I want to first preface this review by saying that this is absolutely not the sort of book that I would usually read. However, I have been trying to expand my reading horizons and entered the draw to win a copy and was lucky to do so.
I didn't really know what to expect, and, like I said, this is not the sort of book that would usually grab me if I saw it on the shelf in a book shop but I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised.
I enjoyed this book. It is set in Cornwall in 1798 and eighteen months have passed since Midshipman Edmund Melville was declared missing, presumed dead, and Amelia Carew has mended her heart and fallen in love with a young physician, Luke Bohenna. But, on her twenty-fifth birthday, Amelia suddenly receives a letter from Edmund announcing his imminent return. In a state of shock, devastated that she now loves Luke so passionately, she is torn between the two.
When Edmund returns, it is clear that his time away has changed him - he wears scars both mental and physical. Amelia, however, is determined to nurse him back to health and honour his heroic actions in the Navy by renouncing Luke.
But soon, Amelia begins to question what really happened to Edmund while he was missing. As the threads of truth slip through her fingers, she doesn't know who to turn to: Edmund, or Luke?
I would recommend this book.
I didn't really know what to expect, and, like I said, this is not the sort of book that would usually grab me if I saw it on the shelf in a book shop but I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised.
I enjoyed this book. It is set in Cornwall in 1798 and eighteen months have passed since Midshipman Edmund Melville was declared missing, presumed dead, and Amelia Carew has mended her heart and fallen in love with a young physician, Luke Bohenna. But, on her twenty-fifth birthday, Amelia suddenly receives a letter from Edmund announcing his imminent return. In a state of shock, devastated that she now loves Luke so passionately, she is torn between the two.
When Edmund returns, it is clear that his time away has changed him - he wears scars both mental and physical. Amelia, however, is determined to nurse him back to health and honour his heroic actions in the Navy by renouncing Luke.
But soon, Amelia begins to question what really happened to Edmund while he was missing. As the threads of truth slip through her fingers, she doesn't know who to turn to: Edmund, or Luke?
I would recommend this book.