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For Their Country's Good #1
On Different Shores
Found guilty of killing Lord Northampton's gamekeeper, a young poacher is transported to Van Diemen's Land, leaving behind the common-law wife he loves. Pregnant and penniless, she is left facing the appalling lack of rights for women in Victorian England. While he suffers disease and the deprivations of a brutal life in chains, she is determined her child will know its father, so embarks on a dangerous strategy to follow her lover across the globe. Will the cost prove too high, for her and all those she loves? (Inspired by family history and real events.)
337 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 27, 2017
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Rebecca Bryn
31 books82 followersRebecca lives in West Wales with her husband and dog, where she paints the fabulous coastal scenery and writes historical, mystery, and post-apocalyptic tales with a twist. Her historical novel Touching the Wire won a Gold Medal in the Readers' Favorite 2019 Book Awards and the IAN Book of the Year prize in the same year. The Chainmakers Daughter was a finalist in 2020.
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July 30, 2017
What would you do for love...?
Banished for a kiss that she did not initiate, Ella Maundrell finds herself at the mercy of Reverend Buchanan. The Reverend is determined to find a respectable husband for Ella. Ella has no choice but to go along with the Reverend's plans. But then she met Jem, and everything changed. Little does she know just how much she will have to sacrifice to stay with the man she loves.
On Different Shores (For Their Country's Good, #1) is a heartbreaking story of a forbidden first love. Set in Victorian England, Ella has no rights. She is the property of her husband, Harry, and he can do with her what he wills. At times I found this book difficult to read because of the content. Ella suffers so much at the hands of her husband and his family that at one point I had to put the book down and walk away. However, I was desperate to find out what would happen to Ella, so I picked the book up again and I did not put it down until I had finished.
Rebecca Bryn has certainly created a compelling read. The story is fast-paced, with many twists and turns. The protagonist and antagonists are all well fleshed. They came across as very real in the telling.
On Different Shores (For Their Country's Good, #1) shows the worst of Victorian Britain. Ms Bryn spares not her readers as she describes the poverty, the injustice of the legal system, and the horror of the poorhouses. This book is very rich in historical detail, and the backdrop is very real in the telling. Kudos Ms Bryn.
I look forward to reading the further books in the series.
I Highly Recommend.
Banished for a kiss that she did not initiate, Ella Maundrell finds herself at the mercy of Reverend Buchanan. The Reverend is determined to find a respectable husband for Ella. Ella has no choice but to go along with the Reverend's plans. But then she met Jem, and everything changed. Little does she know just how much she will have to sacrifice to stay with the man she loves.
On Different Shores (For Their Country's Good, #1) is a heartbreaking story of a forbidden first love. Set in Victorian England, Ella has no rights. She is the property of her husband, Harry, and he can do with her what he wills. At times I found this book difficult to read because of the content. Ella suffers so much at the hands of her husband and his family that at one point I had to put the book down and walk away. However, I was desperate to find out what would happen to Ella, so I picked the book up again and I did not put it down until I had finished.
Rebecca Bryn has certainly created a compelling read. The story is fast-paced, with many twists and turns. The protagonist and antagonists are all well fleshed. They came across as very real in the telling.
On Different Shores (For Their Country's Good, #1) shows the worst of Victorian Britain. Ms Bryn spares not her readers as she describes the poverty, the injustice of the legal system, and the horror of the poorhouses. This book is very rich in historical detail, and the backdrop is very real in the telling. Kudos Ms Bryn.
I look forward to reading the further books in the series.
I Highly Recommend.
January 11, 2018
Another absorbing story told with the voice of a great story teller. The detail of this book is fantastic and I was completely lost in the time and setting as though transported by the seemingly effortless style of the writer. Historical novels can drag me down into the mire of too much detail when an author tries to show the depth of their knowledge. No such fear here as you feel everything is quite natural and this comes not just from what is clearly a huge amount of research, but from the sheer quality of Rebecca Brynn's story-telling ability. I loved this book and you will too. Pick it up.
