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Boston, Massachusetts and Queensland, Australia, 1871. Rebecca Williams wasn’t thinking about marriage to anyone. She wanted to work with her father, who is an attorney in Boston. She knows that probably will not happen, as people are not open to the idea in 1871 that a woman has a head for business. When her father dies, she learns he made bad investments, which has left her penniless. When Daniel Thornton suggest she marry him, she decides, why not? But she tells him she does not love him.
Daniel Thornton was only in Boston to settle his late brother’s estate. While he was discussing business with Rebecca’s father, he meets her. He plans on returning soon to his home in Queensland, Australia. When Rebecca’s fathers dies suddenly, he offers her marriage knowing she does not love him, but he knows in time she could. But Daniel is also a little afraid. His father is not going to be happy when his only son comes home with a bride.
Rebecca and Daniel both have to face his father. His father is an overbearing, controlling, unbending person. He will not listen to reason and expects everyone to do as he says. Daniel will have to learn to speak up to his father or risk losing his wife. Rebecca will have to learn to curb her independence, or there will be dire consequences to her and Daniels marriage.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book from a very talented author. You could feel Rebecca’s pain and fear in a country that was hard to survive in. You could feel Daniel’s helplessness with his father and also his concern his marriage was going to last.
This is the first book in the series. I am looking forward to the second book, it will hopefully answer questions left unanswered in The Heart of Thornton Creek. I would recommend this for everyone.
Reviewed by Patsy Glans
for The Road to Romance
March 29, 2005
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