Pause for Tales: Review and Giveaway: Love & Secrets as Cassfield Manor by Sarah L. McConkie

About the Book

Genre: Adult, New Adult, Christian, Fiction, Historical, Regency, Romance
Publisher: Cedar Fort

Publication date: August 14, 2018

Wealthy socialite Christine Harrison’s life seems perfect until the man she planned tomarry, Mr. Davenport, proposes to someone else. Heartbroken, Miss Harrison vowsnever to love again, and to distract herself, she sets out to rescue a fallen youngwoman. Little does she know that her journey will reveal more than she expected about her friends, her seemingly perfect life, and her own heart.

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Review

What an ingenious novel this was. I will say that at first the characters seemed very shallow and the mundane details of their privileged life made me not really care for whom these four young women actually ended up with, even if some of the matches were questionable. However, what the author showed was the changes in these ladies, from their shallowness to looking at a person deeper than their position or wealth and this was shown behind the scenes, until eventually I very much did care what happened to these young ladies, especially Christine.

This was a gradual awakening even to the point that there was a certain beau that I had really been hoping would be just the right match for Christine. This is the author’s first novel and I must state that I look very much forward to her future books as this story slowly unraveled and showed itself for the true gem it really is. Bravo!

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.

About the Author

From writing an award-wining tale of a dragon falling from the stars in the 3rd grade to regency romance written at thirty, Sarah McConkie has always had a passion for creating intriguing stories. After years of singledom looking for romance (and teaching Junior High Choir to fill up real life), Sarah began a Master’s degree in Literacy. When love finally found her, she married and became a wife and eventually a mother. After tucking in her own little princess one January evening she determined to attempt her life-long dream to write and publish a novel. Using her many years of experience in the single realm, a robust knowledge of regency classics, and a love of all things old fashioned and proper, Sarah wrote Love and Secrets at Cassfield Manor. She now lives with her own Mr. Right and her two daughters, and believes providing stimulating and moral stories promotes literacy in a world which needs more readers. This is her first novel.