April 18, 2017
Reviewed by Sarah Stuart for Readers' Favorite
On Different Shores (For Their Country’s Good Book 1) by Rebecca Bryn opens in a country rectory in Victorian England, where Ella has been sent after being caught sharing a kiss with her employer’s son. Whilst Reverend Buchanan seeks a suitable husband for his dowerless protégé, Ella falls in love with Jem, a poor poacher. Pregnant with Jem’s child, she flees her loveless marriage to farmer’s son, Harry, and becomes Jem’s common-law wife. Jem is found guilty of the manslaughter of a gamekeeper. Lucky to escape hanging, he is transported to Van Diemen’s Land for life. Ella refuses to forget him, determined that their child shall know its father. Can Ella raise the money to follow her lover? Will Jem survive the perilous sea journey, manacled in chains?
On Different Shores is a powerful, character-driven, story of a young couple and their ill-fated love. Rebecca Bryn has gone a step further than any “Romeo and Juliet” tale by setting it in Victorian times. Women had no rights whatever, but Ella defies convention, earning money any way she can, and giving birth to Jem’s son, resolute in her intention to escape Harry. Will she be defeated by Harry’s single-minded passion to father a son of his own? If she escapes, can she endure crossing the globe with a toddler? Ella will move readers to tears, and to fury; she lives. All Ms Bryn’s characters, the good, the bad, and the ugly, live. On Different Shores is a brilliant historical novel that takes the reader wherever Ella and Jem lead.
On Different Shores (For Their Country’s Good Book 1) by Rebecca Bryn opens in a country rectory in Victorian England, where Ella has been sent after being caught sharing a kiss with her employer’s son. Whilst Reverend Buchanan seeks a suitable husband for his dowerless protégé, Ella falls in love with Jem, a poor poacher. Pregnant with Jem’s child, she flees her loveless marriage to farmer’s son, Harry, and becomes Jem’s common-law wife. Jem is found guilty of the manslaughter of a gamekeeper. Lucky to escape hanging, he is transported to Van Diemen’s Land for life. Ella refuses to forget him, determined that their child shall know its father. Can Ella raise the money to follow her lover? Will Jem survive the perilous sea journey, manacled in chains?
On Different Shores is a powerful, character-driven, story of a young couple and their ill-fated love. Rebecca Bryn has gone a step further than any “Romeo and Juliet” tale by setting it in Victorian times. Women had no rights whatever, but Ella defies convention, earning money any way she can, and giving birth to Jem’s son, resolute in her intention to escape Harry. Will she be defeated by Harry’s single-minded passion to father a son of his own? If she escapes, can she endure crossing the globe with a toddler? Ella will move readers to tears, and to fury; she lives. All Ms Bryn’s characters, the good, the bad, and the ugly, live. On Different Shores is a brilliant historical novel that takes the reader wherever Ella and Jem lead.
April 27, 2017
I was privileged to receive an advance review copy of this book, in return for an honest review.
It is the first of a trilogy set in the mid-nineteenth century and concerns a couple separated when the young man is sentenced to tansportation for his role in the killing of a game keeper.
The action moves between life in rural Northamptonshire and on board a convict ship as we follow both lives over the course of a year.
I could not help recalling that Northamptonshire is the home of the poet John Clare who would have been barely a generation older than the two lovers in Ms Bryn's novel. Clare was a labourer with a deep love of the countryside and the ability to express that love, and his love of a young woman outside of his class, in language that has made him one of our most admired poets.
Ms. Bryn's hero, James, is, like Clare, a labourer with a love of the countryside. The difference here is that the love he has for Ella is reciprocated. Both legally and socially their relationship is forbidden – she is married to someone else. Never the less, she is determined to be with him, whatever it takes, especially once she discovers that she is pregnant with his child.
The book presents us with a portrait of life as lived by our ancestors, with all its struggles and the absence of the social justice we take for granted today. From the poverty that forces men to take game, bred for sport by the rich, in order to feed their families; the hard, repetitive work of such trades as lace making and farm labour, to life in the workhouse and in prison chain gangs.
Learning that James is bound for Van Dieman's Land, Ella determines that she will follow whatever it takes. And what it takes will, I have no doubt, leave some readers gasping with disbelief. They will say that no woman would stoop to such behaviour. They will say, as do the majority of her peers, that she should do her duty and knuckle down to life as a farmer's wife. They might go on to say that it was women who did just that who were the real heroines who made it possible for later generations to live lives of comparative freedom. Others will point out that women ought never to have been placed in the role of mere chattels to their husbands, legally bound to obey with no rights of redress.
