Two powerful women Dorothy Forster and Hannah Armstrong. Two women different centuries each trying to protect family in the best way possible. Dorothy, the odds against her due to the customs and expectations of the age. Controlled by an uncle who has the power and the money, a brother who is greedy for power and completely indifferent to the needs of the family, a younger brother swayed by the romance of intrigue and war, an ailing father wrapped in the past. Hannah protective of a beloved stepmother and wary of an avaricious brother trying to unravel the secrets of a talisman and a history which connects Dorothy to her.
Grace Darling the heroine of countless stories also features as this was the beginning of the story and the reason for Hannah to delve into the past. Her brief was to write a book following her best seller, but the story, the tomb and the picture of Dorothy draws Hannah into another dimension.
I loved the historical details and background to the story. The failed Jacobite uprising, the bloodshed, the political maneuvering that follows in power struggles all form part of the story. The romances are an intrinsic part too as they are the impetus and reasons why people act the way they do, when they want to protect those they love. Family feuds, sadly do persist past and present and greed and avarice are always around.
The story held my interest throughout. I’ll be looking out for this author.
Sent by Boldwood Books for an unbiased review, courtesy of Netgalley.
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