Author: Tania Crosse
Title:
Morwellham's Child
Genre:
Contemporary Fiction, Family Sagas, Historical Romance, Romance,
Historical, Fiction, Contemporary,
I
was given this book along with the follow on the river girl.
Book
Dedication: For my dearest dad, who loved ships and the sea, and for
my husband, who has kept me afloat.
This
book has 272 pages and 29 chapters in it.
I
would tell people that you should step outside your comfort zone with
books because it is good to add more authors and genres to your
reading portfolio. Even if you do not read books like this.
I
normally read books of this genre but l also stepped outside my
comfort zone with authors and genres l am so glad l did because l
have read so many great books and come across some great authors.
I
highly recommend this book but l would tell people to have the follow
on as well so you can carry on the story not just half of it.
Synopsis:
When beautiful, free-spirited Rebecca Westbrook – daughter of
Morwellham Quay's respected harbour master – meets sophisticated
captain Adam Bradley, she confounds all expectations by being
anything but charmed by the good looks, perfect courtesy and smoldering sexuality that make Bradley so reminiscent of Jane
Austen's Darcy. On the contrary, Rebecca is angered by Bradley's
superior manner, and repulsed by his attentions. For Rebecca's heart
belongs to Tom Mason, A young cooper she has known all her life. Her
father insistent that the pair wait until Tom is financially secure
before they court openly, but the pain of separation drives Rebecca
to desperate measures, her passion overriding all sense. Then tragedy
strikes and Rebecca is forced to face the terrible consequences of
her actions. However, she is not alone in her distress. Morwellham
Quay was once the greatest copper port in Queen Victoria's empire,
but now it is inhabitants face a devastating era of change that
mirrors the troubled and irrevocable coming of age Rebecca must
experience. Rich in detail, and vivid in characterization, this is a
first-class debut saga of drama, tragedy and an overwhelming sense of
love. Rebecca loss of her one true love and she thought about ending
her life to be with Tom again and there would be no pain just freedom
from the grief she feels and she goes to walk off the dock but Adam
Bradley stops her and takes her home and her parents tell Adam about
Tom and Adam wants Rebecca to be his wife but she just wants to be
with Tom and she realize she is pregnant and she takes Adam offer to
go on a date with him and they get married and she does not love him
but she can not have a baby without being married and then they
slowly fall in love with each other but then Adam has a tragic
accident on his boat which he ends up losing his arm and then his
wound does not seem to be healing so his doctor asks another doctor
about good things to help heal it and he gets a ointment and they
also have a daughter together. Adam and Rebecca love each other so
much.
Review:
I found this book really easy to get in to and hard to put down once
l started reading it l was hooked after reading the first page. I
loved reading about Tom and Rebecca's love. I was sad to read about
Tom's tragic death but I loved that Rebecca was carrying Tom's baby
and l think Rebecca loved Adam from the very first day she seen him
and Adam loved Rebecca and he just wanted her to tell him how she
felt. I was sad to read about Adam losing a arm in a accident and
that his cousin tried to kill Adam and Rebecca nearly drowned because
of him but thankfully Adam saved her and they went on to have a baby
together. They was much in love with each other. I was glad to hear
Adam's arm was healing by the ointment. Adam is a great dad to Toby
even though he is not his son but he does not treat him any different
then his daughter he loves them the same. Rebecca will never forget
Tom but she can love again. I was happy to read that Rebecca carried
out Tom's dream to get his family a better house and get them out of
the damp place where Tom died. Adam and Rebecca get to meet the
person that made the ointment that healed his arm. I was sad to read
that Rebecca had a miscarriage. Adam's cousin died he drowned and
Adam got everything he owned because Adam was his only living family
member and it took days to find his body. Adam and Rebecca can get on
with their lives and not have to worry about his cousin. It was
Adam's cousin that caused the accident that made him lose his arm. I
am happy to be able to read the follow on to this book the river
girl.
About
The Author: Dartmoor historical novelist Tania Crosse was born in
London but at a very young age she moved to Surrey where her love of
the countryside took root. She always enjoyed reading and has
composed stories ever since she could hold a pen. After studying
french Literature at university, she devoted twenty years to bringing
up her three children. But her passion for writing never left her,
and side by side with her in-depth research on to Victorian social
history, she began to pen her novels in earnest as her family grew
up. When Tania discovered Morwellham Quay, the restored Victorian
cooper port and now living history museum in Devon, she fell in love
with this magical place and felt a spiritual compulsion to create a
story that would illustrate life there in times gone by. This led to
the publication of her debut novel, 'Morwellham's Child' and now
Tania has thrilled her readers with over 100,000 copies sold of her
first two titles alone. She is rated among the top five per cent of
authors for library loans in the uk, and her books are now being
published in the us and translated in to European languages. Tania is continuing to work on her series of novels illustrating the rich
history of Tavistock and the surrounding area of Dartmoor from
Victorian times to the 1950's. She hates being categorized as a
writer of historical romance. The history comes first, she insists,
and the human tales develop from her research. The characters lead
harsh, demanding lives and their stories are often cruel and
harrowing. ' l tell it like it was', she says. Tania has been happily
married for forty years and claims she would never have achieved her
success without her husband's support. They live partly in Berkshire
and partly at their tiny cottage on Dartmoor where Tania retreats to
write and absorbs the atmosphere of the places that inspire her.
About
The Book. This book cover is really nice and the colours is not too
bright or not too dull. The font is really nice not too big and not
too small.
Star
Rating: Five Out Of Five Stars
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