Monday, July 14, 2014

Salvaged Love: A Historical Novel of Key West, Susan Blackmon, 348 pages

Abigail Bennington and her father set off on a voyage to Jamaica and Alabama.  He is visiting Jamaica to check on his business ventures and to sail aboard his newly constructed ship the Abigail Rose.  Abby is traveling with him in the hopes of putting off an unwanted suitor.  When their ship hits a reef they find themselves in Key West waiting out repairs that will allow them to continue on their journey.  The author does an excellent job presenting the history of Key West up to the period of the story.  The characters are likable and the story moves along at a good pace.  My only disappointment in this book stems from the historical material presented as an introduction.  I was expecting the book to follow along in the lines of James Michener, but it reads more as a romance novel with limited historic details.

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