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Title:
LOVE’S FORTUNE
Author:
Laura Frantz
Publisher:
Revell
September
2014
ISBN: 978-0800720438
Genre:
Historical
With
two very different horizons stretched out before her, one young woman stands on
the cusp of an unknown future.
Sheltered since birth at herKentucky home,
Rowena "Wren" Ballantyne has heard only whispered rumors of her
grandfather Silas's vast fortune and grand manor in Pennsylvania
As she struggles to fit in during their extended stay, she finds a friend in James Sackett, the most valued steamship pilot of the Ballantynes' shipping line. Even with his help, Wren feels she may never be comfortable in high society. Will she go her own way . . . to her peril?
LOVE’S FORTUNE is the third book in The Ballantyne Legacy. Readers will want to read Love’s Reckoning and Love’s Awakening first as this series really doesn’t stand alone. I enjoyed Ms. Frantz’s stand-alone historical books very well, but this series fell short for me. The language, while it might be true to the times, was very stilted and the story was slow. I also didn’t connect to the characters as well as I would’ve liked.
Sheltered since birth at her
As she struggles to fit in during their extended stay, she finds a friend in James Sackett, the most valued steamship pilot of the Ballantynes' shipping line. Even with his help, Wren feels she may never be comfortable in high society. Will she go her own way . . . to her peril?
LOVE’S FORTUNE is the third book in The Ballantyne Legacy. Readers will want to read Love’s Reckoning and Love’s Awakening first as this series really doesn’t stand alone. I enjoyed Ms. Frantz’s stand-alone historical books very well, but this series fell short for me. The language, while it might be true to the times, was very stilted and the story was slow. I also didn’t connect to the characters as well as I would’ve liked.
However,
fans of Ms. Frantz or of historical fiction set in large cities with the rich
and affluent might enjoy LOVE’S FORTUNE. I did enjoy some of the quotes at the
beginnings of the chapters, and I felt for Wren as she is sent off on an
adventure without being told anything about why or what for. The captain of the
ship—an employee of the family—knew more of her family business than she did.
If you
like historical romances or Ms. Frantz’s prior books, don’t miss LOVE’S
FORTUNE. $9.99 Kindle. $10.84 paperback. 400 pages.
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