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This is Lance B Wilkins
Lance B Wilkins is a long-time amateur student of American history. He also loves writing. A few years ago, he was asked, and agreed, to work with a congregation of young adults. It was a match made in heaven. The combination of Lance's interest American history, writing, and subsequent love of young people created a spark. The resulting fire led to publishing Jacob's Destiny. A follow-up novel, Caught in The Crossfire: A Tale of Love and War in The American Revolution will be available summer of 2023.
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A novel of love, choices, and regret is in the making. This time the setting will be the American Civil War and the era of the Underground Railroad that so famously freed slaves and spirited them north to safety.
Caught in The Crossfire: A Tale of Love and War in The American Revolution
Volume Two in the series. Fires of Freedom: The Trials of Three Young Patriots in The American Revolution
A young lieutenant must defy both armies to rescue his love from the clutches of war
Young Jacob Greyson, leads a small band of New England militia. Destiny, the woods girl or the girl marksman, is a misfit to most, but the love of Jacob’s life.
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Assigned a perilous spy mission, Jacob vows to go alone. Spies can be hung, a fate he can never risk for Destiny. Nonetheless, Destiny insists. They enter Boston at night and are caught. While separated, Jacob manages escape, Destiny does not.
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Over months Jacob devises plans to free Destiny. A daring foray across Boston Harbor results in death for of one of his soldiers and leaves his reputation in disgrace. In a daring night battle, he captures his childhood friend, who loyally remains in the English Army. He tries negotiating with British generals. Offers trades for Destiny’s release.
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Now the cannons on Dorchester Heights are driving the British from Boston. Jacob has one last chance to risk everything to bring home the woman he loves.
Coming August 11,2023
Jacob's Destiny
Volume One in the series. Fires of Freedom: The Trials of Three Young Patriots in The American Revolution
Massachusetts 1775.
Jacob Greyson yearns for the same opportunities as those with privileged families. He vows to count for something.
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But the system is not blind. The opportunities offered Jacob, are far different than those offered his aristocratic friend, William. His desires for advancement are refused. The girl he loves is taken from his arms. Forever.
Jacob plunges into an abyss of loneliness. Life without purpose.
In this emotional inferno, he finds an improbable friend. A girl marksman with a prophetic name.
Destiny.
Amid the reverberations of the shot heard round the world, Jacob’s dreams blaze again in the fiery midst of a new war, a new country, and a new love.
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Click the book cover icon to read a short excerpt. Destiny and Jackson find danger in the woods, trying to keep Destiny's cabin stocked with food.
In the novel, why is Jacob so concerned about the formation of the militia? (click on image at left)
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