A Life of Blessing

Gripping and emotional historical fiction inspired by true events

A woman ahead of her time in an enemies-to-lovers, opposites-attract historical romance by award-winning author Lyn Cote

After being wooed by a wealthy Cincinnati gentleman, Blessing Cathwell leaves behind her family and faith to marry him. Widowed young, she vows never again to surrender her independence. Reclaiming her faith, she devotes her inheritance and influence to women’s rights and abolition—championing those trapped in the shadows along Cincinnati’s wharves.

Gerard Ramsey, heir to a powerful Boston family, defies his father’s plans for an arranged marriage and is promptly cut off. Determined to prove he can stand on his own, he travels west to launch a horse racetrack—an enterprise meant to secure his future and spite his father. But his venture draws the attention of Mr. Smith, a ruthless crime linchpin also from Boston whose hatred for both Gerard and the meddling Blessing is puzzling but runs deep.

When their paths cross, Blessing’s candor, compassion, and courage challenge Gerard’s hardened views on faith, duty, and love itself. Yet as racial violence erupts and Mr. Smith’s thirst for revenge turns deadly, the two must find the courage to trust one another—and God—before hatred destroys all they hold dear.

From USA Today bestselling author Lyn Cote comes a sweeping tale of conviction, redemption, and love tested by a nation rumbling toward Civil War. (Includes authentic cameos of former slave orators: Frederick Douglass, James Bradley and Sojourner Truth.)

Fear of remarriage after disastrous first marriage

I too was married to a wonderful man until he discovered uncommitted relationships with other women. He could lie with a straight face and apparently had no guilt about these laisons..After a year of struggle counseling and prayer I sadly said good bye to a man I didn't even know! it was like my husband died and of course the marriage. I mourned this loss and it was a tall order for me to risk that kind of hurt again. I knew I wanted children and that was the impetuous for another marrige. The confusion and pain in Blessings story was every inch true!