About
this book:
“Miss Isadora Delafield may be an heiress, but her life is far from carefree. When her mother begins pressuring her to marry an elderly and uncouth duke, she escapes from the high society world she's always known and finds herself to be an unlikely candidate for a housekeeper position in rural Pennsylvania.
Mr. Ian MacKenzie is known for his savvy business sense and has built his reputation and fortune completely on his own merits. But when his adopted parents are in need of a new housekeeper and Isadora is thrown into his path, he's unexpectedly charmed by her unconventional manner.
Neither Isadora nor Ian expected to find the other so intriguing, but when mysterious incidents on the farm and the truth of Isadora's secret threaten those they love, they'll have to set aside everything they thought they wanted for a chance at happy-ever-after.”
Series: Book #1 in the “American Heiresses” series.
Spiritual Content- Church going; Talks about God & gifts; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Isadora says she hasn’t given God much thought outside of church, but starts to think more about Him as the book continues; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of churches, church going, services, hymns, sermons, & a reverend; Mentions of blessings & being blessed; A few mentions of Christians; A mention of thanking God;
“Miss Isadora Delafield may be an heiress, but her life is far from carefree. When her mother begins pressuring her to marry an elderly and uncouth duke, she escapes from the high society world she's always known and finds herself to be an unlikely candidate for a housekeeper position in rural Pennsylvania.
Mr. Ian MacKenzie is known for his savvy business sense and has built his reputation and fortune completely on his own merits. But when his adopted parents are in need of a new housekeeper and Isadora is thrown into his path, he's unexpectedly charmed by her unconventional manner.
Neither Isadora nor Ian expected to find the other so intriguing, but when mysterious incidents on the farm and the truth of Isadora's secret threaten those they love, they'll have to set aside everything they thought they wanted for a chance at happy-ever-after.”
Series: Book #1 in the “American Heiresses” series.
Spiritual Content- Church going; Talks about God & gifts; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Isadora says she hasn’t given God much thought outside of church, but starts to think more about Him as the book continues; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of churches, church going, services, hymns, sermons, & a reverend; Mentions of blessings & being blessed; A few mentions of Christians; A mention of thanking God;
*Note: A couple mentions of ghosts
& a placed being haunted.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘idiot’; A bit of eye rolling; Fighting & Punching (barely-above-not-detailed); Being gagged & kidnapped (barely-above-not-detailed); Being threatened with a gun; Mentions of a rumor that a man poisoned/murdered his previous wives; Mentions of accidents, injuries, & a death (including another man’s crude comment on the accident, barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of abuse from a father; Mentions of thieves & missing/stolen animals; Mentions of a fire; Mentions of threats & threatening; Mentions of punching someone; Mentions of gossip & rumors; Mentions of lies & lying; Mentions of alcohol, drinking, alcoholics/drunks, & taverns; A few mentions of prison/jail; A few mentions of a missing dog (that might have died from an accident, but it later revealed as just fine); A couple mentions of cigars; A couple mentions of hunting;
*Note: Mentions of books &
authors.
Sexual
Content- Hand & finger kisses, two barely-above-not-detailed kisses, and a semi-detailed
kiss; Wanting to kiss (barely-above-not-detailed); Touches (including unwanted
ones, up to semi-detailed); Noticing, Nearness, & Smelling (including
muscles and curves, barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of a man staring/eyes lingering
at Isadora’s low neckline (and trying to touch the neckline, she rightly stomps
on his foot after that); Mentions of kissing & kisses; Mentions of compromising
situations; Mentions of liberties & chaperones; Mentions of jealousy; A few
mentions of flirting; A couple mentions of winks; A mention of a man often
taking liberties with the help; A mention of a married couple kissing; Love,
falling in love, & the emotions;
*Note: Mentions of a man prior
three wives not being able to bear children & his belief that American
women are fertile; Mentions of different women’s figures & curves; A couple
mentions of that same man commenting on Isadora’s childbearing hips; A mention
of a man picturing Isadora wearing a corset that he bought for her; A mention
of a type of woman to keep a man warm at night; A mention of a little boy’s “boy
parts”.
-Isadora
Delafield, age 22
-Ian
MacKenzie, age 33
P.O.V. switches between them
P.O.V. switches between them
Set in 1885
365 pages
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My personal Rating-
Let us
first discuss my glee over this cover, shall we? I love the color scheme of it
plus the facial expressions of the model. It all fits the story quite well.
Jen
Turano’s debut book, “A Change of Fortune”,
has continued to be my favorite book by her and while this newest still didn’t take
that first-place spot, it definitely reminded me of that book very much with
the disguise plot-line that I enjoy so much. While this new novel did feel a
little more romance-y at a few points and there was the cad we are supposed to
dislike, it was cleaner in the kisses and was an overall entertaining story. “Flights of Fancy” has begun this new
series well and I look forward to read the next books!
See y’all
on Friday with a new review!
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
*I received this book for free
from the Author for this honest review.
