Selah by Lisa T. Bergren

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The third book in The Sugar Baron's Daughters, Selah wraps up the story of the three sisters while still leaving a lot of loose ends. While the story of the sisters is somewhat neatly tied up on a bow, there is still the questions of how did they survive the Revolutionary War while living in the West Indies, did they succeed in convincing more plantation owners to free their slaves, did August Shubert meet his match, and more.

I went into this book just wanting to finish the series and know what happened to the sisters--mostly who did Selah marry, but I feel like this book was more than that. Selah is young, but she has matured a lot in the three years of living on the Nevis Island. She has a heart of compassion and is constantly pushing her sister and brother-in-law out of their comfort zones as they try to protect her from one scrape after another. 

Jedidiah is the Methodist minister who felt God calling him to the West Indies to work with slaves. He makes his home on the Double T plantation and works alongside the slaves and freed people in the fields and preaches to them at night. Word gets around that life is relatively good on the Double T and that, in turn, makes life challenging as well. I don't want to say more than that because I don't want to give away any spoilers. 

In the midst of all this, the Revolutionary War has started and there are Patriots in the family along with British soldiers being quartered there. So yes, the story was very engaging and pulled me in to see how it all ended. It was also good to see Selah develop her own faith in God and recognize Him as an important part of her daily life, not just Someone to meet with on Sunday in their church.

I received this book from Bethany House via Net Galley and was not required to write a positive review.  All opinions expressed are my own. 

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