About the Book

 

Book:  Vengeance is Mine Saith Mi’Lord

Author: Tammy Kirby

Genre:  Inspirational Victorian Romance

Release Date: October 9, 2019

A SISTER FOR A SISTER

Forced into a peer’s realm. Devastated by the death of his beloved sister. With vengeance burning a hole in his heart, will a distraught brother see the damage he’s causing in time to prevent the worst mistake of his life?

Kidnapped for a crime she didn’t commit. Ostracized from society. Can a broken debutante find the peace she craves at Haven House, or must she face her monsters over a ballroom—again?

Captain Nick Rutherford vows revenge against the man who murdered his sister. When the coward escapes, Nick discovers a way to flush him out. Never mind that what he proposes goes against everything he believes in.

Lady Piper Connor faces society’s whispers with her head high. When Captain Rutherford, the new Marquess of Blackwell, forces her to spend the night in his townhouse, she wants to hide in shame—for a moment. Is it wrong to feel relief when one is cast out of society?

Squaring her shoulders, she steps into the morning wearing the same clothes she’d worn to a ball the previous evening. Let them stare.

Join these two hurting people as they walk through overwhelming obstacles to find forgiveness and each other.

God loves her unconditionally, and that is enough. If only a certain marquess didn’t plague her thoughts.



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About the Author

 

Tammy Kirby holds an associate degree in Registered Nursing, a cosmetology license, and the title of author. When she’s not helping heal the sick, or dabbling in color, you can find her at her computer, giving life to the characters clamoring inside her head to be set free.

In 2018 she released her debut novel, His Grace Forgiven, the first book in the Victorian Inspirational Romance series, Haven House. She developed a love for reading at a young age. Beauty and the Beast is her favorite fairytale, and I Love Lucy her favorite tv show from childhood. That being said, you’ll always find one of her characters having some of the same characteristics in Tammy’s works.

She uses her writing to show God’s love and forgiveness through characters from hundreds of years in the past, who face the same problems people face today. Taking broken heroes and heroines and showing them this truth is her mission.

Tammy lives with her husband, Roger in Northeast Louisiana, where she spends her free time doting on grandchildren, reading, crocheting, sewing and, of course, writing about how the Lord can take any sin, no matter how bad and turn it into a blessing to glorify Him. Her desire is for her writing to speak to her readers in a way that draws them closer to the One who loves them above all.

 

More from Tammy

 

When God placed the Haven House series on my heart and instructed me to put them on paper, I asked Him why me? He said because you’re not afraid to write what I tell you even if it’s uncomfortable. This entire series deals with forgiveness in some form or another. Can you forgive the unforgivable? What happens if you can’t?

As an avid reader, my favorite books are those I can apply to real life—my life. I will read almost any genre, but historical romance is my preference. My characters are flawed, even the Christian ones. In my writing I use them to show the world that God can fix anything we get ourselves into—if we ask.

Vengeance is Mine saith Mi’Lord is the third book in a series of five. One day I was sitting at my kitchen table working on the second book, when a handsome ship’s captain waltzed across the room. I knew then, Captain Rutherford would have his own story.

Because of hurtful circumstances, my hero, Nick acts completely out of character. Even though he doesn’t like himself for it, he can’t seem to stop the emotional carriage wreck he’s causing himself at the expense of my heroine, Piper. Throw in a cat named Satan whose alter-ego is Angel (according to my heroine), a cabin boy with a secret, a murder coverup, and you have all the makings for a fulfilling read.

I hope you enjoy Nick and Piper’s story. I certainly enjoyed bringing them to life for you.

 

My Review

 

When I opened this book on my Kindle, I have to admit that I had some reluctance. It is certainly the first book of its kind that I’ve read, with the sobering subject matter and what appeared at first glance to be a dismal storyline. If this also sounds like your reaction, do what I did; take a step of faith and give this book a chance. I found myself warming to the story as I read, and while I don’t think that “enjoy” is the proper word, I do feel that I have benefited spiritually from my time within its pages. Sexual slavery is, sadly, still a major issue around the world, even in the U.S., and I applaud the author for shedding light on this problem and also for addressing PTSD through her characters. It is easy to think of these problems as belonging to the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, but they have been around just as long as the troubles that cause them.

Opening in London in 1863, “Vengeance is Mine Saith Mi’Lord” by Tammy Kirby is the third book in the Haven House series and the first that I have read, but I did not have any difficulty following along. As I read, I thought about this being Dickens’ London, with its poverty and hardships. This made it easier for me to connect with the setting, even though the main characters are from the upper echelons of society. Later on in the story, as some of the poorer characters emerged, my heart went out to them even more for the lack of choices they had and for the treatment they endured. Haven House is a beautiful mission amidst the backdrop of the evils prevalent in society, much the same as is the case today. This book is not one that sugar coats, but rather that highlights concerns relating to the characters’ wellbeing with respect and an eye toward the Savior.

“Vengeance is Mine” deals, as the title suggests, with Captain Nick Rutherford’s, the Marquess of Blackwell, burning desire for revenge against the man whom he believes murdered his sister. Believing that to be Piper Connor’s brother, he kidnaps her during the night in order to draw her brother’s attention and to recoup some of his own emotional losses. While it’s easy to quickly condemn, there is great value in forgiveness, and we shouldn’t expect characters to be flawless any more than we expect people to be. Ecclesiastes 1:9 reads: “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” And as Piper tells one of the girls at Haven House, “You are more than your past mistakes. You are more than what those people who had power over you made you. Do not remember the lies. Your future started when you entered the halls of Haven House. Make it what you want, not what others have told you is your destiny.”

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.

 

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