Veil of Pearls
Be swept away to Charleston of 1811, a city bustling with immigrants like Adalia, who is a runaway slave so light-skinned that no one guesses her past. Terrified her secret will be discovered, she settles into a quiet life making herbal remedies for a local doctor. But when Morgan, the handsome...
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Be swept away to Charleston of 1811, a city bustling with immigrants like Adalia, who is a runaway slave so light-skinned that no one guesses her past. Terrified her secret will be discovered, she settles into a quiet life making herbal remedies for a local doctor. But when Morgan, the handsome son of a prominent family, sweeps her into his glamorous world—a world in which the truth about Adalia’s heritage would ruin them both—suspicions and petty jealousies are aroused. What will Morgan do when he discovers that the woman he has fallen in love with is a runaway slave?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781616265779 (1616265779)
ASIN: 1616265779
Publish date: July 1st 2012
Publisher: Barbour Books
Pages no: 312
Edition language: English
I was a bit disappointed in this book. This was one book I was looking forward to reading and it kind of fell short of my expectations. Although this was a work of fiction, I felt that the author didn't stick to the reality of the times. At times it felt as though the author was confused in what ...
A well written, jaw dropping, enlightening, frustrating, on the edge of your seat read. I'll have to ponder on this review. It must be worthy of this read. I LOVED it!
The plot and writing style of Veil of Pearls reminds me of authors such as Jamie Carie, Linda Chaikin and Lori Wick, so I’m sure that fans of these authors will love this book.Unfortunately, I didn’t. I wanted to, but I didn’t.Veil of Pearls heaps formula upon platitude upon cliché – Adelia, the bea...
Grade: DNFOh, fudge. I really really really wanted to love this – an intriguing premise, a pre-Civil War Southern setting and scads of five-star reviews. Unfortunately, I only made it about a third of the way through. The anachronisms and the logic issues and the sermonizing and the awkward mix of p...
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