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A Love Restored
Christian historical romance
A Love Restored
In Loudoun County, Virginia, in 1873, outspoken Ruth Ann Sutton longs to be loved without changing her fuller figure or abandoning her convictions. Her work teaching Black children at a Freedman’s School clashes with her family’s expectations and the respectable marriage they hope to arrange. A chance encounter brings her together with Benjamin Coulter, a railroad surveyor’s apprentice whose attraction to her wit and courage is tested by ambition and other people’s ridicule. As their courtship faces painful choices, racist opposition to Ruth Ann’s teaching puts her and her students in danger. This Christian historical romance explores self-worth, forgiveness, and the courage to value people beyond society’s judgments.
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Body shaming, ridicule, and low self-worth; family pressure and class prejudice; racism, historical racial terminology, threatening letters, and a violent raid on a school for Black students; parental alcohol misuse and verbal cruelty. Reader-reported cautions also include physical abuse, attempted assault of a woman, references to sex outside marriage, sensual attraction and kissing, tobacco, alcohol, and gambling.
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Fireside Chai
Ginger, cinnamon, and cardamom steep into a milky chai made for fireside reading.
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- Steep the tea and any herbs or whole spices in hot water according to the tea type, then strain. Stir in sweetener and juices. Serve hot.
- Garnish: Citrus peel, herb, or fruit from the recipe, if applicable.
- Glassware: Mug.
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Bourbon Tea Toddy
For adults of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly.
Bourbon, honey, and lemon turn hot tea into an especially welcome evening cup.
What you'll need
- 6 oz hot black tea ↗
- 1 1/2 oz bourbon
- 1 tbsp honey ↗
- 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice ↗
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How to mix it
- Add bourbon, honey, and lemon juice to a warmed mug. Top with hot black tea and stir until the honey dissolves.
- Garnish: Lemon wheel.
- Glassware: Mug.
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