Tansy White lost her mother at a young age and doesn't know who her father is. She has been raised by three aunts who love her, but who each have a peculiar personality trait. When Tansy's fiancée cheats on her, Tansy's aunts decide it it time to take her out of London and back to their family homestead, Rose Cottage. While there, Tansy is caught in a storm one night and ends up making her way to a nearby estate, where she collapses in the library. She is found by Marcus Taylor, the younger brother of the estate's owner, who cares for her until he can find out who she is and where she belongs. Thus starts a tentative friendship. Marcus is interested in Tansy because both Tansy and Marcus have vivid dreams of the past they can't explain. Tansy is eager to learn more about her mother and the identity of her father, and Marcus agrees to help. Tansy's aunts and other local people tray to thwart their fact finding efforts, but their search leads to a truth neither of them expected.
Ok, I am back to the historical Christian romances. This one wasn't bad. Of course, I have read enough of them now that they are terribly predictable, but this one had an interesting premise and nicely drawn characters. I liked that fact that the author keeps hinting that there is something supernatural happening. It is not until the very end that the reader discovers whether there are mystical powers at work or not. The writing is clean and blessedly free from commentary about "rippling muscles" or "heaving bodices." It turns out that this is the second in the series, so now I will have to go back and read #1. I have a list of my favorite clean romance writers, and Ms Walker's place on the list is well deserved. (256 p. 2022)
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