The Mistress of Tall Acre by Laura FrantzMy rating: 💛💛💛💛
Laura Frantz’s stories always has a slow build for me. Her characters have great depth and backstory, but for me it takes a while to grasp them, but when I do they win me over.
Sophie, however, was easy to connect with from the start. It might be the way she just connected with Lily Cate (the 5-year-old daughter of Seamus), but someone with a heart for children just easily connects with me. There was one point where I got frustrated with her through. Sophie had information which could have helped Seamus sooner with a specific situation, and I do not understand why she withheld that.
Seamus was harsh and hardened from his time in war, but it was refreshing to see how Sophie helped him opening his softer side, especially towards his daughter.
I did guess what will happen quite early on in this story wrt the mystery women from Seamus’s past. I loved how goodness out won evil at the end.
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About the book:
The American Revolution is finally over, and Sophie Menzies is starved for good news. When her nearest neighbor, General Seamus Ogilvy, finally comes home to Tall Acre, she hopes it is a sign of better days to come. But the general is now a widower with a small daughter in desperate need of a mother. Nearly destitute, Sophie agrees to marry Seamus and become the mistress of Tall Acre in what seems a safe, sensible arrangement. But when a woman from the general's past returns without warning, the ties that bind this fledgling family together will be strained to the utmost. When all is said and done, who will be the rightful mistress of Tall Acre?
Triumph and tragedy, loyalty and betrayal--you will find it all in the rich pages of this newest novel from the talented pen of Laura Frantz.
Triumph and tragedy, loyalty and betrayal--you will find it all in the rich pages of this newest novel from the talented pen of Laura Frantz.
About the author:
Laura Frantz is passionate about all things historical, particularly the 18th-century, and writes her
manuscripts in longhand first. Her stories often incorporate Scottish themes that reflect her family heritage. She is a direct descendant of George Hume, Wedderburn Castle, Berwickshire, Scotland, who was exiled to the American colonies for his role in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, settled in Virginia, and is credited with teaching George Washington surveying in the years 1748-1750. Frantz lives and writes in a log cabin in the heart of Kentucky.According to Publishers Weekly, "Frantz has done her historical homework." With her signature attention to historical detail and emotional depth, she is represented by Janet Kobobel Grant, Literar
manuscripts in longhand first. Her stories often incorporate Scottish themes that reflect her family heritage. She is a direct descendant of George Hume, Wedderburn Castle, Berwickshire, Scotland, who was exiled to the American colonies for his role in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, settled in Virginia, and is credited with teaching George Washington surveying in the years 1748-1750. Frantz lives and writes in a log cabin in the heart of Kentucky.According to Publishers Weekly, "Frantz has done her historical homework." With her signature attention to historical detail and emotional depth, she is represented by Janet Kobobel Grant, Literar
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