About a year ago, I happened upon a book sale while I was in Nashville. You know the saying about judging a book by it’s cover, but I was immediately drawn to the gorgeous cover on The Lady of Bolton Hill by Elizabeth Camden. I just couldn’t resist. I scanned the back cover to make sure it was something I felt I’d like, and purchased it. I have to say, I wasn’t disappointed in the least.
About this book-
Clara Endicott is beginning to make a name for herself as a journalist who is intent on exposing the dark side of industry.
In the splendor of gilded age America, she soon finds herself face to
face with the childhood sweetheart who is no longer the impoverished
steel worker she once knew.
Daniel Tremain has risen to become a powerful industry giant. He had
always idolized Clara, but when she writes an exposé about his company,
it will trigger a series of events that threatens to destroy the only
woman Daniel has ever loved.
I love historical fiction, but I’ve never quite read a book with this type of story line, which I found very refreshing. The two main characters in The Lady of Bolton Hill, Daniel and Clara, began the book with an attraction and chemistry between the two of them. Due to certain circumstances, they were torn apart from each other for years. While apart, they never forgot one another, but their lives took them in two very different directions. During this time, Clara and Daniel have grown up, their personalities have matured and changed. You wonder, when they finally reconnect under strange circumstances, if they could possibly make a new relationship work, or if too many things have happened that will drive a permanent wedge between them.
Throw in the mysterious young and handsome Alexander Bainbridge, and you’ve got a recipe for the perfect storm.
The Lady of Bolton Hill has plot twists and turns that will keep you engaged while journeying through the Regency America. You’ll see the dark side of the time, as well as a light in that darkness.
I have to say, the conclusion was perfectly pulled together, wrapped with a bow, and handed to you, exactly the way you want it to end.
I’m a visual person, so sometimes just for fun I like to find actors to be my “dream cast” for books I’ve enjoyed. If you’ve read this, how do you think my casting skills are?
I loved The Lady of Bolton Hill, and when I heard that Elizabeth Camden had written a second book Against the Tide, featuring the mysterious Alexander Bainbridge, I knew I had to read it.
You don’t have to read one to understand the other, they’re written to be stand alone books, not necessarily a series. However, while not reading The Lady of Bolton Hill won’t take away anything from Against the Tide, I do feel it would enhance it if you have read it.
About this book-
Boston of 1891 is a city of hope and ambition, where mariners,
merchants, and dreamers thrive in the cobblestone streets of America’s
most historic city. Within the harbor of Boston’s naval shipyard, Lydia
Pallas has become a trusted assistant to an Admiral in the U.S. Navy.
Fluent in seven languages, she spends her days translating documents
from all over the world.
merchants, and dreamers thrive in the cobblestone streets of America’s
most historic city. Within the harbor of Boston’s naval shipyard, Lydia
Pallas has become a trusted assistant to an Admiral in the U.S. Navy.
Fluent in seven languages, she spends her days translating documents
from all over the world.
Lydia’s remarkable language skills bring her to the attention of
Alexander Banebridge, a mysterious man on a quest to rid the world of
the scourge of opium. Only Lydia has the rare combination of language
skills and courage he needs to advance his cause. A man as coolly
analytical as he is relentless, Bane never bargained on falling in love
with Lydia. As he battles the bittersweet love that grows between them,
Bane’s mission will take Lydia away from everything—and everyone—she
ever held dear.
Bane became one of the most complex and enjoyable characters in these two books, and probably my very favorite. The changes that take place in his life put him on a path he could’ve never imagined. Nor could he have imagined that his past would all catch up to him when he meets Lydia, and breaks through her facade to see her heart, and all of the struggles within. The decisions they have to make together will make or break them, and could have dire consequences for those around their lives should they fail.
Elizabeth Camden does such an excellent job in her execution of the storyline and plot in Against the Tide, I couldn’t put this book down. This was one of the books you stay up until the wee hours of the night reading, because you just have to know what happens next.
The author gives you a view into the life of an unassuming addict, and their path to freedom, truth, and love.
My dream cast for Against the Tide–
As part of my recommended summer reading series, I give both of these books five stars. They both make great reads, and are sure to leave you captured.
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