Call of the Trumpet
Helen A. RosburgHistorical romance
Available from Medallion Press
ISBN: 1933836148
August 2007
| The beginning of this book is 1839 in the Sahara Desert; a man, Francois Louis Villier, secured his daughter’s future while she was only days old. He met with his late wife’s people and then took his daughter to France, where he lived until twenty years later. His beautiful daughter, Cecile Villier, being part French and part Rwalan Badawin, from North Africa, never was truly accepted in France; after her Father’s funeral she decided to return to the people of her Mother. She took her father’s faithful servant, Jali, to help her in her journey. She also contacted a friend of her father’s about taking her into the Sahara Desert; she made sure that she had her father’s will giving her to Raga eben Haddal who, 20 years ago, had promised to take care of her.
The action started to really pick up at this point! When she landed in Bayrut, the son of the man she had written, Matthew Blackmoore, was awaiting her arrival; however, he was, instead, privy to her kidnapping. His journey took him after her; he had to steal her away from her capturers. She was taken to Damascus as a slave but El Faris managed to capture her from the highest bidder. Their high-speed travel started at that point! The majority of the trip through the desert, to her foster father, trying to get away from his ‘ideal’ marriage for her, and the ensuing travel truly captured my imagination. Not being a big fan of ‘desert situations,’ I was concerned I might not enjoy this part of the book; however, it enthralled me and I had trouble putting this book down! The myriad of disappointments, obstacles, and difficulties for the young woman, who was neither totally French nor Rwalan-Badawin, mesmerized Matthew (El Faris) and he could not seem to handle their conflicting, but growing, relationship. Ms. Rosburg has done an incredible job of expanding this amazing plot into a riveting book which you will be thrilled to read. The characters literally jump from the page and pull you (bring a Kleenex) into this astonishing story!
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Reviewer: Brenda Talley |