That, then, is the historically accurate and well researched background to this story of enduring love between two young people. If I have made it sound too much like a social document, don't be put off. Like all of Ms Bryn's books this is, first and foremost, entertainment. A plot with many unexpected twists and turns, characters that leap from the page into your heart and language worthy of Northamptonshire's most renowned native. I can't wait to read the next installment.
It is the first of a trilogy set in the mid-nineteenth century and concerns a couple separated when the young man is sentenced to tansportation for his role in the killing of a game keeper.
The action moves between life in rural Northamptonshire and on board a convict ship as we follow both lives over the course of a year.
I could not help recalling that Northamptonshire is the home of the poet John Clare who would have been barely a generation older than the two lovers in Ms Bryn's novel. Clare was a labourer with a deep love of the countryside and the ability to express that love, and his love of a young woman outside of his class, in language that has made him one of our most admired poets.
Ms. Bryn's hero, James, is, like Clare, a labourer with a love of the countryside. The difference here is that the love he has for Ella is reciprocated. Both legally and socially their relationship is forbidden – she is married to someone else. Never the less, she is determined to be with him, whatever it takes, especially once she discovers that she is pregnant with his child.
The book presents us with a portrait of life as lived by our ancestors, with all its struggles and the absence of the social justice we take for granted today. From the poverty that forces men to take game, bred for sport by the rich, in order to feed their families; the hard, repetitive work of such trades as lace making and farm labour, to life in the workhouse and in prison chain gangs.
Learning that James is bound for Van Dieman's Land, Ella determines that she will follow whatever it takes. And what it takes will, I have no doubt, leave some readers gasping with disbelief. They will say that no woman would stoop to such behaviour. They will say, as do the majority of her peers, that she should do her duty and knuckle down to life as a farmer's wife. They might go on to say that it was women who did just that who were the real heroines who made it possible for later generations to live lives of comparative freedom. Others will point out that women ought never to have been placed in the role of mere chattels to their husbands, legally bound to obey with no rights of redress.
That, then, is the historically accurate and well researched background to this story of enduring love between two young people. If I have made it sound too much like a social document, don't be put off. Like all of Ms Bryn's books this is, first and foremost, entertainment. A plot with many unexpected twists and turns, characters that leap from the page into your heart and language worthy of Northamptonshire's most renowned native. I can't wait to read the next installment.
May 1, 2017
On Different Shores was inspired by the author’s great, great, great uncle and his two cousins and is set in England in the 1840’s. Ella is sent by her mother’s employer, who has supported her through childhood, to a friend in another village where it is hoped she will make a suitable marriage. Ella is promised to the son of a local land owner but falls in love with a local lad, Jem, who is involved in a murder and sentenced to deportation to Australia. Pregnant to Jem, Ella marries Harry. This story, beautifully crafted by Rebecca Bryn, emphasises the total lack of control which women had over their lives in these times. Ella owns nothing, not even her child and can be beaten or locked up by her husband as he pleases. Ella’s determination and courage in her efforts to pursue her love are inspiring and so real you feel as if you are there with her, willing her on. This book will leave you impatient for the next one in the series to be published.
August 3, 2017
This is a very good, if disturbing, story set in the Victorian era where women have no rights and are but the property of men to be used and abused as they see fit...no more rights than an imbecile or a child.
It is a love story but Ella is trapped, and Jem is also trapped in a different way, due to their choices. The consequences of those choices are the basis of the story.
The characters are realistic, if not all likeable, and the sense of place well done.
Overall, a well-written tale, although left without an ending.
Worth a look.
It is a love story but Ella is trapped, and Jem is also trapped in a different way, due to their choices. The consequences of those choices are the basis of the story.
The characters are realistic, if not all likeable, and the sense of place well done.
Overall, a well-written tale, although left without an ending.
Worth a look.
May 3, 2017
Very well done. I hated coming to the end of this one. Life was hard and harsh in those days, far more than we understand in this day and age. But the author brings it home very well indeed.
October 14, 2017
Enthralling
I am not normally a romance novel reader but after reading Touching the wire, simply had too read another book by this splendid author. I am very glad I did!!
I am not normally a romance novel reader but after reading Touching the wire, simply had too read another book by this splendid author. I am very glad I did!!
