The Girl in the Gatehouse
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Average rating3.1
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Ratings7
Average rating3.1
Miss Mariah Aubrey, banished after a scandal, hides herself away in a long-abandoned gatehouse on the far edge of a distant relative's estate. There, she supports herself and her loyal servant the only way she knows how--by writing novels in secret. Captain Matthew Bryant, returning to England successful and wealthy after the Napoleonic wars, leases an impressive estate from a cash-poor nobleman, determined to show the society beauty who once rejected him what a colossal mistake she made. When he discovers an old gatehouse on the property, he is immediately intrigued by its striking young inhabitant and sets out to uncover her identity, and her past. But the more he learns about her, the more he realizes he must distance himself. Falling in love with an outcast would ruin his well-laid plans. The old gatehouse holds secrets of its own. Can Mariah and Captain Bryant uncover them before the cunning heir to the estate buries them forever?
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Hstorically I love Julie Klassen, I've had a hard time getting through this one. It just has not grabbed me as much. I'm rather bored with it, but I plugged through. I'm not sure why I never got a review out for it. It is definitely dreary but through the fog it is a story of redemption and forgiveness.
This book kept me guessing all the way. It starts off with immediate action, with the heroine leaving her parents' home for exile with her former nurse. She is under disgrace for her actions while at a house party (we aren't told details until later in the story). It had the feel of a true Regency story with some elements of mystery thrown in. The romance was very subtle and enjoyable; we didn't get the know the characters only for their bodily traits and perfect fitness for each other, but for their own unique character. In a way, I'd call it more of a Regency drama than a romance.
It was a long book, but I really wanted it to be longer. There were so many little things that I enjoyed, such as the characters of Maggie and Lizzie, that I'd have stayed with them almost indefinitely and been happy. But the ending was quite perfect.
I've already downloaded “The Tutor's Daughter”! :)
