Jubilee Bride

Brides of Montclair #9

by Jane Peart

The lake held special memories of her times with Jeff. Here they had spent hours talking, feeding the swans, and skipping pebbles across the smooth surface, creating circles within circles. One afternoon in particular Faith remembered. Jeff had kissed her. It was their first real kiss. In it were all Faith's dreams, her longings, her hopes, her loyalty and love. "Don't ever stop believing in me," Jeff begged. "I promise, I never will," she had whispered. Did Jeff remember that day? For Faith, that day, that kiss, that promise were a treasured memory, cherished as a special bond between them of mutual trust and love. Could he have forgotten? It was to be a very special summer, the summer of Queen Victoria's Jubilee, the sixtieth year of the English monarch's reign. It was the summer Faith Devlin had looked forward to with great anticipation--the pressures of her debutante year were over, Jeff Montrose was back in London, and her American cousins were coming for a family reunion at the beautiful country estate of Birchfields. It was the summer of unexpected encounters and romantic enterprises -- but it was not to be the summer of Faith Devlin's dreams. . .

Genres: Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance, Fiction, Christian, Historical, Historical Romance

210 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 28, 1992

About the author

Jane Johnson Peart of Asheville, North Carolina, Humboldt and Marin counties, California, and in recent years, Hawaii, passed away in 2007. She was the author of more than 60 works of suspense, historical fiction and romance, which touched the hearts and minds of thousands of readers whose correspondence she treasured. She wrote for the secular and Christian market, and is best known for the Brides of Montclair series.

Reviews

[Alisha · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is part of a series I have vague but fond memories of reading as a teenager. Reading it now is total nostalgia and fluff, but somehow soothing.
I like it more than I want to. Because here's the thing: it's too easy. It reminds me of a children's fairy tale, only with more words. There's a lot of telling and limited showing. It's mostly a lot of "this happened, then that happened, then everyone fell in love and got married and lived happily ever after." Except, the ultimate pairing in this book seems like actually not such a great idea. And one plot twist was so ridiculous I had to snort.
It's set near the end of Queen Victoria's reign in England, an era that is pretty fun for a novel.

[Debbie Sue · Rating 3 out of 5]

a quick easy read but book 9 of a long series means there are a lot of different story lines to keep track of and figure out. It does Not work well as a stand alone book

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's the summer of young love, as cousins enjoy an English reunion. There's a tiny bit of awareness between a married man and unmarried woman.