Like Chaff in the Wind, Anna Belfrage
Like Chaff in the Wind, Anna Belfrage
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Like Chaff in the Wind

Author: Anna Belfrage

Narrator: Greg Patmore

Unabridged: 12 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/02/2019


Synopsis

Matthew Graham committed the mistake of his life when he cut off his brother’s nose—however much he deserved it. In revenge, Luke Graham has Matthew abducted and transported to the Colony of Virginia, there to be sold as indentured labor—a death sentence more or less.Matthew arrives in Virginia in May of 1661, and any hope he had of finding someone willing to listen to his tale of unlawful abduction is quickly extinguished. If anything Matthew’s insistence that he is an innocent man leads to him being singled out for the heaviest tasks.Insufficient food, grueling days, and the humid heat combine to wear Matthew down. With a sinking feeling he realizes no one has ever survived the seven years of service—not on the plantation Suffolk Rose, not under the tender care of the overseer Dominic Jones.Fortunately for Matthew, he has a remarkable wife, a woman who has no intention of letting her husband suffer and die, and so Alex Graham sets off on a perilous journey to bring her husband home.Alex is plagued by nightmares in which her Matthew is reduced to a wheezing wreck by his tormentors. She sits in the prow of the ship and prays for a miracle to carry her swiftly to his side, to let her hold him and heal him before it’s too late. Fate, however, has other ideas, and what should have been a two month crossing becomes a yearlong adventure from one side of the Atlantic to the other.Will she find him in time? And if she does, will she be capable of paying the price required to buy him free?Like Chaff in the Wind is the second in Anna Belfrage’s time slip series featuring time traveler Alexandra Lind and her seventeenth-century husband, Matthew Graham.

About Anna Belfrage

Had Anna Belfrage been allowed to choose, she’d have become a professional time traveler. As this was impossible, she instead authored the acclaimed Graham Saga, a time-traveling series set in the seventeenth century. Her latest series is set in the 1320s and features Adam de Guirande, his wife Kit, and their adventures during Roger Mortimer’s rise to power.

About Greg Patmore

Greg Patmore, Audie Award winner, became an actor in his midforties, fulfilling a lifelong ambition, when he trained at Arts Educational Schools, and has enjoyed a varied career on stage, screen, and in the voice-over studio ever since.


Reviews

Goodreads review by InD'tale Magazine on August 16, 2014

3.5/5.0 This story starts out with a bang, then twists and turns it’s way through to the very last page! Full review in March 2013 issue of InD'tale Magazine.......more

Goodreads review by Sara on January 15, 2020

So, I've been "borrowing" these books from Kindle Unlimited as part of my free trial (until March). Overall, this series (so far) is easy reading, with a good pace of the plot and decent character development and historical details. In this book, my favorite character was Mrs. Parsons and, of course......more

Goodreads review by Michael on December 28, 2020

Think that the Timeslip motif works well, with some unexpected results . Without giving too much away, the next installment in the feud between Matthew and Luke Graham gets even more intense, with Luke ensuring that Mathew is 'framed' for a crime and transported to Virginia as a bonded servant. Alex......more

Goodreads review by Anna Byers on October 30, 2020

This book is just okay. I’m only about half way through and feel as though I have to keep reading simply because I’m committed. The main male character Mathew has a bizarre personality. Wavering between genuine love for his wife and being a narcissistic ass. The main female character it’s portrayed......more

Goodreads review by Maggie on May 14, 2018

Matthew is sold into slavery by his brother Luke. He is shipped over to Virginia where he is sold to a tobacco farmer to pay off 7 years bondage. A farm with cruel masters, and not many men make it out alive. However is wife Alex is not about to sit at home and allow him to suffer for seven years.......more


Quotes

Like Chaff in the Wind is not your average time travel / historical fiction work. It is a wonderfully woven tale of magic, love, and malice; it is a book that any reader would enjoy.” So Many Books, So Little Time