Opening Act

by Elizabeth Chatter

It’s 1856 and eighteen year-old Brittania Layton is en route to India to be reunited with her parents, whom she hasn’t seen in a decade. During her voyage on the S.S. Cleopatra, Tania’s heart is awakened for the first time when she meets Captain Adrian Fairmont. Her friend, Dr. Adam Baird, steadfast and affable, has only aroused feelings of friendship in her despite his obvious interest. When both men propose to her, she's caught between passion and common sense. If only Adam could arouse in her the passion Adrian does, she would know what to do. While Tania’s heart burns for a man who may ruin her, and she puts off the only man who could save her, civil unrest begins to mount in India. The Sepoys are beginning their mutinous campaign against their British occupiers, and Tania is given a very ominous prediction by an Indian guru.

Genres: Historical Romance, India

Paperback

First published December 31, 1983

Reviews

[ANGELIA · Rating 1 out of 5]

How could an author who wrote one book that was so good ("The Elsingham Portrait") write one like this that was so awful????

Maybe she was as drugged as the h when the creepy crappy man she thought she loved raped her and kept calling her his "little wife"???

Whatever the case, the story got more and more ridiculous until it became another on the DNF list!

[Marilyn Kavanaugh · Rating 5 out of 5]

An informed novel about the Sepoy Revolt

unfortunately marred by faulty proofreading such as "A lady does not display her feelings to the vulgar faze [sic]...." Explicit sex.

[Lisa Whitehead · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unlike her usually well written, and interesting stories this was one I could not even finish.

[Marya · Rating 3 out of 5]

This Kindle version was poorly edited.