Can young love heal the wounds of the past…?
When her father — a countryside reverend — dies suddenly, young Patience Worthington is left with no home and little money. In urgent need of support, she is forced to seek out her estranged uncle, a viscount at the vast Worthington Place.
Patience arrives to find that her uncle has died and that the current viscount is her cousin, Gideon. After hearing her plight, he agrees to give her a home on the Worthington estate.
However, when Patience and Gideon learn the cause of the long-standing rift between the two sides of the family, they quickly begin to clash. Now too proud to accept his accept the viscount’s charity, Patience soon leaves Worthington Place to seek shelter with her late mother’s relatives in Bath.
With her kindness and beauty, Patience is an instant success in Bath society and regularly crosses paths with Gideon. Despite their differences, they enjoy each other’s company and form a tentative friendship.
But when dark secrets once again threaten their growing bond, the cousins begin to wonder whether they can ever leave the shadows of the past behind…
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Review
Orphaned Patience Worthington resolves to take leave of her cousin Gideon Worthington mere minutes after arriving on his doorstep. Though they then become close due to a delayed departure, she is determined to make her own way. The cousins must navigate misunderstandings, misapprehensions, and a contentious matter of honour if they want to find a love that will last.
This is a kind book. Yes, Patience can be hot-tempered and stubborn, but she is also caring and generous. Gideon himself is particularly stubborn over a secret that was driving a wedge between them, but he is forthright and honourable (and Patience called him out on said secret, which was immensely satisfying). There are a number of side characters, many of whom I would love to see get their own story - all good people with their own lives to lead.
Rather than the whirl of the London Season, this is a slower, softer tale about two people falling in love through visits and rides through the countryside near Bath. It's the story of an orphan finding she has more family than expected, and good friends besides. If you're looking for an uplifting story with flawed but realistic characters, I can recommend this book.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the author; all opinions are my own
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Natalie’s passion for reading became a compulsion to write when she attended a ten-week course in creative writing some sixteen or so years ago. She takes delight in creating short stories of which more than forty have been published, but it was her lifelong love of Regency romance that led her to turn from contemporary romantic fiction to try her hand at her favourite genre. Raised on a diet of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer, she is never happier than when immersed in an age of etiquette and manners, fashion and intrigue, all combined into a romping good tale. She lives on the London/Kent border, close to the capital’s plethora of museums and galleries which she uses for research as well as pleasure. A perfect day though is when she heads out of town to enjoy lunch by a pub on the river, any river, in company with her husband and friends.
Natalie is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association, the Society of Authors and the Society of Women Writers and Journalists.
You can find out more about Natalie on Twitter @NatKleinman, Facebook /NatalieKleinmanAuthor or on her Website nataliekleinman.com
A lovely post, Mei.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for taking the time to read and review
Natalie xxx