About the Book
Book: Lawfully Innocent
Author: Robin Helm
Genre: Historical Romance
Release Date: August 31, 2019
Benjamin Beckett, a handsome young English lord, lacks purpose in his life of privilege. After learning the truth about his heritage, he decides to leave unbearable boredom behind, making drastic changes in his too predictable life.
Adventure awaits Benjamin across the ocean, and he embraces the challenges before him. Can a man who’s not yet thirty be strong enough to impact the New World? Will he find a cure for his loneliness and ennui?
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My Review:
There’s some good themes in this short 75 page novella. At times it felt as if it could almost be a Grace Livingston Hill book. There’s a good scene of the Marshall explaining salvation through Jesus, and good morals are emphasized all throughout the story. The author did an interesting job of showing efforts that were made to help the slaves find a better life after the war, and some of the difficulties faced by both the slaves and those who tried to help them. This is a clean story with no foul language and I appreciated that.
I will say that I would have liked this book to be longer. There wasn’t time for much character development. When I finished the book, I felt as if I hardly knew anything about some of the main characters. There also wasn’t time for an overarching storyline to develop. There were scenes in the book that I really liked, but those didn’t always feel connected. If this book would have had two or three more chapters, it could have been outstanding.
However, if you are looking for a shorter and clean story to read, this one is fine.
It’s a credit to the author that I wished I could know more about these characters. I’d give this one a 3.75 rating for its potential.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
About the Author:
Robin Helm’s books reflect her love of music, as well as her fascination with the paranormal and science fiction.
Previously published works include The Guardian Trilogy: Guardian, SoulFire, and Legacy; the Yours by Design series: Accidentally Yours, Sincerely Yours, and Forever Yours; Understanding Elizabeth; and More to Love. Ms. Helm also contributed stories to A Very Austen Christmas and A Very Austen Valentine.
She plans to publish Maestro, Lawfully Innocent, and A Very Austen Romance: Austen Anthologies, Book 3 in 2019.
Her life in (usually) sunny, small town South Carolina is busy, but affords time for writing, reading, teaching and performing music, and playing games on her phone. (Would you believe she’s an elder in a war game? And she’s writing a book about it?)
More from Robin
I grew up in South Carolina during the 1960’s and 1970’s when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law. South Carolina did not comply immediately, so I remember my doctor’s office with two waiting rooms, two water fountains, and two doors, both leading to the same doctor and same examination room. It seemed very strange to me even then. I did not know any African American children, because schools, restaurants, churches, the town pool, the public health center, our neighborhoods – everything – was segregated.
When I was in high school, that began to change. At first, only a few African-American students came to my school. I really didn’t notice, because we all worked together. I have since looked back and realized the bravery of those students. They left their newly built high school, which was much nicer than the very old one I attended, and came to a place where they knew almost no one.
My junior year, our schools and all public buildings were desegregated. Our town handled it very well. Three high schools combined, but everyone kept doing the things they had done. That year, three sets of cheerleaders combined and three of each sports team came together. It was wonderful! We had cheerleaders all the way down the sidelines, and the captain’s position was shared. The school
busses were desegregated as well, and I drove a route.
I have no bad memories of that time. There were no fights, no arguments, no violence of any sort.
This story is set in the mid 1840’s in South Carolina, and it addresses what sorts of things had to happen before we could get to The Civil Rights act and desegregation.
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Inklings and notions, November 11
Godly Book Reviews, November 12
To celebrate her tour, Robin is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon gift card!!
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I really appreciate getting to read about your book since I have so many in my family who are huge readers. Thanks for sharing and for the giveaway.
Sounds like a good read.
This sounds like a really good read. Beautiful cover!
Thank you for sharing your take on the story, it’s the first time I’ve followed a book through a tour. Its been interesting to read so many views!
I’m trying to read shorter books to meet my Goodreads goal, so maybe I should check this one out!
Thank you for your honest review.
Sometimes a short book is just what I need!
Thank you for hosting me, and thank all of you for your comments. I wrote this book for a series with other authors, and I was limited to a work count. I guess I can’t tell my stories in short story formats. lol I don’t like to be limited in that way. Live and learn. Right? Good luck everyone! Robin
Robin, it IS a very good story. I somehow missed that this was part of a series and you were limited on word count. It is to your credit that I wanted to know more about these characters! I’m going to amend my review to reflect you were limited on word count. I’ll be looking for more Grey books from you.
Looking forward to reading this one!