Amelia Carew, a herbalist and illustrator, was due to become betrothed to Luke the local doctor on her twenty fifth birthday. But she receives a letter telling her that Edmund her first love, who she had been informed had died in action, is in fact still alive. What is she to do, honour her engagement to him or to her new love Luke.
When Edmund returns his suffering in captivity has changed him from the kind gentle man Amelia used to know.
The plot follows Amelia’s unhappy dilemma and has a few interesting twists in the latter part of the book. The prose is a bit clunky at the beginning but improves as there is more action and less angst. The characters are a little flimsy and I unfortunately wasn’t too worried about what happened to our heroine in this book.
This is part of a series but is quite readable as a standalone. A reasonable but not outstanding book.
When Edmund returns his suffering in captivity has changed him from the kind gentle man Amelia used to know.
The plot follows Amelia’s unhappy dilemma and has a few interesting twists in the latter part of the book. The prose is a bit clunky at the beginning but improves as there is more action and less angst. The characters are a little flimsy and I unfortunately wasn’t too worried about what happened to our heroine in this book.
This is part of a series but is quite readable as a standalone. A reasonable but not outstanding book.