Michelle Griep's novel entitled The Captive Heart will take you on a journey, during the beginning days of our nation. As you watch Eleanor Morgan, a former governess, who has traveled from London, England, to America to start a new life, you will see her struggle to adjust to a new lifestyle in this new world! When she finally ends up married to Samuel Heath, in order to care for his young daughter, Eleanor soon learns that she will be living with him in the backwoods of South Carolina. No more fine city living for her!
The year is 1770, as you walk with Eleanor and Samuel, and you will see a much different world than the one we are living in today. It will make you appreciate the world our forefathers traveled through and the hardships they endured!
As Eleanor struggles with this new world, you wonder if she will be able to adjust to living with Samuel, a man who is more like the natives then any man she has ever known. Hold on until the final page to see where she ends up!
Will Eleanor choose the fine living in the city or the roughness and beauty of the backwoods?