The River Queen: A Water Wheel Novel
“You’re going to have to be strong.”Julienne Ashby must change her pampered ways after her father, a promi- nent businessman in Natchez, Mississippi, loses their fortune and family home to financial carelessness in 1850. A fish out of water, she aims to resuscitate their one remaining possession—a dilapidated steamboat—in hopes of making a profit and restoring the Ashby name along the mighty Mississippi.Desperate for help in doing the hard work, prideful Julienne hires Dallas Bronte, a humiliated captain whose drinking problem has scarred his reputation on the waterways.Despite initial success, the struggles they will face with other ship owners are almost as challenging as the fiery feelings of love and hate they must sort out for each other. When the river vessel and all aboard meet what looks like certain destruction, God shows Julienne and Dallas only one of those emotions is unsinkable.Gilbert Morris is among today’s most popular Christian writers and has sold millions of his books worldwide. He specializes in historical fiction and won a Christy Award for the Civil War drama Edge of Honor. Once a pastor and English professor who earned a Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas, Morris lives with his wife in Gulf Shores, Alabama.