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Anne Merrick is a spy for the Revolutionary Army in the late 1700s in the colonies. Jack Hampton and she are deeply in love but don't get many opportunities to be together. Caught up in the war between the Patriots and the British, Anne is spying in the camp of the enemy, having fled New York City after killing a British officer, Edward Blankenship. Though they are outnumbered by the British in manpower and weapons, the Patriots are slowly but surely winning the Saratoga campaign. But all is not so easy for Anne as she and her friend Sally see what war is like up close. They cook and care for wounded British soldiers, and they have to frequently remind themselves in the middle of suffering and death who they are supporting and why. Still Anne never loses her feisty nature and can swing between joking and compassionate care without missing a heartbeat!

After a phenomenal victory, Anne and Jack head for General Washington's camp at Valley Forge, where the situation is dire as they are surviving with a serious dearth of food and clothing in the middle of a fierce winter. Here Anne helps out in the middle of this dire situation; the strength of Anne and Jack is that the Cause of Liberty is worth everything and anything. Such determined focus is amazing on page after page after page!

Returning to Philadelphia Anne returns to her former role as owner of what we know as a coffeehouse and a collector of information from a carefully planned network of spies. With her charm and vitality, she manages, as she did in Saratoga,to charm the elite and thus learn of even more important British secrets. However, things begin to go awry when the man she thought she killed is met, alive and well and on recognition determined to have revenge on his would-be killer. The story of Anne's capture, imprisonment, and escape is riveting, tense reading, ending in a shocking way guaranteed to promise the reader more to come from this very, very talented writer, Christine Blevins. This reviewer looks forward to reading the next installment of this writer who makes history, with all its real and fictional characters, pull in the reader for hours of historical and romantic pleasure!!! Wonderful!!!


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The Turning of Anne Merrick An Anne Merrick Novel Christine Blevins Books Reviews

School requirment
Great Read - as is The Tory Widow
This book is in a series About the American Revolutionary War you need to read them all
I found this book very interesting. It tells the story of how private individuals helped the patriot cause during the revolution, often at great peril to their own life and liberty.
This is the second book in this series. A gripping tale of players in the American Revolution. Well done! Learned much about life in these times.
I enjoyed the different setting of the book with it being in New York City during the occupation by the British. I found the characters to be interesting and I am planning to read the sequel. There was plenty of action and romance. I did not think it was quite as good as The Midwife of the Blue Ridge.
Missed reading the first book of this American Revolution saga by Christine Blevins, though I didn't feel lost in reading “The Turning of Anne Merrick”... it easily can be a stand-alone novel.

Anne and her feisty Scottish maid Sally, infiltrate the Redcoat army base camp, gathering info and passing messages to Anne's romantic interest Jack. The author provides readers a look at how both sides dealt with feelings of hopelessness and fear, passion and determination, and how the side they are fight on is the side of right.

Not a really great read, though it is a good read. From start to finish, the novel is realistic, well researched, and beautifully written.
For those who haven't yet purchased the book, let me say... Buy This One AND The Tory Widow, then read The Tory Widow first, as it is the prequel to The Turning of Anne Merrick. While both can be read independently, they are much better when read chronologically. Anne Merrick is the "Tory widow" and heroine in both books, with Jack being her very Patriotic, sometimes faulty, but splendidly realistic hero throughout both novels.

Now about The Turning...

Again, I have to give kudos to Ms. Blevins for sticking to a believable script. The characters have blemishes, but their motives are clear, the plot is suspenseful (It has to be since it's war after all!) enough to keep me reading. The fact that Ms. Blevins expertly weaves real historic figures—and I'm not talking about just well-known Founding Fathers either—into the story is the icing on this reader's cake. Bravo, Ms. Blevins!

My only complaint is that it's another cliff hanger, and there's no third book...yet...for me to keep reading. Please finish it, ma'am, so I can find out what happens next. Bring on the Southern Campaign!
Anne Merrick is a spy for the Revolutionary Army in the late 1700s in the colonies. Jack Hampton and she are deeply in love but don't get many opportunities to be together. Caught up in the war between the Patriots and the British, Anne is spying in the camp of the enemy, having fled New York City after killing a British officer, Edward Blankenship. Though they are outnumbered by the British in manpower and weapons, the Patriots are slowly but surely winning the Saratoga campaign. But all is not so easy for Anne as she and her friend Sally see what war is like up close. They cook and care for wounded British soldiers, and they have to frequently remind themselves in the middle of suffering and death who they are supporting and why. Still Anne never loses her feisty nature and can swing between joking and compassionate care without missing a heartbeat!

After a phenomenal victory, Anne and Jack head for General Washington's camp at Valley Forge, where the situation is dire as they are surviving with a serious dearth of food and clothing in the middle of a fierce winter. Here Anne helps out in the middle of this dire situation; the strength of Anne and Jack is that the Cause of Liberty is worth everything and anything. Such determined focus is amazing on page after page after page!

Returning to Philadelphia Anne returns to her former role as owner of what we know as a coffeehouse and a collector of information from a carefully planned network of spies. With her charm and vitality, she manages, as she did in Saratoga,to charm the elite and thus learn of even more important British secrets. However, things begin to go awry when the man she thought she killed is met, alive and well and on recognition determined to have revenge on his would-be killer. The story of Anne's capture, imprisonment, and escape is riveting, tense reading, ending in a shocking way guaranteed to promise the reader more to come from this very, very talented writer, Christine Blevins. This reviewer looks forward to reading the next installment of this writer who makes history, with all its real and fictional characters, pull in the reader for hours of historical and romantic pleasure!!! Wonderful!!!