Running with the Wind

The Mayflower Collection, Book 1

By: Dionne Haynes

Narrated by: Dionne Haynes

Jedediah Trelawney has a secret. Revealing it could cost him his life.

Jedediah Trelawney joins a small, overcrowded ship bound for America. A young man from a privileged background, he struggles to adapt to life at sea. Determined to earn the respect of his fellow passengers, he undertakes arduous tasks alongside the crew, but Jed is not cut out for the life of a sailor.

Sickness is rife aboard the Mayflower. Inspired by Samuel Fuller, a self-taught physician, Jed develops a fascination with the healing arts. He thrives as Doctor Fuller’s apprentice and challenges traditional ideas, seeking kinder methods for treating the sick.

Smitten by Desire Minter, Jed dreams of a future as a respected colony physician with Desire as his wife. Hostile passenger John Billington has other ideas. When Billington threatens to reveal Jed’s past, Jed becomes the victim of bullying and bribery. Somehow, Jed must silence Billington for good, or risk losing everything—including his life.

©2019 Dionne Haynes (P)2022 Dionne Haynes

Interesting!

A very good audiobook about the people on the Mayflower. It’s read by the author and she does a great job with the accents too.
I will have to warn you from the start that there are several curse words.
I think I liked Jed right from the beginning. He was a fine young but running from his past. I loved his courage and his determination to make it to America. All kinds of sickness and mishaps happens as you know on the Mayflower but as you also know there were people that survived. I enjoyed Desire and Jed getting to know one another and their love story. If you want to know Desire’s story before she meets Jed read “Winds of Change”.
If you enjoy history and historical stories you will enjoy this one. I look forward to listening to the next book in this series.
Thanks to the author for this book. I am not required to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.

not impressed.

I was hoping for a real historical story. so many people on the ship were Puritans. The decual content seemed completely gratuitous and out of place.
Also, the reader had a voice too high for comfort and her long drawn out words in most of the statements made it seem like she was reading to children. Finally, her accent was too strong. I found it hard to understand sometimes.