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Could a captivating art exhibit hold the key to truth--and love? Budding artist May Parker is captivated by the Japanese exhibits at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition and longs to know more about her mother's heritage--which her mother refuses to speak of because of the heartache she left behind in Japan. Wanting to experience more of the exhibits, May works as a Camera Girl--but her curiosity leads her into danger when a suit of samurai armor becomes the target of an elusive art forger. After ten years apart, May is reunited with her childhood friend Lee Munro, a police detective assigned to keep a watchful eye on the exposition. Their friendship immediately begins to blossom with hints of something more, but when they become entangled in a dangerous heist involving the samurai armor and their love is threatened, can they overcome the odds against them?
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Lovely story about May and Lee and their romance. There's an interesting angle to the story from the racism prevalent in the area during that time period, with too many townsfolk hiding behind misquoted scripture to pretend that they didn't have a Christian mandate to love all races equally or to consider them capable of being saved. This part was very well written and was a growing issue at that time period (early 1900s).
I really enjoyed how both characters have decent families (Lee's) or good families (May's). It seems like so many stories out there at present have either dysfunctional or dead parents, and it was refreshing to have both characters with both sets of parents.
One minor historical error: Lee claims that “It's rare our state allows marriages between races, and most ban it” when actually most interracial marriage laws, except for a handful of states, actually date from the 1920s when eugenics became all the rage.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free reading copy. A favorable review was not required.