July 25, 2017
I really liked this well-written with detail and depth historical romance novel. Set in early Victorian times, it was inspired by the author's own family history and tells the story of Ella who falls in love with Jem and gets pregnant by him but has to do as she's told and marry Harry. Jem is sent on a convict ship to Tasmania and Ella has to find a way for herself and her son to be with him. This is Part One of a trilogy and I will be reading Parts Two and Three to see if there is a happy ending to compensate for the very sad lives of Ella and Jem.
December 14, 2017
I’ve read thirty books across a wide range of genre this year, and this story is in the top three.
However good a book might be I generally have a reservation or two, even if they are minor. I had no such reservations by the time I arrived at the end of this superbly told tale. Love, lust, loss, deceit, honour, degradation and severe penalties are only a hint of the contents.
What did I find so impressive?
From sex scenes in a variety of locations, to breeds of working horses, to the conditions onboard a prison ship, the detail and imagery are outstanding. Imagination and storytelling for a tale such as this are only as good as the research, and the author has brought all three aspects together.
I’ve been aboard a Dutch East India-man (in this century), and can confirm the spartan conditions of a ship of similar size. A prison ship converted from a battleship of its day would be claustrophobic at best.
When the writer produces emotion as you read, their job has been done, and in this case it was done with interest. The characters in this story are plentiful and colourful, but importantly - believable. I was impressed in particular by the development of Ella, but so many others will remain clear in my memory.
I was hoping to be entertained, and I was absorbed in the story within a few paragraphs. I have to hold back now for a while before reading the second in the series, because I’d like to savour the idea of the continuing story.
Kudos, Rebecca Bryn.
However good a book might be I generally have a reservation or two, even if they are minor. I had no such reservations by the time I arrived at the end of this superbly told tale. Love, lust, loss, deceit, honour, degradation and severe penalties are only a hint of the contents.
What did I find so impressive?
From sex scenes in a variety of locations, to breeds of working horses, to the conditions onboard a prison ship, the detail and imagery are outstanding. Imagination and storytelling for a tale such as this are only as good as the research, and the author has brought all three aspects together.
I’ve been aboard a Dutch East India-man (in this century), and can confirm the spartan conditions of a ship of similar size. A prison ship converted from a battleship of its day would be claustrophobic at best.
When the writer produces emotion as you read, their job has been done, and in this case it was done with interest. The characters in this story are plentiful and colourful, but importantly - believable. I was impressed in particular by the development of Ella, but so many others will remain clear in my memory.
I was hoping to be entertained, and I was absorbed in the story within a few paragraphs. I have to hold back now for a while before reading the second in the series, because I’d like to savour the idea of the continuing story.
Kudos, Rebecca Bryn.
June 22, 2019
‘On Different Shores’ by Rebecca Bryn, is a historical fiction story inspired by true events during the Victorian era.
The story is set in a time when men (even the married ones) were free to bed who they liked, but if a woman were to do the same she would be classed as a whore. - Ella was classed as a wanton woman for just kissing a man. As punishment she was sent by her mother’s employer to live short-term at a rectory in a faraway village, until a suitable suitor could be found. The rector chose Harry, a wealthy young man who was as ugly in nature as he was looking, as he (the rector) felt sure Harry & his family would rule Ella with a rod of iron. Ella was repulsed by the idea and would have rather married Jem, a gorgeous and genuinely nice guy - who had little or no money and could only show his love for her by gifting her a Jay’s feather - but alas, unbeknownst to Ella, he also had an impulsive nature which could be triggered when a loved one’s reputation was at stake. Ella resolved to follow Jem to the ends of the earth (or Van Diemen’s Land), even if this meant selling her soul to the devil - or her body to man - and raising her child(ren) on a convict colony.
I would recommend Bryn’s ‘On Different Shores’ to readers who enjoy historical fiction stories depicting class distinction, women who were starting to be empowered, or prisoners who were exiled; trilogies, or fine works of literary fiction.
The story is set in a time when men (even the married ones) were free to bed who they liked, but if a woman were to do the same she would be classed as a whore. - Ella was classed as a wanton woman for just kissing a man. As punishment she was sent by her mother’s employer to live short-term at a rectory in a faraway village, until a suitable suitor could be found. The rector chose Harry, a wealthy young man who was as ugly in nature as he was looking, as he (the rector) felt sure Harry & his family would rule Ella with a rod of iron. Ella was repulsed by the idea and would have rather married Jem, a gorgeous and genuinely nice guy - who had little or no money and could only show his love for her by gifting her a Jay’s feather - but alas, unbeknownst to Ella, he also had an impulsive nature which could be triggered when a loved one’s reputation was at stake. Ella resolved to follow Jem to the ends of the earth (or Van Diemen’s Land), even if this meant selling her soul to the devil - or her body to man - and raising her child(ren) on a convict colony.
