Book Review: The Tutor's Daughter

 

 

About The Tutor's Daughter:

Filled with page-turning suspense, The Tutor's Daughter takes readers to the windswept Cornwall coast-a place infamous for shipwrecks and superstitions-where danger lurks, faith is tested, and romance awaits.

Emma Smallwood, determined to help her widowed father when his boarding school fails, accompanies him to the cliff-top manor of a baronet and his four sons. But soon after they arrive and begin teaching the two younger boys, mysterious things begin to happen. Who does Emma hear playing the pianoforte at night, only to find the music room empty? And who begins sneaking into her bedchamber, leaving behind strange mementoes?

The baronet's older sons, Phillip and Henry Weston, wrestle with problems-and secrets-of their own. They both remember the studious Miss Smallwood from their days at her father's academy. But now one of them finds himself unexpectedly drawn to her...

When suspicious acts escalate, can Emma figure out which brother to blame and which to trust with her heart?

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Meet Julie:

Julie Klassen loves all things Jane--Jane Eyre and Jane Austen. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Julie worked in publishing for sixteen years and now writes full time. She has won the Christy Award: Historical Romance for The Silent Governess (2010) and The Girl in the Gatehouse (2011) which also won the 2010 Midwest Book Award for Genre Fiction. Julie and her husband have two sons and live in a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota.

 

Find out more about Julie at http://www.julieklassen.com/.

 

My Review:

This book was written beautifully.  It is a wonderful historic suspenseful romance, but it was not really for me.  There was a little too many secrets and a little bit of darkness to it all.  The book was enjoyable to read as it is written so well.  The characters are very well developed and easy to relate to.  I would definitely check out other books written by Julie if they were a little more optimistic. 

I do recommend this book to everyone who loves Julie Klassen novels, of course.  I also recommend it to anyone who likes period novels as this one is set in the 19th century.  Lovers of suspensful romances would also really enjoy this book!

 

I received this book for free in exchange for my honest opinion.