Adventure Between the Pages: The Heiress of Winterwood by Sarah Ladd
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Age
Appropriate For: 15 and up for mild violence and thematic elements
Best
for Ages: 16 and up
Description:
Darbury,
England, 1814: Amelia Barrett, heiress to an ancestral estate nestled in the
English moors, defies family expectations and promises to raise her dying
friend’s infant baby. She'll risk everything to keep her word—even to the point
of proposing to the child’s father, Graham, a sea captain she’s never met. Tragedy
strikes when the child vanishes with little more than a sketchy ransom note
hinting to her whereabouts. Fear for the child’s safety drives Amelia and
Graham to test the boundaries of their love for this infant. Amelia’s detailed
plans would normally see her through any trial, but now, desperate and shaken,
she examines her soul and must face her one weakness: pride. Graham’s strength
and self-control have served him well and earned him much respect, but chasing perfection
has kept him a prisoner of his own discipline. Both must learn to accept God’s
sovereignty and relinquish control so they can grasp the future He has for
planned for them.
Just
when you think that authors have exhausted a theme and there is no way that
they can writer something unique, someone like Sarah Ladd comes along and
shakes it up.
When I
started reading The Heiress of Winterwood
I thought I would have a cute book that was much like many other marriage of connivance
books I had read. Half-way through the book, the book was nothing like what I
thought it would be. Instead, I was drawn into a story with well-developed
characters, amazing settings, and a plot that took many twists and turns.
Amelia
was a very strong woman and I love that she is willing to do so much to keep a
promise to a friend. One thing that I have realized is that in our culture
today, we don’t value keeping our promises. Amelia makes the hard decision that
she will propose marriage to a stranger rather than go back on that promise.
With that said, the one thing I didn’t like about the story is I felt she was
also willing to break any other commitments she had made in order to keep her
promise.
I liked
Graham as well. I loved how Sarah Ladd lead him through the grief of losing his
wife, before any serious romance developed between him and Amelia. Graham was a
strong hero with all the gentlemanly qualities that I love when reading a period
book.
I recommend
this book for those who love period dramas, plots that twists and turns, and
sweet romance.
I received this book from the author in
exchange for my honest review. I was under no obligation to write a positive review.
The opinions in this review are entirely my own.
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