Escape to Love (novella)
Banished Saga #6
Ramona Flightner
Historical Romance
Pub date: May 16, 2017 [requested review]
H/h - Lucas Russell/Genevieve Tyler
Setting: Butte, Montana, 1915.
Read in May, 2017
[spoiler alert]
Escape to Love,
a lovely novella and book 6 in Ramona Flightner’s Banished Saga series,
was quite the treat. A surprising treat to be sure! I’ve been a fan of
this series since I started reading it back in 2014 and the Saga has
only gotten better with each installment.
The Banished Saga, when
it began, was onset of suffragist movement of Boston 1901.
Along the way we met many characters, including our favorite, the first
couple of the series, Clarissa and Gabriel in Banished Love. Their story was ongoing in books 2 and 3, Reclaimed Love and Undaunted Love.
They still make appearances in the latest installments. We also met
Clarissa and Gabriel’s family. Clarissa’s own brothers Colin and
Patrick, who wasn’t introduced until much later. Her cousin Savannah and
best friend Florence, both avid suffragettes and worked with Clarissa
throughout. Gabriel’s younger brothers Richard and Jeremy were also
introduced, as was their long lost uncle Aidan.
The story started to veer away from the original couples when it jumped 10 years in book 4, Tenacious Love.
The spotlight had shifted onto the second generations of
McLeod/Sullivans. New characters and couples their contemporary were
introduced. By then Clarissa-Gabriel, Savannah-Jeremy, Richard-Florence
were married with children. Aidan had his long lost love Delia back in
his life, bonus with a daughter, Zylphia whom he didn’t know existed (he
was a sailor and had not been around Boston for years). Each had come
through a long, arduous journey to find their own standing in life and
the men or women they loved. I had loved every single moment of it
because it always felt like I’m a friend, and not just a spectator of
their lives.