This is a great story and well written. I love seeing unexpected miracles when they happnen and this book

has just that. It had a happy ending, better than I dared

wish for. All things are possible with God if only we can

believe and put our faith and trust in Him.

Rita Gerlach has written a very enjoyable story Surrender the Wind with wonderful senaories, delightful and believable characters, setting that you wish you could truly experience. Most of all, I thorougly enjoyed this Christian Inspriational story...and I'm very picky about that. I do not like having religion in my face in unnatural ways as having God get me out of a situation. Surrender the Wind by Rita Gerlach was written as believeable as I've ever read. Her characters turned to God in the same moments as I would have but they, with His help, got themselves out of the situations. I may now consider reading more of this genre now.

This is the first novel that I have read of Rita Gerlach's. And I will say that this book is worth reading a thousand times over! Set in the 1700's, this story brings you straight into the American Revolution era of fancy dresses and men in suits with longer hair and to where a young man is struggling between staying in America, the land he bled for, or traveling to England to reunite with his sister. He chooses to seek his sister out, only to find he's arrived in the middle of a tragedy~the death of his nephew. During this untimely tragedy, he meets a young woman who's free will and gentleness captures his heart. But there's just one problem~someone wants the home of the young man's grandfather, and the woman who stole his heart! Now, the question is, will their love be stronger than the plots against them? Find out in this MAGNIFICENT, timeless love story!!I never heard of Rita Gerlach before, but I came across her name and was fortunately blessed to obtain a copy of Surrender the Wind. This is not normally the style of stories I read, but Ms. Gerlach's wonderfully written story quickly captured me and has me wanting to read ALL her books! I give this book two thumbs up with highest praises to the author, who just gained a new fan!! Wonderfully done, Ms. Gerlach!

The language and imagery in this book is enough to have me craving for more from author Rita Gerlach. The one downfall to this book was that I felt that things went so fast and there was not always enough depth as I would like, but with a 400 page book and so many things happening, one can only fit in so many words. Bringing forth the best of an English native land as well as a post-Revolutionary America hosts an exciting setting for this story of romance, betrayal, heart break, and adventure. The interweaving of the characters past, present, and future is beautiful and believable. I loved the main character and it was so good to have a book that followed a man's point of view for once instead of a woman.I am really excited about the new publishing house of Abingdon Press and this cover is absolutely to die for!

Rita Gerlach is what Vladimir Nabokov calls an enchanter. But, the author moves beyond the classic novels of Charles Dickens and Gustav Flaubert, with her unique voice, electric pacing and concise plotting. Riveting suspense hovers through every twist and cranny in the events that unfold as the reader feels the villain lurking behind every scene, waiting, conniving, ready to pounce with meanness and passion, as he eventually does. Exceptional editing of Abingdon Press Editor Barbara Scott empowers the author to mesmerize her readers as she transposes them to the post-revolutionary period between England and the United States. A structural counterpoint of VIRTUE and VICE permeates. Often words associated with love are used to describe despair. For instance, the play of dualism on the word embrace, with the opposite perception of entrapment intended, is repeated: High in the heavens the moon broke free from the embrace of clouds. And later: The sea crashed against the hull, lifted the ship and brought it down again into the seas dark embrace. This is no mere gift of language. This is literary genius.Like Dickens and Flaubert, Ritas minor characters stand out. Literary devices abound throughout her magical imagery. Numerous passages of the novel can be printed as free verse and read in exactly the same way. But most of all, the historical love story of Juleah and Seth set against the terrible retribution of Dardens unrequited love joins the greatest love stories of all time. When American patriot Seth Braxton travels to Devonshire, England, to claim Ten Width, the estate his grandfather left him, he falls in love with his sister's best friend, the beautiful and independent spirited Juleah, but terrible happenings interfere with their happy-ever-after ending. Can Seth and Juleah survive Dardens sinister plotting? The stage is set, and SURRENDER THE WIND is everything the author promises it will be.