About the Book
Title: The Wilderness Journey
Author: Misty M. Beller
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Genre: Christian Historical Romance
He’s been sent to retrieve the new missionary… But she’s not at all who he expects to find. Joseph Malcom has spent his life protecting those in need, but now that his sister is safely settled with her new family in the Canadian Rockies, his help is no longer required. That is, until he’s asked to safely retrieve the priest’s cousin to help minister to the local Indian tribe. But his passenger is not at all who he expects. After the death of her mother, Monti Bergeron has nothing to keep her in Montreal. While the prospect of ministering to the Indians out West is daunting, she looks forward to assisting her beloved cousin in his mission work. The life of a nun may be just what she needs to heal her grief, serving her Heavenly Father and fellow mankind, especially if no more pesky suitors are around to ask for her hand in marriage. But the man who’s been sent to guide her through the mountains might make her second-guess her plans before she even begins. As Monti settles into her ministry, Joseph finds his wandering feet drawn back to the Indian camp. Monti’s focus on God is more unsettling than he’d like to admit. Add to that her beauty which tests his willpower at every turn, and she’s made it crystal clear she doesn’t want a husband. But when his determination to keep distance between them puts Monti in danger, protecting her might require something Joseph might not be able to give.
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My Review:
"The Wilderness Journey" by Misty M. Beller is a wonderful book about learning that sometimes what we see as God not protecting us and being against us is Him making things possible for our future to be better. Joseph learns this lesson in this continuing book of the series, "Heart of the Mountains ".
My favorite quote from this novel is spoken by Monti and is said to Joseph, " You are the man God made you to be, Joseph Malcom. The things that happened to you don't have the power to make you more or less than that, It's up to you to decide whether you'll live up to His plan for you."
A fun fact, not that it is the book's fault or the author's fault but just a pet peeve of mine, I don't like the name Joey for someone named Joseph, I just thought I would share this because my son's name is Joseph, as is the main male character and a couple of times he is referred to as Joey and I thought no, his name is Joseph or Joe. Just a personal opinion of course. I did really enjoy this story and will definitely read the others in this series.
I recommend this story and her other books to all readers who like a clean love story and adventure stories about mountains and the dangers of nature with ice and snow and of course Indians.
I recommend this story and her other books to all readers who like a clean love story and adventure stories about mountains and the dangers of nature with ice and snow and of course Indians.
I was given a complimentary copy by the author and Celebrate Lit. These opinions are my own.
Misty M. Beller writes romantic mountain stories, set on the 1800s frontier and woven with the truth of God’s love. She was raised on a farm in South Carolina, so her Southern roots run deep. Growing up, her family was close, and they continue to keep that priority today. Her husband and daughters now add another dimension to her life, keeping her both grounded and crazy. God has placed a desire in Misty’s heart to combine her love for Christian fiction and the simpler ranch life, writing historical novels that display God’s abundant love through the twists and turns in the lives of her characters.
I love to write frontier romance, where the challenges were tough and the people had to be even tougher. And one of the things I love to imagine is how my characters cooked during those days. Can you imagine how hard it would be to cook over an open fire? Every. Single. Meal. Of course, it’s not like they had a lot of variety to work with. Once you learned how to make a decent stew or corn mush, you didn’t have much to worry about, right? Yet, many of the frontier women became quite adept at cooking over their cabin’s hearth, or even over an open campfire. In my new book, This Wilderness Journey, Monti (the heroine) came from a middle-class home with a paid chef and never had to learn to cook at all, much less without the use of a wood stove (which is still so much harder than heating a hot-pocket in the microwave). After she burned the corn mush their first night on the trail through the Canadian wilderness, Joseph (the hero) taught her a few basic meals. As I was researching some creative ways frontier women cooked in an open hearth, I discovered the wide use of puddings, mostly because of how easy they were to make. By wrapping the ingredients in a cloth or pudding bag, they could be dropped in a pot of boiling water and left until the ingredients had softened and expanded. An entire meal could be made with a few ingredients, a pudding cloth, and a pot of boiling water. One of my favorite cooking scenes in This Wilderness Journey is the making of the Oatmeal Pudding. What do you think? Sound like something you’d like to try?
About the Author
Misty M. Beller writes romantic mountain stories, set on the 1800s frontier and woven with the truth of God’s love. She was raised on a farm in South Carolina, so her Southern roots run deep. Growing up, her family was close, and they continue to keep that priority today. Her husband and daughters now add another dimension to her life, keeping her both grounded and crazy. God has placed a desire in Misty’s heart to combine her love for Christian fiction and the simpler ranch life, writing historical novels that display God’s abundant love through the twists and turns in the lives of her characters.
Guest Post from Misty Beller
The Frontier CookI love to write frontier romance, where the challenges were tough and the people had to be even tougher. And one of the things I love to imagine is how my characters cooked during those days. Can you imagine how hard it would be to cook over an open fire? Every. Single. Meal. Of course, it’s not like they had a lot of variety to work with. Once you learned how to make a decent stew or corn mush, you didn’t have much to worry about, right? Yet, many of the frontier women became quite adept at cooking over their cabin’s hearth, or even over an open campfire. In my new book, This Wilderness Journey, Monti (the heroine) came from a middle-class home with a paid chef and never had to learn to cook at all, much less without the use of a wood stove (which is still so much harder than heating a hot-pocket in the microwave). After she burned the corn mush their first night on the trail through the Canadian wilderness, Joseph (the hero) taught her a few basic meals. As I was researching some creative ways frontier women cooked in an open hearth, I discovered the wide use of puddings, mostly because of how easy they were to make. By wrapping the ingredients in a cloth or pudding bag, they could be dropped in a pot of boiling water and left until the ingredients had softened and expanded. An entire meal could be made with a few ingredients, a pudding cloth, and a pot of boiling water. One of my favorite cooking scenes in This Wilderness Journey is the making of the Oatmeal Pudding. What do you think? Sound like something you’d like to try?
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I don't really like it when authors must have spent a lot of time choosing the right name for the character, and then they go and shorten it. Of course, I don't like my own name shortened either, so maybe I'm biased. ;)
ReplyDeleteWell I Debbie is a nickname my real name is Debra, And my daughter has no nickname because her name is Gala.
DeleteEnjoyed the review.
ReplyDeleteInteresting review.
ReplyDeleteWe have a Joseph, who we used to call Joey when he was little, now he is Joe. Our Jeremy is not shortened. Our Philip now wants to be Phil.
Thank you for your review on "The Wilderness Journey" by Misty M. Beller and for being part of the book tour.
ReplyDeleteI've been hoping to read this book since I first read about it. The more I learn about it, the stronger my desire to read it.
Understand about nicknames. My pet peeve is not getting the name right at all. My maiden name wasn't all that hard but some how or other it never got pronounced right. Then our daughter's name was JENET and everyone would say Janet thinking it was a typo. Ok maybe part my fault but I laugh and tell folks we aren't French so we didn't need all those extra letters - like of like Fido being Phydeaux in Louisiana. LOL
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