Historical Romance Set on the Shirley Plantation!

• By: Carrie Fancett Pagels
• Narrated by: Cecily White
• Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
• Unabridged Audiobook
• Release date: 06-11-18

Good news!  I enjoy Carrie Fancett Pagels historical fiction so when she shared that Return to Shirley Plantation  was being released in audio book format I was pleased.  

 This novella is set on the historical Shirley Plantation, a beautiful contrast to the pain the soldiers endured.  Historical fiction is one genre  that i find intriguing and compels me to look a little deeper into the time and place of many books.

The Civil War was a tumultuous time for  our country and for our hero Matthew Scott especially!  Far from home and wearing a uniform whose cause he did not support was difficult.  He was an actor not a soldier.  However, had he not been thrust into the gray uniform of the confederacy he never would have met the one woman who captured his heart.  

Angelina Rose was meant to be up north by now where freedom beckoned. She couldn't seem to get away from Shirley Plantation though she had had the opportunity.  Time, chance and a bit of faith intervened or she never would have met Matthew Scott who needed her care among the injured.  There was something different about him and it took others on the plantation to help put the pieces together.  This was not a clear case of an injured soldier falling for a beautiful nursemaid. 

Audio books are another way for authors to get their stories out to readers who may not have a chance to experience their books.  I first enjoyed listening while traveling but found it is a wonderful companion to many of the every day tasks I do around the house or garden and even when I am working on my hobbies.  

I recommend Return to Shirley Plantation for anyone who enjoys novellas and historical fiction.  Congratulations to Carrie Fancett Pagels on her first audio book!  I hope it will be the first of many.

...from the Publisher....

Abducted against his will, theater manager Matthew Scott is conscripted into the Confederate army because of his Copperhead senator father’s political leanings. Injured at Malvern Hill, Matthew is taken by the Union army to Shirley Plantation in Virginia, where he is tended by seamstress Angelina Rose, a freed slave. 

Given an opportunity to leave the South and start a new life for herself, Angelina remained for the sake of her sister’s orphaned twins, who are still enslaved. 

Matthew must use his acting skills to to remain safe. Will his return to Shirley Plantation settle a mystery concerning his father’s past? And will Matthew find the family for which he longs?