This is my first Rebecca Anderson book, and I must say, it is absolutely stunning. Rebecca's style of writing is smooth and lyrical, making it so easy to fall into the plot and never want to come out.
Isabelle Rackham is engaged to a man she hardly knows. It is a business arrangement between Alexander Osgood and her father that benefits both men. Alexander gets a worthy woman to squire around and Isabelle's father gets a needed business contact. All is well and good, although the new Osgoods relationship is rather distant. When Alexander takes Isabelle for a horseback ride, bliss turns to tragedy when Alexander's horse throws him and he lands against a boulder, setting in motion a series of events where Isabelle commits herself to Alexander's care and Alexander rebuffs her efforts, at first.
The characters who populate this book are mostly likable people. There is a Nurse Ratchet (apologies to Ken Kesey) type woman in the book as well as the most unfeeling doctor in the world. But the rest of the characters are quite likable, even a girl who by modern diagnoses would be considered either developmentally delayed or autistic. Rebecca has built a gentle characterization of her so that she is a truly empathetic individual deserving of the respect of the other main characters in the book.
This is a five star book with two thumbs up and a love that grows like the melody of a beautiful song.
Shadow Mountain Publishing and NetGalley.com provided the copy I read for this review. All opinions expressed are my own.
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