About the book
Cornwall, 1861
Beth Jago appears to have the idyllic life, she has a trade to earn a living and a cottage of her own in Cornwall’s beautiful River Valley. Yet appearances can be deceptive …
Beth has a secret. Since inheriting her isolated cottage she’s been receiving threats, so when she finds a man in her home she acts on her instincts. One frying pan to the head and she has robbed the handsome stranger of his memory and almost killed him.
Fearful he may die, she reluctantly nurses the intruder back to health. Yet can she trust the man with no name who has entered her life, or is he as dangerous as his nightmares suggest? As they learn to trust one another, the outside threats worsen. Are they linked to the man with no past? Or is the real danger still outside waiting … and watching them both?
Publisher Choc Lit
Publication Date – 17th July 2018
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MY REVIEW
I found this story to be such an engrossing historical romance, beautifully brought to life by the author with some striking settings and vivid descriptions. And in Beth Jago, a wonderful character who is strong, independent and stubborn in equal measures!
Since the death of her grandfather she has carried on living on her own in an isolated cottage in the River Valley. Happy to keep to herself, she gets the feeling she is being watched and has to take action when a strange man turns up at the cottage. Her actions lead to this stranger losing his memory, although she is unsure at first if he is making this up. But guilt, and a caring nature, gets the better of her and she takes responsibility to nurse him back to health and try to help him discover who he is, and what he was doing visiting the cottage in the first place.
She gives him the name ‘Luke’ and their relationship is an uneasy one from the start, despite having very similar traits! They are both very stubborn characters and reluctant to rely on others for help but as they spend time together they gain a greater understanding of each other. Luke begins to have flashbacks, and Beth hears his nightmares and it is enthralling to watch their story develop as they try and work out where he came from with just an engraved watch as a reference point as to an identity.
Beth is a proud woman and has thrived on the security of living at the cottage, but when that is threatened she begins to fear the worst and wonders if all her work at the cottage will be for nothing. She is determined to seek answers from the source of the letters she receives in the hope a compromise can be reached.
I loved Beth and Luke in this. Their stories weren’t straightforward and there were plenty of obstacles along the way for them both to navigate, and it became more than just a romance story with the added twists and turns along the way! Highly recommended!!
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