nod Walt came towards Faith and smiled—and her heart was lost as he asked after her welfare and made some comment on her appearance that completely took her aback. Until that morning, no lad of similar age had shown the slightest interest in her and certainly not in her state of health.
Suddenly the one who now seemed to fill her thoughts far too often was striding towards her. Too late to step from the firmer path that had been laid down in front of the shops to protect the boots of the ladies, and to head across the street.
Excerpt provided by the author/publisher for use in this post.
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Purchase Links for For the Love of Faith
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My thoughts on For the Love of Faith
For the Love of Faith is another beautifully written historical romance from Tricia McGill.
In this book the heroine is a naive seventeen year old girl who helps her mother run their boarding house to make ends meet. She is kept fairly isolated by her mother, Gert. She is homeschooled, works endless hours with no appreciation from a harsh, bitter Gert, so has no friends and few acquaintances her own age. When a stranger arrives in town who knows Gert from the past, life is turned on its head for Faith.
The tale moves methodically toward the HEA we know is coming, but the joy is following the descriptive flow of the telling of life in an 1860s mining town.
The pace is smooth and the characters are well-developed. The settings are so detailed you can easily picture every scene.
If you are a fan of historical fiction, particularly the gold-rush era, you should enjoy this well-written, entertaining story.
I received a copy of the book for the tour. This review is my honest, unbiased opinion.
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About Tricia McGill
Tricia McGill, an Award-winning author, spent her early days in Highbury, London, England, and moved to Australia many years ago, settling near Melbourne.
The youngest in a large, loving family she was never lonely or alone. Surrounded by avid readers, who encouraged her to read from an early age, is it any wonder she became a writer.
Although her published works cross sub-genres, romance is always at their heart.
Tricia’s love of animals has always shown up in her books. Tricia devotes as much time and money as she can spare to supporting worldwide conservation groups and is passionate about supporting those who do all they can to preserve our wildlife for future generations.
She also volunteers for a local community group that helps disabled adults and children to connect to the internet with provided computer equipment. When people ask what she does in her spare time, she is heard to ask, “Spare time, what is that?”
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Giveaway!
Tricia McGill will award a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
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Full Tour Schedule:
December 29: Hope. Dreams. Life… Love
December 29: The Avid Reader
January 5: Gina Rae Mitchell
January 12: Fabulous and Brunette
January 12: Iron Canuck Reviews & More
January 19: Splashes of Joy
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I love the cover and look forward to reading the book.
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