Laura Hastings is in love. In love with Catherine Chadwick.
Catherine however, is almost engaged to Augur Lazenby. When Augur turns up
unexpectedly at Laura’s home to collect Catherine, Laura can’t bear the pain of
it and flees from her home. When Laura next encounters Catherine, she can’t help
but notice she’s pregnant. Catherine must have married Augur. Laura is even more
heartbroken if that’s possible and realizes she must get on with her life, she
has to move on. Catherine will never be hers. Laura sets off on a tour of Europe
and enjoys the company of more than one female lover in an attempt to forget
Catherine.
When Laura meets Rachel Delacourt on her return home, she
thinks she has found a new love, a love to replace Catherine. But will Rachel be
the love of Laura’s life when she still thinks so much about Catherine? Only
time will tell. Time that Laura and Rachel may not have when their illicit love
is discovered.
This is an extremely well written, delightful, delectable,
decadent and delicious historical romance. The book is set mainly in and around
the San Francisco Bay area. A place close to my heart. The scenic descriptions
are so vivid and real, I could picture myself being there. The beauty of the
area hasn’t changed at all with the passing of time.
The characters are wonderful and multidimensional, so easy to
get to know and to love. Each character plays an important part in progressing
the story forward. The story has lots of little twists and turns, just when I
thought it was going one way, it veered off in a totally different direction. I
was on the edge the whole time, hoping against hope that Laura would find
someone to love, someone who would love her back, even if that someone was not
her true love, Catherine. She deserved to be happy. The path Laura took in the
course of finding her way to her true love is nothing less than a wild and
spectacular adventure.
T.T Thomas has put an enormous amount of research into this
book, it shines through. I love history and to read of such things as the
financial crash of the eighteen nineties and The Columbian Exposition in Chicago
are a sheer pleasure. History and a lesbian romance, a combination of the best
of both worlds for me.
At the very heart of this book is the unbreakable love between
Laura and Catherine. Even as others have torn them apart, their unshakeable love
will never die. They are true soul mates. Whether they will find their way back
to each other..........well, you’ll have to read the book to find out.
This book is riveting from the start to the finish. Even
though this is a lengthy book, it still wasn’t long enough for me. I wanted
more, much more. I would love to read more about these characters, maybe a
sequel or even a few short stories. See, there I go, I can’t be satisfied with
one story! Pure and unadulterated greed for more from the brilliant muse of T.T
Thomas. This is a definite keeper, a re-read.
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