Adventure. Mystery. Romance.
Emily Summers, the beauty of the family, has already had the misfortune of being deceived and disappointed by gentlemen about their intentions. When James Thomson, the duke’s handsome private secretary, begins to seek out her company, she wonders if any of his interest is real. Complicating the matter is the arrival of Emily’s former beau, Charles Parker, a man whom Emily still yearns for….
Patience is a virtue. And patience is what you’re going to need as you wait for Book 2 of Julie Klassen’s On Devonshire Shores series as its not coming out till December of this year. But to whet your appetite, here is the COVER REVEAL for A Winter by the Sea. Enjoy!
When their father dies of an apoplectic attack, the four Summers sisters and their mother must find a way to earn an income if they are to avoid descending into utter poverty. The gentlewomen have the blessing of owning their own large house in the ocean village of Sea View, and at the prompting of their managing older sister Sarah, they resolve to become a popular seaside boarding house….
Klassen’s novels are always shot through with strands of mystery, but this is the first one that I remember being a straight-up murder mystery….
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I read my first Julie Klassen regency a little less than two years ago, and since then, I’ve completed every … More
Rosanne E. Lortz 