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Blessing / Lyn Cote.

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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, c2015.

Quaker women -- Fiction.

Women -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Widows -- Fiction.

Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Fiction.

Cote, Lyn. Quaker brides ; 2.

Large print ed.

477 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.

Includes discussion questions.

"An impetuous love swept Blessing Brightman away from the Quaker community, into the highest ranks of Cincinnati society. But behind the glitter of ballroom and parlor, her spirit slowly eroded in an increasingly dangerous marriage. Widowed young, determined never to lose her independence again, Blessing reclaimed her faith and vowed to use her influence to fight for women's rights and abolition.Gerard Ramsay, scion of a wealthy Boston family, arrives in Cincinnati hoping to escape his father's clutches with a strategy that will gain him independence. His plan is soon complicated, however, by the enchanting widow. Never before has a woman spoken as if she's his equal--or challenged him to consider the lives of others.In a city nearly ablaze with racial tensions quickly dividing the country, can two people worlds apart possibly find common ground?"--Publisher.

Historical fiction.

Christian fiction.

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