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From "The Informant"

"The Wild Rose of Lancaster" is a fantastic story of human and divine love. Ellinger drops you right smack into the 18th century and into the life of Elizabeth Cameron, a distressed young widow who begins by crazily hurling her belongings through the glass of a second story window. As her possessions crash like dreams on the ground below, God begins working a divine plan for her safe return to Him.

In her brilliant but subtle way, the author beautifully contrasts God's stubborn and determined presence in our lives with the main character's stubborn and persistent rejection of her faith in Him. Readers won't be able to resist coming along to watch, as Elizabeth goes kicking and screaming back home to her earthly father and ultimately back to a loving relationship with her Heavenly Father. You'll be inspired as you watch God save Elizabeth's father, heal her mother, restore her faith and bring a new loving man into her life. By page 388, you'll be dancing on top of a mountain singing, "Savior let me walk beside Thee, Let me feel my hand in Thine; Let me know the joy of walking, In Thy strength and not in mine." This is a must read.

Sharon L. Ricks
"Editor American Christian Writers Informant Newsletter"
Bowie, Maryland

Your description of our beloved "Standing Stone" was so realistic. No other place on earth like it! (at least for me!)
I also loved the Scottish background!

Thank you again Ruth, may God continue to Bless you!

Peg Nungesser

Nancy Wright
Secretary/Treasure
Daughters of the American Revolution
Elizabeth Sherman Reese Chapter

From tragedy and despair, one can find the strength to believe again. This author grips you fast, then takes you gently through the darkest storms of life we all face and then leads us into that bright sunlight of triumph.

Expert detailed knowledge of people, places and times..
The BEST book ever!! This new author, Ruth Carmichael Ellinger, is going to be HUGE!!! A best seller for sure.

Brian Manzotti
Reviewer for Amazon.com

The Davidson family and their trials and triupmphs is portrayed by the author in a vivid and heart warming way. Elizabeth Davidson draws you into her life until you are completely caught up in the story. The strong and compelling characters, wonderful descriptive setting, and the expert detail of the 19th century times and people, keep you turning the pages.

Best inspirational fiction to come down the pike in a long time. Excellent presentation of Scottish view of their history and heritage. Gripping Prologue. Whatever happened to Derick? A best seller for sure.

Laura A. MacKenna,
A Scottish lass

What a wonderful book!

My measure for a good book is that you want to finish it as soon as possible, and yet do not want it to end! And that is exactly what happened while reading "Wild Rose"! I love your descriptive style of writing - you paint such beautiful pictures with words! And now, you must write a sequel, please tell me you are working on one. You have spent a lot of time with Lancaster history, so please continue the story of the Davidson Clan and their years in and around Lancaster. Thank you for such a good read, while I enjoyed the beautiful weather and scenery here.

Cordially,
Sharon Ankrom

I just finished reading The Wild Rose of Lancaster. I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed reading it. Isaac's character touched me the deepest as I see him in my husband. Daily I pray that he will turn his life to God fully. I was touched deeply when Isaac did turn his life over to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. It gives me hope as I feel like I study scriptures and am alone in marriage as far as religion is concerned. For some reason, I felt the Holy Spirit pointing me in the direction of this book at the bookstore the other day. Maybe that was the reason. I will stay strong just as Delilah did.

Is there any possibility that you may have a sequel to this book? I would love to read what Elizabeth and Stephen do with their life together.

God Bless,
Karen Smidt, Owasso, OK

“The Wild Rose of Lancaster," is a novel that I would categorize as a historical, inspirational, and romantic book. After reading the first chapter, I was hooked! I read the book in two days. I couldn't put it down; yet, when I was finished, I wished there was more! I am anxiously looking for a follow-up sequel to this book. Ruth has done a lot of research dealing with factual ancestry of her characters as well as the history of the land here in Ohio where I reside, about twenty-five miles north of Springfield. I feel as though I have learned a lot about the settlement of America and of Ohio during a time of extreme challenge and perseverance. It leaves me being thankful and blessed to have privileges of modern day society. The most important aspect of the book is that God is the ultimate Answer through His Son, Jesus! We can go through trials and struggles of this life, but there is One Who is greater than anything imaginable. Ruth's book brings this fact to reality as her characters find salvation and true peace in a personal relationship with Jesus. May God continue to bless Ruth, and her writing skills, and all that she does to bring glory to our Lord.

Irish Wilcoxon
DeGraff, Ohio

A Godly book that held my attention to the detriment of other things I should have been doing! A story of love, loss, and love again. Set in the Ohio valley USA, in the town of Lancaster in the mid 1800s, not only do we get very descriptive passages of the changing seasons of the area, but of the changing lives of the characters. Elizabeth Cameron is widowed with a young son and in her poverty forced to return to her well-to-do family who are only too willing to care for her and protect her from the outside world. Elizabeth however is determined to earn her own living and not be dependent on her overpoweringly possessive Father. Both of them are determined to gain success without God in their lives, both find that the only way to perfect peace is to let God be in charge. A very satisfying read.

Reviewer: Mary Bartholomew (28/06/07)

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