Review: Stellar Debut!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 4, 2013
"I was thoroughly entranced by Joette Baldwin's debut novella, "Sheltering Arms."This is a beautiful story told in rich detail and evocative images through Ms. Baldwin's lyrical prose. Some of her sentences fairly sing!It is 1863, the Civil War era, in Virginia. At the Rose Hill Plantation we find Renee Chastain Harris, a woman who The character of Renee Chastain Harris, a woman from Rose Hill Plantation in Virginia, is that of a woman (wife and mother) who knows love, heartache, and tragedy. The war has ravaged her home, her family, and her heart.Ms. Baldwin successfully conveys not only the lush surroundings but also the emotions experienced by her main character. Offering her readers a story of love, romance, tragedy, and triumph, she gives us unique characters and heart-felt emotions. This is a spell-binding story that will tug at your heart and have you shedding a tear or two. With its beautiful language, interesting characters, rich detail, and winning descriptions, you'll be pulled back into another time and place...and better yet, you'll be ever so thankful that you have.This is one that is not to be missed. Congratulations, Ms. Baldwin, on a stellar debut and a stunning tale!"