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Swan's Grace

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Linda Francis Lee has followed her wonderful DOVES WAY with the second book in the series about three Boston brothers and the women they love. In SWANS GRACE the heroine is a well-known cellist who has been summoned home from a European tour by her father. Several surprises await her, not the least of which is her home has been sold and . . . well, perhaps you'd be best off reading the book to discover the really shocking surprise! Suffice to say it changes her life -- but Sophie doesn't think for the better -- at first. Linda Francis Lee is an author of rare depth and talent. I'm told that to research this book she actually took cello lessons. Now *that's* dedication! Anyone who enjoys the novels of such authors as Betina Krahn or Susan Wiggs should enjoy this as well.

In 1892, American expatriate Sophie Wentworth takes Europe by storm as her exquisite musical talent thrills patrons throughout the continent. However, when her father asks Sophie to return to Boston, Sophie agrees. Sophie misses her home SWAN'S GRACE and has waited five years for her father to ask her to come back. She wonders how her stepmother will react when she returns to New England.

However, the States prove an immediate shocker when Sophie learns the hard way that her father sold SWAN'S GRACE without even informing her. Worse yet, he completed a business deal that has her engaged to attorney Grayson Hawthorne a person Sophie is attracted to but hates for betraying her. Grayson wants Sophie just as he did when she fled for the continent. However, Sophie tries to make Grayson hate her even as she falls deeper in love with her fellow Bostonian.

SWAN'S GRACE is an entertaining Americana romance that centers on love lost and love recovered. The story line is fun as Boston in the "Gay Nineties" seems real. The lead couple is a charming duet whose feelings for one another are hidden behind cold walls of distrust. Sub-genre fans will welcome Linda Francis Lee's latest tale and want to also read her fabulous DOVE'S WAY.

Harriet Klausner

I loved this book. I found it incredibly refreshing that this story had emotional depth as well as a compelling story. I also applaud the author for going the route less travelled and letting Sophie be less then innocent. I would recommend this book to anyone who is sick of the everyday romance novels- You will enjoy the story. Ive read all three books in the series and each one is wonderful.

I feel like the lone ranger here, but I did not enjoy this book. I finished it all the time hoping that something would click, but it just never happened. I never came to care about the characters and the story dragged on for what seemed like forever.