Anna Beasley had an English mother and a Indian father. She was raised in India until her mother died in an epidemic and then was sent to live with her aunt, who was a baronet, in England. She was raised along side her cousin to be a proper aristocratic young lady, but when their steward made off with the family fortune, Anna felt obliged to make her own way and became a governess. Even as a governess, her mixed heritage caused problems. She bounced from household to household until she finally landed where the lady of the house had recently moved up from the merchant class into the aristocracy through an advantageous marriage. At a house party, Anna meets William Thaxton, a third son hoping to make a name for himself in politics. Of all the Englishmen Anna has ever met Mr. Thaxton is the only one who treats her like he would any other lady. They strike up a friendship that then starts to mature into something more. Then tragedy happens, and they budding regard for each other meets its greatest test.
Here is a new historical romance writer from Covenant Communications. She does a decent job. The fact that Anna isn't a blond, blue eyed beauty is refreshing and I feel like the challenges the couple face are realist, and not just the result of some petty miscommunication. Both main characters have pretty good character development, and both have to sacrifice to make their relationship work out in the end. There is a different ending that I thought the author was leading up to and I thought would have been more satisfying, but the author's ending was fine. This is the first book I have ready by Jill Warner, but it was good enough she has won a tentative place on my Good Clean Romance Writers list. (2023, 256 p)
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