The Tory Widow by Christine Blevins
Anne was married off by her father to a well-off older man, a printer, in New York City and now, in 1775, she finds herself Widow Merrick, a woman trying to eke out a living from her late Tory husband’s business in a turbulent time. After her press is destroyed by the Sons of Liberty and Jack Hampton she reopens as the Liberty Coffeehouse and eventually begins to fall for Jack, her ever-present customer.
It was very interesting looking at the Revolutionary War through the eyes of a single woman trying make a living regardless of who was in control of the city. I liked Anne as a character, she was strong and courageous, but didn’t seem out of place in her time period. I had a bit of trouble at first believing she’d fall for Jack after a particularly bad stunt he pulled when Anne’s press was being raided, but eventually his rakish attitude won me over (I had one other bit of difficulty with him near the end, but I liked him apart from that).
Although Christine Blevins’ stories have more of a romance aspect than I generally like in my historical fiction it works for me in her books for some reason. As much as I liked “Midwife of Blue Ridge,” I liked this one even better. If you like historical fiction/historical romance, this is a book to look into.
I’ll be reading this in the next couple of days and it sounds like I will enjoy it!
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Your review was perfect. And now I feel like I have to read this!!
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Oh. I want it!
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You must have changed your blog design recently, yes? It looks great. It looks sort of “newsy” like I am reading a newspaper. I like the layout.
I’ve not read this one but I like that time period.
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Great review! I hadn’t heard of this one before, but I’m adding it to my TBR list now.
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I just received this book from Paperback Swap so I’m glad that it sounds like a good one! Thanks for the review.
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Oh, this sounds good! I’ve got a while to wait before the new Outlander book comes out, so this might tide me over for my historical romance cravings! It also sounds kind of like Jennifer Donnelly’s “Roses” books, if you’re looking for more of the same.
Jen – I loved Christine’s first book, Midwife of the Blue Ridge – I’ve got the ARC of this one on the top of my tbr pile and can’t wait to start it.
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I love the new layout. This looks good. It’s always interesting when a character that you don’t like so much can win you over.
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I do like Historical fiction with romance. This book is going on my amazon list for future reading.
Thanks for the review.
I haven’t read her first book, but it looks like I’ll have to pick that one up, too.
I enjoyed your review! I linked to it here.
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