As the Sparks Fly Upward

The trilogy The Winslow Breed serves as a prequel to the authors highly successful House of Winslow series published by Bethany HousenbspAs the Sparks Fly Upwardnbspis the final book in the trilogyYoung Colin Winslow grows up feeling altogether different from the rest of his family Not bold and rough like his charismatic brother Adam or headstrong and spoiled like his sister Adara he is a gentle soul with a special love for natural things His interest in animals medicine and healing brings him in contact with a strange woman who lives in the woods Meg Caradoc She teaches him the fine art of using a variety of herbs to quell sickness and painWhen Colin studies at Oxford an eccentric but brilliant professor Dr Phineas Teague guides the young man to a career in medicine The formal knowledge Professor Teague imparts combined with knowledge of Megs herbal remedies make Colin an insightful and successful doctorone with the approving eye of Queen Elizabeth on him Colins skill quickly earns him many patients some highly placed in the courts of both his queen and her sister Mary Queen of Scots This once shy and uncertain young man finds himself in the midst of court intrigue and a key player in quelling assassination plots and passing vital information to the queens court When Colin faces his most difficult casecuring the wounds his brave brother suffered in battlehe must confront his attraction to Adams wife his unsteady faith in God and his command of medicine will he abandon his noble role and succumb to temptation or will he take his place as the new hero of thenbspBreed of Winslow.