Tea Party Book Launch for Rita Gerlach and "Beside Two Rivers"

Beside Two Rivers

Welcome to our Colonial Quills party today, held in honor of author Rita Gerlach and her just-released book, Beside Two Rivers, second in the three-part Daughters of the Potomac series.

Rita Gerlach

BESIDE TWO RIVERS 

Book 2 in the ‘Daughters of the Potomac Series’ published by Abingdon Press, October 2012.

From the banks of the Potomac to the misty moors of England comes a tale of love won and love lost, and the faith to find it again.

Vaguely can Darcy Morgan recall the day her father returned home from fighting in the American Revolution.  When he discovers his unfaithful wife had borne a child in his absence, the marriage is broken, and Darcy’s quiet childhood along the two rivers was changed forever. 

She grows up believing her mother is dead and that her father journeyed west to the lands beyond the Blue Ridge. Her indulging Uncle Will, excitable Aunt Mari, and her five female cousins, cannot shield her from thinking of the mother she loved and the father she barely knew, nor can she escape the fleeting images in her memory of the babe Ilene and Ilene’s surrogate mother, Sarah, or the grandmotherly servant, Fiona Goodall.

Before the Scarlet Dawn

In this dramatic saga that began with 'Before the Scarlet Dawn', Darcy seeks to unravel a lifetime of memories unaware that the young Englishman who loves her holds the answers. Her search takes her far from her beloved home along the Potomac, to a manor house in faraway England. Soon the secrets of the past slowly rise to the surface. 

Will she be reunited with the most important people in her life? Will Hayward and Eliza find peace and reconciliation? Will Darcy's faith sustain her to make the difficult choices, and will the love she and Ethan share endure?

Beyond the Valley

Rita's next book in the series is "Beyond the Valley" all three books published by Abingdon Press.

("photo-shopped" picture of Rita Gerlach as our hostess today on CQ courtesy of  Face in Hole.com)


So glad you could all come to discuss my latest book and various and sundry other topics! Please feel welcome to enjoy a cup of tea brewed to your liking, hot apple cider or coffee and fresh blueberry scones, chocolate cake, lemon squares and other lovely desserts offered up by many of our guests. Thanks to you all!  

Enjoy our repast as we dine al fresco with our lovely hostess, Mistress Rita, overlooking the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers near the historic Hilltop Inn of West Virginia. 

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From Rita:  These books are not your typical formula romances. You will find romance, but you will also find stories about relationships between people. The stories are about forgiveness, redemption, loyalty, and the power of love. Each character has good points, but they are also flawed human beings that make mistakes and fall hard, and at some point struggle through the adversity, dust themselves off and move on. So the sugary sweet romances they are not. My agent called my writing 'romances with more meat on the bones'.


Read 'Evolution of a Novel Series', the story of how the Daughters of the Potomac Series came about.  http://ritagerlach.blogspot.com/p/evolution-of-novel-series.html

One reader that posts a comment with their email address, will win a copy of one of Rita's books. Paperbacks will be signed. (Format of your choice) You can preview them on her website at http://ritagerlach.blogspot.com/ 

In paperback:
Surrender the Wind (Colonial Romance)
Before the Scarlet Dawn (book 1, Daughters of the Potomac)
Beside Two Rivers (book 2, Daughters of the Potomac)

Only in Kindle:
The Rebel's Pledge (Colonial Romance)