About the Book

Book: Freedom in the Mountain Wind

Author: Misty M. Beller

Genre: Christian Historical Romance

Release Date: January 14, 2020

The last epic journey before her life changes forever.

Susanna Wilkins will do anything to make her father’s final dream come true, including trek along the path Lewis and Clark explored into the untamed wilds of the Rocky Mountains. Every mile is more crucial now that lung cancer is stealing Pa’s last days faster than she can come to terms with losing him. The journey becomes harder than she ever expected, but paddling upriver through fierce rapids and fighting hungry grizzlies isn’t what terrifies her the most.

Beaver Tail endured more than he can stand from the women in his Blackfoot camp, but the last disaster gave him the final shove he needed to join this band of brothers searching for one of their group who’s gone missing. The last thing he expected was to find a white woman and her sick father stranded at the base of massive waterfall. His plan is to help them carry their oversize canoe and supplies, then leave them to their strange mission. Yet, the more he learns about the pair, the more he realizes his life is about to be derailed—again.

From a USA Today bestselling author comes another epic journey through breathless landscapes and adventure so intense, lives will never be the same.

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About the Author

Misty M. Beller is a USA Today bestselling author of romantic mountain stories, set on the 1800s frontier and woven with the truth of God’s love.

She was raised on a farm in South Carolina, so her Southern roots run deep. Growing up, her family was close, and they continue to keep that priority today. Her husband and children now add another dimension to her life, keeping her both grounded and crazy.

God has placed a desire in Misty’s heart to combine her love for Christian fiction and the simpler ranch life, writing historical novels that display God’s abundant love through the twists and turns in the lives of her characters.

More from Misty

When God Directs a Google Search…

I’m a history lover, but you may have guessed that since I write historical romance stories. Most of my books are set in the Rocky Mountains during the mid-1800s, but as I began brainstorming ideas for this new series, my heart became drawn earlier to the earlier part of the century—a time period with which I wasn’t quite as familiar with the history.

I love when God orchestrates even the most mundane part of our lives, including Google searches! During one particular search (I can’t even remember what I was originally looking for), I stumbled across part of a journal entry from the Lewis and Clark expedition, which trekked across Montana during the time period I was looking into. I’d forgotten that expedition had even entered the territory that would later become Montana, but now I was fascinated.

After finding an audiobook of the abridged journals of Lewis and Clark, I happily listened to almost 19 hours of fascinating stories from the Corp of Exploration’s journey up the Missouri River and across the mountains to the Pacific Ocean, then back mostly the over the same path they’d come. The stories the men told were so amazing, and the detail of their trials so absorbing, I’ve actually re-listened to the audiobook twice! Many of the true tales wouldn’t be believable in fiction, but as I listened, my mind formed the premise for Freedom in the Mountain Wind: a father/daughter duo who sets out almost two decades after Lewis and Clark’s journey, determined to retrace the steps of that famous expedition.

I hope you enjoy this story as much as I loved writing it! And whether you’re a history lover or not, I pray that you too will be touched by this “epic journey through breathless landscapes and adventure so intense, lives will never be the same.”

My Review

Misty Beller is an author whose work I first read last autumn, and I was thrilled to add another historical fiction author to my favorites list. Not only that, but her books add a new dimension to nineteenth-century western tales by developing plots around mountain settings and survival in harsh terrain. As a child, my main area of interest was the American frontier, from Little House on the Prairie to Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. This will always be my favorite time period to read about, and it’s gratifying to find quality fiction that showcases it. Both of Beller’s books that I have read thus far have been kicking off a new series, which makes the experience even better.

“Freedom in the Mountain Wind” relates the interconnected stories of Susanna Wilkins and Beaver Tail. The characters are an essential element of this series, and they shine in this sequel. My heart went out to Susanna immediately as she selflessly cares for her ailing father while at the same time traveling west with him in the tracks of Lewis and Clark, seeking to fulfill his one wish. She is not the typical woman of 1830, but rather an intrepid adventurer and loyal daughter who puts others before herself. While she may not choose every situation she encounters, she has an indomitable spirit tempered only by naivete, and I found her inexperience to be endearing in several scenes. Beaver Tail likewise has a story that is somewhat nonconforming, as well as distinctive. The manner in which they relate to people and with each other is comical at times, yet always poignant: “He had the unique ability to move in tandem with her, as though he could read her thoughts and fade into her shadow. Words weren’t necessary with him.” Neither one particularly wants to need the other, yet as is always the case for believers, God uses their weaknesses to accomplish His purposes and to grow and mature them. “Freedom in the Mountain Wind” illustrates how common, standard parts of life can be approached with a unique angle when one’s faith is strong and secure.

I received a complimentary copy of this book through Celebrate Lit and was not required to post a favorable review. All opinions are my own.