Victor’s Blessing by Barbara Sontheimer (Atmosphere Press)
Dear Reader,
Victor’s Blessing is a story of a half-Osage blacksmith whose life is filled with blessings. Although impoverished, through his wit and intellect, he makes a fortune for himself. All his dreams come true when he marries the shy Celena. But blessings, like life, can be fleeting, and when the Civil War erupts Victor will have to make hard choices. Keeping one promise means breaking another until he is forced to bestow an agonizing blessing of his own. Set in Ste. Genevieve Missouri the story is told not only from the North’s point of view but also from the perspective of a man born of an Osage slave.
Happy reading!
Barbara Sontheimer
