Keepers of the Gate by E. Denise Billups

 

Secrets.

They can hurt us. They can protect us.

They can often shatter the ground we walk on and rewrite our existence.

Keepers of the Gate by E. Denise Billups is a book steeped in historical fiction, peppered with sci-fi and surrounded by mystery, linked together by one giant secret, one filled with unfathomable love and heartbreak.

A secret that can test your sanity. That can pull your belief system in reality apart.

A secret that Tessa Newhouse, the long standing matriarch of Twilight Ends has kept from her family for years.

A secret that her daughter Skylar and granddaughter Twyla stumble on a year after Tessa’s death.

A secret that entwines the past, present and future.

Keepers of the Gate sets off in the past, in 1779, and follows the lives of Pilan and Teka while they attempt to flee to safety from the bullets of their enemies.  This is a fictionalized account based on the real life Sullivan Expedition of 1779. Though to call it an expedition would be wrong. It was a massacre of Native American villages belonging to the Iroquois Confederacy.  An annihilation of Native American people and their culture.

The story then moves to the present which is set on the same Iroquois land, now known as Geneva, New York albeit 200 years later and follows the lives of the descendants of the Iroquoian village: the Newhouses, their guests and their magical bed and breakfast Twilight Ends.

The future, well that is part of the mystery that I am eagerly awaiting to read in part 2 of this trilogy.

E. Denise Billups blends together facts and fiction in an unbelievable tale of murder, mystery, history, romance and time-travel. A must read for all history and romance buffs.

So, what’s the secret?

Will Skylar and Twyla honour Tessa’s legacy or will they run far away from it?

 

So glad I got this RC it was eye opening to the past and a thrill to read. Hope you liked my fair and honest review.

Happy Reading☺