Promised Land

The romance author Carolyn Brown is well known for her unique take on the genre, combining wit and warmth in equal measure. Imbuing her work with a sense of nostalgia and tradition too, she is definitely a writer who has been inspired by her roots and her upbringing. Bringing in a large amount of influences into her work, she is very much a writer who creates work from a personal and genuine place. This has lead to her producing a large amount of series too, creating stories that have been running over a long period of time. One series that is a prime example of this is that of her ‘Promised Land’ series of novels, which incorporate historical fiction with her love of romance. Looking at a family, the books themselves concern themselves with the individual siblings and family members, telling each of their stories. Working as gentle natured historical romances, they tell of a time when a group of daughters meet at their father’s funeral and decide to collectively take the wagon trail out west to California. Joining a hundred other women, they are all set to be mail order brides, starting afresh and making an entirely new life for themselves. Each title follows a separate sister, as they experience all the adventure and the romance of the trail from another time long ago.