The Mistress of Tall Acre
September 1st, 2015. Filed under: Tuesday's Tempting Reads.The Mistress of Tall Acre
By Laura Frantz
There can be only one mistress of Tall Acre . . .
The American Revolution is finally over, and Sophie Menzies is starved for good news. When her nearest neighbor, General Seamus Ogilvy, finally comes home to Tall Acre, she hopes it is a sign of better days to come. But the general is now a widower with a small daughter in desperate need of a mother. Nearly destitute, Sophie agrees to marry Seamus and become the mistress of Tall Acre in what seems a safe, sensible arrangement. But when a woman from the general’s past returns without warning, the ties that bind this fledgling family together will be strained to the utmost. When all is said and done, who will be the rightful mistress of Tall Acre?
Triumph and tragedy, loyalty and betrayal–you will find it all in the rich pages of this newest novel from the talented pen of Laura Frantz.
ISLAND BREEZES
The war is now over, but where does that leave Sophie? Her father is a turn coat; her brother is missing and she’s hungry.
When her neighbor, General Seamus Ogilvy, returns he has no news of her brother. But he does have a small, motherless daughter, Lily Cate. Lily Cate and Sophie fall in love with each other. Maybe Sophie is beginning to fall a bit in love with Seamus as well.
Sophie is in danger of losing her home, and Seamus needs a mother for Lily Cate. Need I say more? A marriage of convenience ensues,and the three of them begin forming a nice little family.
That is, until another woman shows up on their doorstep and threatens to break up home and family. It’s hard to see any happy ending here.
Thank you, Ms Frantz, for keeping my hopes alive in the midst of tragedy and betrayal.
***A special thank you to Revell for providing a review copy.***
Laura Frantz is a Christy Award finalist and the author of several books, including The Frontiersman’s Daughter, Courting Morrow Little, The Colonel’s Lady, and the Ballantyne Legacy series. She lives and writes in a log cabin in the heart of Kentucky. Learn more at www.laurafrantz.net.