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Life holds no prospect of luxury or excitement after Sarnia’s beloved mother dies potential suitors vanish once they realise that marriage to the orphan will never bring a dowry. Yet her post as a lady clerk in a London banking house keeps the wolf from the door, and the admiration of her colleague, the worthy Michael, assures her if not of passion, then at least of affection. Then the Jelains erupt into her humdrum routine, relatives she did not know she had, and whisk her away to the isle of Guernsey. At first she is enchanted by the exotic beauty of the island, by a life of balls and lavish entertainments where the officers of visiting regiments vie for her attention. But Sarnia cannot quite feel at ease within this moneyed social hierarchy – especially in the unsettling presence of her cousin Edmund. And before long it becomes apparent that, beneath the glittering surface, lurk dark and menacing forces … Her mother had scorned those of her sex who tamely submitted to male domination but, as the mystery of her heritage unfolds, Sarnia becomes all too painfully aware that the freedom she took for granted is slipping from her grasp.
Sarnia Hilary Ford Books
This was a different sort of Regency/Victorian story. Our heroine is a young lady who needs to work to support herself. Her mother has died, and the small amount of money they had to live on died with her. Sarnia had always been told her father was dead.She is more or less being courted by a man who works at the same place, but she isn't sure how she feels about marriage. The whole idea of allowing a man to have control over her is frightening.
Suddenly some cousins appear from the island of Guernsey, and it turns out Sarnia's father isn't dead. Her mother had run away from her father when Sarnia was a baby. The old guy is ill and it is likely he will die soon. These relatives stay for awhile and eventually convince Sarnia to go back to the island with them for a visit.
The family attends the local entertainments and introduces Sarnia into the town's society. Of course the reader sees all sorts of red flags from the get go, and we were begging her to not get on the boat to begin with.
She has a sort of attracted/repelled thing for her cousin. He quietly woos her.
Then she finally decides to meet dear old dad, and she finds out that not only is he very rich, she gets half of his estate when he dies -- that is the Guernsey law. Sarnia isn't a greedy person at all and protests against receiving anything from him -- particularly after learning why her mother left him. But he is ill, the house is disgustingly dirty and the old guy is badly in need of decent food. She says she will stay to look after him for her last two weeks of her visit. He begins to recover with her care. When he changes his will to leave her everything -well, the reader saw that coming.
What follows is very depressing and no pleasure to read. This book was a much darker story than I care for. It was well written, however I didn't find the hero of the story to be convincing. SPOILER: He was only in her presence a couple of times and it seems he is in love with her. But somehow I had guessed he would b the hero of the story.
I found her lack of following her instinct frustrating! She had seen suspicious behavior, and her gut told her not to trust -- but she decides some things could be logical. No! Oily behavior is a great tip off of an ugly personality.
There is a small light at the end of the tunnel. If the reader is prepared to wade through the darkness I would say give this one a try. It is not the sort of story I can relax and enjoy.
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Sarnia Hilary Ford Books Reviews
I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review to be posted on The Review Hart.
This is a very classic-style romance, which means that it burns more slowly than more contemporary equivalents. That, however, does not mean that it is a bad book. It’s superbly written and will no doubt delight many readers who enjoy that type of romance. The author maintains the character’s voice and the overall tone beautifully, and at no point does it waver or falter. The setting is both well-described and interesting in and of itself, which leads to a well-formed plot. All in all, this is very well-written and will no doubt be read time and time again by many people.
In Sarnia, a recently orphaned young woman is working as a clerk in a banking house and being wooed by a co-worker. She likes him well enough, but isn’t sure she wants to be married and dependent on a man. Suddenly, her aunt and cousin from the island of Guernsey appear and tell her that she isn’t an orphan after all—her father is still alive and living on Guernsey. Sarnia, our heroine, goes with her aunt and cousin to the island where she is wined and dined, introduced into local society, and visits her cranky, dying recluse of a father, whom she slowly wins over by caring for him. He is wealthy. He changes his will to leave her everything. And then Sarnia’s troubles begin, and things get pretty dark.
This book was originally published in 1974 by Sam Youd, writing as Hilary Ford, which may account for some of the things I found troubling. The heroine is naive beyond belief, and, frankly, not very bright. The characters, both good and bad, are one-dimensional. The plot was completely predictable. Less than halfway through I started making guesses as to what would happen, and wasn’t wrong once. Sarnia faces more perils than Pauline, and yet manages to escape (almost) all unscathed.
On the plus side, the writing is pretty good and the book is well edited. The reader won’t find any deep insights into the human condition here, but for a formulistic, escapist, and frankly rather dark novel, this one could well do for a day or evening with nothing better in the offing. 3.5 stars, rounded down to 3.
I received this book free of charge from the author in return for an honest review.
I admit I was skeptical to begin with when reading the blurb about this book. I thought to myself that it would be another painful romance with weak female leads and overbearing, too-good-to-be-true male characters. But I am so happy to admit that I was terribly wrong.
This book was a beautiful experience. It takes my mind along paths that it has only traveled with books such as Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. I was impressed by the ability of the author to entirely capture your imagination and I could literally not put the book down without a struggle.
The narrative follows the life of a young woman, who recently lost her mother and in a world where women don't work, she has a respectable job which she enjoys. Surprise relatives from a little island come and welcome Sarnia to their home and tell her of a father who is dying, a father she thought was dead.
Sarnia, bound by duty and also curiosity leaves the life she knows along with a keen suitor to meet her new family.
Things are not as they seem and Sarnia finds herself with strange circumstances and stranger people on her hands.
A lovely book of true love? Certainly!
Would recommend it to those who love the romantic classics.
I enjoyed this suspenseful murder/mystery/romance set in mid 1800s very much.
This was a different sort of Regency/Victorian story. Our heroine is a young lady who needs to work to support herself. Her mother has died, and the small amount of money they had to live on died with her. Sarnia had always been told her father was dead.
She is more or less being courted by a man who works at the same place, but she isn't sure how she feels about marriage. The whole idea of allowing a man to have control over her is frightening.
Suddenly some cousins appear from the island of Guernsey, and it turns out Sarnia's father isn't dead. Her mother had run away from her father when Sarnia was a baby. The old guy is ill and it is likely he will die soon. These relatives stay for awhile and eventually convince Sarnia to go back to the island with them for a visit.
The family attends the local entertainments and introduces Sarnia into the town's society. Of course the reader sees all sorts of red flags from the get go, and we were begging her to not get on the boat to begin with.
She has a sort of attracted/repelled thing for her cousin. He quietly woos her.
Then she finally decides to meet dear old dad, and she finds out that not only is he very rich, she gets half of his estate when he dies -- that is the Guernsey law. Sarnia isn't a greedy person at all and protests against receiving anything from him -- particularly after learning why her mother left him. But he is ill, the house is disgustingly dirty and the old guy is badly in need of decent food. She says she will stay to look after him for her last two weeks of her visit. He begins to recover with her care. When he changes his will to leave her everything -well, the reader saw that coming.
What follows is very depressing and no pleasure to read. This book was a much darker story than I care for. It was well written, however I didn't find the hero of the story to be convincing. SPOILER He was only in her presence a couple of times and it seems he is in love with her. But somehow I had guessed he would b the hero of the story.
I found her lack of following her instinct frustrating! She had seen suspicious behavior, and her gut told her not to trust -- but she decides some things could be logical. No! Oily behavior is a great tip off of an ugly personality.
There is a small light at the end of the tunnel. If the reader is prepared to wade through the darkness I would say give this one a try. It is not the sort of story I can relax and enjoy.
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