I would recommend Bryn’s ‘On Different Shores’ to readers who enjoy historical fiction stories depicting class distinction, women who were starting to be empowered, or prisoners who were exiled; trilogies, or fine works of literary fiction.
January 8, 2021
An Interesting Look at Life in Eighteenth Century England
Ella is a young woman who was raised by her mother in the home of a barrister in Bath, England. Dell's mother worked as housekeeper for the barrister. We learn later that the barrister actually Ella's father. Ella wants to see how poor people and talks her mother into letting her visit a town some distance away. She travels in a coach to a land that is owned by an aristocrat. She learns that the aristocrat owns quite a large parcel of land which he rents to peasants and from whom he collects rent, which leaves little for the families to live on. The aristocrat owns all of the hunting land also and on the best hunting land he stocks pheasants which he and his aristocratic friends are the only ones allowed to hunt there.
Having lived in an aristocratic household, Ella does not understand and peasant friends explain how this system works. Ella learns that landowners hire people to keep the peasants from hunting on his lands and these enforcers shoot anyone caught poaching on their lands.
I found this book to be really interesting but I must say that their sexual code was not at all what I thought was appropriate. There was rape, prostitution, and sharing by a father and son of the son's wife.
Ella is a young woman who was raised by her mother in the home of a barrister in Bath, England. Dell's mother worked as housekeeper for the barrister. We learn later that the barrister actually Ella's father. Ella wants to see how poor people and talks her mother into letting her visit a town some distance away. She travels in a coach to a land that is owned by an aristocrat. She learns that the aristocrat owns quite a large parcel of land which he rents to peasants and from whom he collects rent, which leaves little for the families to live on. The aristocrat owns all of the hunting land also and on the best hunting land he stocks pheasants which he and his aristocratic friends are the only ones allowed to hunt there.
Having lived in an aristocratic household, Ella does not understand and peasant friends explain how this system works. Ella learns that landowners hire people to keep the peasants from hunting on his lands and these enforcers shoot anyone caught poaching on their lands.
I found this book to be really interesting but I must say that their sexual code was not at all what I thought was appropriate. There was rape, prostitution, and sharing by a father and son of the son's wife.
July 27, 2017
4.5 Stars
A very powerful and superbly written historical romance. This is a dark-toned tale with tremendous sadness, but it resonates with you. The author spares us none of the cruelty and harsh treatments and sad fate of women of the Victorian times. I found my blood running hot with all the ill-treatment of our heroine that I was made to give witness to. For those who also enjoy literary fiction and travel lit, this title fulfills, if not exceeds, the demands of those genres as well.
It’s the first of a series of books, so bear that in mind. So, yes, there’s hope there’s some light at the end of this dark tunnel. Though who knows what installment in the series we’ll be up to by then?
A very powerful and superbly written historical romance. This is a dark-toned tale with tremendous sadness, but it resonates with you. The author spares us none of the cruelty and harsh treatments and sad fate of women of the Victorian times. I found my blood running hot with all the ill-treatment of our heroine that I was made to give witness to. For those who also enjoy literary fiction and travel lit, this title fulfills, if not exceeds, the demands of those genres as well.
It’s the first of a series of books, so bear that in mind. So, yes, there’s hope there’s some light at the end of this dark tunnel. Though who knows what installment in the series we’ll be up to by then?
December 8, 2019
An absorbing tale set in Victorian times speaks of grit and strength of the characters. The author has brought out the condition of the times well. Excellent read.
May 19, 2022
5 stars ‘On Different Shores (For Their Country’s Good Book 1) by Rebecca Bryn is a powerful, character-driven, story of a young couple and their ill-fated love. Rebecca Bryn has gone a step further than any “Romeo and Juliet” tale by setting it in Victorian times. Women had no rights whatever, but Ella defies convention, earning money any way she can, and giving birth to Jem’s son, resolute in her intention to escape her abusive husband, Harry.
