3: Enertaining Americana
In 1892, American expatriate Sophie Wentworth takes Europe by storm as her exquisite musical talent thrills patrons throughout the continent. However, when her father asks Sophie to return to Boston, Sophie agrees. Sophie misses her home SWAN'S GRACE and has waited five years for her father to ask her to come back. She wonders how her stepmother will react when she returns to New England.However, the States prove an immediate shocker when Sophie learns the hard way that her father sold SWAN'S GRACE without even informing her. Worse yet, he completed a business deal that has her engaged to attorney Grayson Hawthorne a person Sophie is attracted to but hates for betraying her. Grayson wants Sophie just as he did when she fled for the continent. However, Sophie tries to make Grayson hate her even as she falls deeper in love with her fellow Bostonian. SWAN'S GRACE is an entertaining Americana romance that centers on love lost and love recovered. The story line is fun as Boston in the "Gay Nineties" seems real. The lead couple is a charming duet whose feelings for one another are hidden behind cold walls of distrust. Sub-genre fans will welcome Linda Francis Lee's latest tale and want to also read her fabulous DOVE'S WAY. Harriet Klausner
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