Sunday, March 9, 2025

The Red Ribbon by Pepper Basham

Series: True Colors
Genre: Historical Suspense
Publisher: Barbour Books 
Released: October 1, 2020
250 pages
About the Book:

An Appalachian Feud Blows Up in 1912

Step into True Colors -- a new series of Historical Stories of Romance and American Crime

In Carroll County, a corn shucking is the social event of the season, until a mischievous kiss leads to one of the biggest tragedies in Virginia history. Ava Burcham isn’t your typical Blue Ridge Mountain girl. She has a bad habit of courtin’ trouble, and her curiosity has opened a rift in the middle of a feud between politicians and would-be outlaws, the Allen family. Ava’s tenacious desire to find a story worth reporting may land her and her best friend, Jeremiah Sutphin, into more trouble than either of them planned.

​The end result? The Hillsville Courthouse Massacre of 1912.





My Rating & Thoughts:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐


I loved the romance and there was quite a bit of action and suspense once the massacre happens. However it felt like it took a lot of the book to get to the massacre you know is going to happen. I did not really understand the feud and felt like the Allen's were targeted and didn't understand why. The romance was my favourite part for sure. They were characters I wanted to root for.

(I borrowed this book from the library; opinions expressed 
in this review are my honest opinion and completely my own.)

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