Can't Wait Wednesday: The Belle of Chatham by Laura Frantz

 

For this week's Can't Wait Wednesday hosted by Tressa at the book blog, Wishful Endings, I'm featuring, The Belle of Chatham, by Laura Frantz. I have not read anything by her before and normally this isn't my genre but I liked the cover, and the storyline reminds me of a favorite childhood novel I used to love. Also, it is set in New Jersey and New York and being Southern I like reading about the North for a change in historical fiction. Hopefully it also covers a little of the history of the American Revolution.

Hope you have found something you can't wait for! Happy reading y'all!

Historical Fiction, Christian Fiction

January 20, 2026

Book description courtesy of Goodreads

In 1777, caught in the crossroads of the American Revolution, sisters Maebel and Coralie Bohannon's quaint New Jersey village becomes a battleground as they house American officers in their home. Rebellion ripples through their family as members take opposing sides--Patriots and Loyalists--causing a deep chasm that fractures their once-unbreakable bond.

As Mae's friendship grows with the American general Rhys Harlow, Coralie continues her liaison with her childhood sweetheart, a British officer stationed in New York. Torn between her growing love for the general and suspicion that her sister is a British spy, Mae leaves the only home she's ever known for the New York frontier. When betrayal strikes in the heart of the wilderness, she's forced to take a perilous journey that tests her very survival and those she loves, all in the name of liberty.

Proclaimed "wordsmith extraordinaire" by Library Journal, Laura Frantz delivers a stirring tale of divided loyalties, sisterhood, and love.