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2024 Build Your Library Reading Challenge
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Tea Cooper's Newest My Favorite Kind of Hist Fic
1:00 AM
(Image from Barnes & Noble)
Fleur Richards barely has time to be a wife before she becomes a widow. After a whirlwind courtship and a hasty, secret wedding to a handsome Australian soldier, she's shocked to hear that Hugh's been killed in the war. Shaken by grief, she's even more stunned to learn that her humble husband was a wealthy man. With no other family, Hugh's fortune goes to Fleur. It hardly seems fair that she should inherit all Hugh's money when, really, she hardly knew him. With nothing to keep her in England, Fleur decides to take the advice of her husband's solicitor and make her way to Australia. Intent on passing the inheritance to someone more deserving, she determines to find Hugh's kin.
Part of Hugh's property is an abandoned curiosity shop in Sydney that unwittingly captures Fleur's imagination and heart. As she studies its history, she's surprised to discover the place has a dark and mysterious past. Before she can stop herself, Fleur finds herself caught up in its fascinating story. It's a tale of romance, treasure, treachery, and intrigue ... and Fleur won't stop digging until she finds all the answers to the decades-old secret of a captivating, missing gem.
The Woman in the Green Dress by Australian author Tea Cooper is my favorite kind of historical fiction—clean, atmospheric, mysterious, and entertaining. The setting is colorful and exotic, the characters likable (especially the irrepressible Bert) and interesting, the mystery compelling and engrossing. True, I saw most of the plot twists coming. Also true, I didn't care as I just found this novel absorbing and enjoyable. The Woman in the Green Dress is my first book by Cooper, but it will definitely not be my last.
(Readalikes: Hm, I can't think of anything. Can you?)
Grade:
If this were a movie, it would be rated:
for violence
To the FTC, with love: I received an ARC of The Woman in the Green Dress from the generous folks at Thomas Nelson via those at TLC Book Tours in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!
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