A story about Quaker families who help slaves escape to freedom. Flora is a young woman who finds herself on her first mission to help transport two slaves, the woman ready to give birth at any time. Flora though finds herself having to travel with Bruce, who is a man now, but who made fun of her growing up and who is finding it hard to forgive and forget and trust him now. These two people were fun to watch as they learned to understand each other. Bruce kept saying the wrong thing and Flora kept misunderstanding most everything he said to her. So the sparring that went on between the two was fun to watch because you knew how it is eventually going to end. Although the story has the serious side of freeing slaves and the danger it involves, it also had a romantic side of watching two people try too hard to dislike the other, when all along they are attracted to each other. Another good story in this series. ( )

Path of Freedom, Quilt sof Love Series, by Jennifer Hudson Taylor
I love this series and this one sounds like an interesting read, romance and a mystery, quilting and religion.
Quaker faith, 1860's Bruce Millikan is just back in town and Pastor John of the local meeting group wants him and others to accompany a black wife and husband to safer grounds, up north.
Flora Saferight and her sister Irene both will go and find themselves in trouble on the second day out in the woods.
Flora struggles and keeps Marta-the pregnant woman safe while she was thrust into the river and got banged around by the current and the rocks.
She prays Bruce will find her and has already led the others to safety. Her mother was also part of the Underground Railroad and explained to her about the quilt that was made and how it showed the route they must take from NC to Charlottesville, VA.
Such country as we had gone there to visit the Walton's Mountain exhibit. Bruce and Flora in days gone by had butted heads with one another too many times but for this mission they agreed to be friends. They were to deliver the couple to a place in PA
but with Marta being pregnant-the reason Flora went along, they hoped to reach the relatives house in VA first. Flora's mother had told her there would be another quilt for the rest of the journey..
They meet up with many friends along the way to gain them more knowledge of their journey further north with safety. When they return and again meet at the relatives house the women decide to take the train back as they had always wanted to. Bruce just wants to deliver them safely as he promised their parents. He also is jealous that Flora may want to spend time with the new doctor in the area and court him. He leaves with a letter from her to be read once he reaches home but he's so tired when he arrives he forgot about it.
Flora asks his brother if he'd read the letter when she returns home and they all suspect it's a good bye letter and that she's moving to VA to work alongside the doctor.
There are many times they pray along the way, at meals and at everyday occurrences. Love what the quilts represent in this book, great storyline with strong characters of faith.
I received this book from Abingdon Press in exchange for my honest review. ( )

PATH OF FREEDOM by Jennifer Hudson Taylor is an intriguing inspirational historical fiction. Book 3 in the "Quilts of Love" series,but can be read as a stand alone. "In the "Quilts of Love" series,each of the books focuses on a particular quilt design around which the story unfolds".

"Path of Freedom" is the story on Flora Saferight and Bruce Milikan,Quakers who embark on a journey in the Underground Railroad. Filled with struggles,trials,love,faith,treachery,uncertainty,constant danger and a desire to help free slaves. This particular quilt is the Midnight Star, Flora's mother's quilt,which is used as a guide to their final destination. Jim and Marta,a slave couple who is pregnant,is seeking freedom. The four of them embark on a dangerous journey to freedom. Filled with tension,a bit of humor,Flora and Millikan hold childhood animosity,but can they put the difference aside long enough to get Jim and Marta to their destination. Ms. Taylor has written a story with engaging characters who will grip your heart with their strength and courage. She makes you feel the danger on each page,as Flora and Milikan just may find love along the Underground Railroad. Received for an honest review from the publisher and Wynn-Wynn Media,LLC.

RATING: 4

HEAT RATING: SWEET

REVIEWED BY: AprilR, My Book Addiction Reviews/My Book Addiction and More ( )