In Midwife of the Blue Ridge author Christine Blevins takes us on a journey to the colonies and what life was like on the frontier. Maggie Duncan has not had an easy life in her homeland of Scotland. After the English murdered her family, she lived with Hannah, a midwife whose husband brought Maggie home after the war, but the local townspeople that Maggie to be cursed with bad luck. It isn’t long after Hannah’s death that Maggie finds herself an indentured servant on her way to America.

When Maggie makes it to America, she is soon purchased by Seth Martin after he beat out Viscount Cavendish on the auction block. She soon learns that Seth needs her to help tend his pregnant wife who he fears may die in child birth. When Maggie arrives at her new home, she finds out the dangers of living in the wild frontier. She is soon swept into a life of fearing for your life if a party of Indians finds one alone. After meeting Tom Roberts, Maggie can’t help but fall in love with him, but with the dangers of the land, Tom’s constant need to go on long journeys to hunt and a Viscount who wants Maggie do they ever have a chance at love?

Author Christine Blevins is truly a master with her story telling abilities. While reading about Maggie and her journey the reader cannot help but hope for her to have a happily ever after, all the secondary characters in the story each had their own reason for being in Maggie’s life, and the author did a wonderful job tying up all the loose ends by the end of the story. In Midwife of the Blue Ridge there was the perfect mix of danger, loss, and hope for a brighter future. Maggie is truly a heroine who did what she had to do in a time of uncertainty and grew from a scared young lass to a fine honorable woman. Watching her growth was one journey well worth going on. Fans of Early American Historicals will not want to pass this book up!


Reviewed by: JoAnn