Will she be defeated by Harry’s single-minded passion to father a son of his own? If she escapes, can she endure crossing the globe with a toddler? Ella will move readers to tears, and to fury; she lives. All Ms Bryn’s characters, the good, the bad, and the ugly, live. On Different Shores is the first book in a brilliant historical novel that takes the reader wherever Ella and Jem lead.’ Readers' Favorite
Will she be defeated by Harry’s single-minded passion to father a son of his own? If she escapes, can she endure crossing the globe with a toddler? Ella will move readers to tears, and to fury; she lives. All Ms Bryn’s characters, the good, the bad, and the ugly, live. On Different Shores is the first book in a brilliant historical novel that takes the reader wherever Ella and Jem lead.’ Readers' Favorite
November 11, 2022
exhale now
Geesh! This book was so exciting... Inn so shocked at Ella behind this"risk" she is taking! I mean is Jem going to"understand" if he finds out all that she had done?? Even though she says it's for him? He's still a man.. he's not going to want a wife who has done the unthinkable!!! Even with the reverend!!! This is crazy! I didn't see ANY OF THIS COMING WOW ELLA HAS SHOCKED N DISAPPOINTED ME.. I just.. itt seems like Harry mom knows more than what she is saying. I. CAN NOT KEEP MY ANXIETY DOWN I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING To HAPPEN IN BOOK 2!! Wow this book is my first off it's genre and I love it!! This author has done the unthinkable lol I think I've held my mouth open in shock the last half off the book! This book has kept me up all night I'm too excited and impatient to goo too sleep now🤣🤣🤣🤣 great book Mrs. Bryn great stuff!
Geesh! This book was so exciting... Inn so shocked at Ella behind this"risk" she is taking! I mean is Jem going to"understand" if he finds out all that she had done?? Even though she says it's for him? He's still a man.. he's not going to want a wife who has done the unthinkable!!! Even with the reverend!!! This is crazy! I didn't see ANY OF THIS COMING WOW ELLA HAS SHOCKED N DISAPPOINTED ME.. I just.. itt seems like Harry mom knows more than what she is saying. I. CAN NOT KEEP MY ANXIETY DOWN I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING To HAPPEN IN BOOK 2!! Wow this book is my first off it's genre and I love it!! This author has done the unthinkable lol I think I've held my mouth open in shock the last half off the book! This book has kept me up all night I'm too excited and impatient to goo too sleep now🤣🤣🤣🤣 great book Mrs. Bryn great stuff!
May 21, 2022
women and cattle had the same rights……none
This in-depth storyline keeps you reading until the cliff hanger ending. The characters are well developed. The scenery comes to life this is a steamy story but not overly so. It definitely keeps you turning pages. I enjoyed this book and recommend it for ages 16 and up.
This in-depth storyline keeps you reading until the cliff hanger ending. The characters are well developed. The scenery comes to life this is a steamy story but not overly so. It definitely keeps you turning pages. I enjoyed this book and recommend it for ages 16 and up.
January 18, 2022
When F word is used it is not a book for Christians
I am a Christian. I search hard to find a book to read without cursing, sex and graphic violence. When I see the F word and Whore in the first chapter I know to delete the book. Thanks for the effot.
I am a Christian. I search hard to find a book to read without cursing, sex and graphic violence. When I see the F word and Whore in the first chapter I know to delete the book. Thanks for the effot.
November 13, 2017
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Helen Hollick
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"... I was left wanting more..."
September 18, 2018
Abusy body
I like he story just t not all of the sex do I just skip over it not rafng it
I like he story just t not all of the sex do I just skip over it not rafng it
January 18, 2022
Good Concept
The main character, Ella, just wasn't believable for most of the book, and then her actions just sickened me. No closure at all for Book 1.
The main character, Ella, just wasn't believable for most of the book, and then her actions just sickened me. No closure at all for Book 1.
May 31, 2022
On Different Shores
Very good book. Fast moving, page turner. I couldn’t put it down!! I can’t wait to read the next one. If you like books from the 1840’s I recommend this book.
Very good book. Fast moving, page turner. I couldn’t put it down!! I can’t wait to read the next one. If you like books from the 1840’s I recommend this book.
December 2, 2020
Does anyone write without using 50 references to the F word? I found it disgusting.
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January 4, 2018VERY good quick read. it is hard to phantom how low women were in the life cycle. hard to read at times but interesting enough to make me keep reading.
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