Review Tour + #Giveaway: Whichever Way The Road Leads by J. A. Boulet @love_walk_life @GoddessFish

WHICHEVER WAY THE ROAD LEADS

J.A. Boulet

GENRE: Historical Romance

BLURB:

Meet Jesse Eastman, a young man from a powerful and wealthy American family. When he joins a group of rough fur traders on a journey to open up the American Northwestern Frontier, Jesse thinks his days are numbered.

The looming War of 1812 and a rugged farm woman from Upper Canada may prove him right.

Zee Collard and her father, George, are half-American, and half-Canadian. They will stop at nothing to protect their livelihoods in Upper Canada. The Collard's family history goes back to the Revolutionary War and their past is not something many Americans are keen on.

Whichever Way The Road Leads will pull you into the lives of two American families on both sides of the border who struggle as war breaks out in 1812. This engaging and graphic first book of The Eastman Saga will take you through raging mountainous rivers and early Northwestern Frontier landscapes to the bloody Niagara battlefields of 1812.

Be careful which road you take, you never know where it'll lead.

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Excerpt:

Jesse Eastman cradled his head in his calloused hands and wondered when he had lost his mind. He thought back to several incidents and still could not accurately pinpoint what had prompted him to make the ridiculous decision to risk his life with the Overland Astorian explorers. However, one event was obvious. The argument with his father two years ago had changed his life, for better or for worse. Jesse had never fully recovered from the sting of being thrown out of the Eastman family.

He looked up as his friend threw another log on the fire. Samuel was a tall, gangly fellow he had met last year in St. Louis when the Astorians were adding men to the team. Samuel was as close to a best friend as he’d ever met.

“Still wondering how crazy you are to be here, boy?” Samuel chuckled as the Mad River sloshed menacingly behind their backs. Samuel spit and kicked a stray log with his dirty boot into the camp fire. His long hair was firmly slicked back from his forehead, and the stray ends wisped onto his shoulders with every movement.

“Yes,” replied Jesse. “I’m wondering when I’m going to die, too.” Jesse wiped his grimy hands on his pants. The Mad River was so loud it almost drowned out the conversation at times. Jesse shouted towards the river. “How the hell are we going to ride those rapids tomorrow?”

Samuel grimaced and spat again. “With difficulty,” he responded manically.

Jesse laid down on his cot and gazed up at the night skies, feeling a shiver run through his spine.

It would be September 30, 1811 tomorrow, and Jesse imagined this was the date that would appear on his young gravestone. That is, if anyone ever found his body

My Review:

Whichever Way The Road Leads is about two families on different sides of the War of 1812. It tells about their lives during the war and how they survived or lived during the war. The men went to war and left the women and children home to care for their home.

It is a story about soul mates and how they deal with life with war separating them. Can their heart take being away from each other? Whichever Way The Road Leads took me down more than one emotional road. Whichever Way The Road Leads can be happy one moment and so sad the next.

You will get to know each character as they make you feel as if they are real. You will be sad when they are and you will be happy when they are. The emotions just pour right out.

Whichever Way The Road Leads will pull you into its depths from the first page and it will hang on long after you have read the last page. Whichever Way The Road Leads will stay with me long after the story is over. But wait is it over? Will there be another book? Well, I certainly hope so. I can’t wait to see where the Eastman family takes us on their next journey.

I enjoyed reading Whichever Way The Road Leads so much that I highly recommend it to anyone looking for the next great read! Grab a copy of Whichever Way The Road Leads and get to know Zee, Jesse, George, Clara, and the whole family!

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

J. A. Boulet is the passionate author of six historical fiction novels. Raised in a Hungarian refugee family, J. A. was born and grew up in Canada with a strong moral foundation, which she has stood behind all her life. Ms. Boulet began writing poetry at a very young age and progressed to short stories and novels easily. She quickly became a history geek and became fascinated with ancestry and the rough path of immigration. Her university studies ranged from photojournalism to accounting. After decades of working in accounting, J. A. published her first book in 2020 and has since published one to two books annually.

She lives in the Niagara region of Canada with her two sons, a crested gecko, a large Doberdor dog, and a small orchard of fruit trees.

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