This is the first book in the Teaville Moral Society. There’s also a novella, Engaging the
Competition, that appears in the novella collection With This Ring? along with
three other stories.
Lydia is practically engaged to a man who can make sure her
money troubles are nonexistent. He can
get her away from her gambling father and care for her ailing mother. All she needs to do is prove herself to his
mother by squeezing some money out of the town’s most notorious miser.
Nicholas doesn’t mind being labeled a miser, he actually
encourages it. He can’t stand the
hypocritical nature of many in the church and prefers to help people his own
way. Lydia isn’t giving up, so he
presents her with a proposition. They
team up to grant three wishes that she chooses, and he tries to teach her to
open her eyes to what’s around her.
Nicholas has a tendency to take Lydia’s wishes and twist
them on her so she’s taken out of her comfort zone for just about every
one. As she spends time with Nicholas,
she comes to see the people around her, and herself, in a different way.
This book was pretty good.
It focuses on the topic of prostitution and what it did to women in the
late 1800 and early 1900s. It also
mentions the children that suffered as a result. That particular aspect of it didn’t bother
me, I just found myself occasionally annoyed with Lydia’s character. She seemed overly whiny at times, and the
ending seemed a little strange.
Brief mention is made of Charlie from the novella, but if
you haven’t read it, you won’t be lost at all.
This was a pretty good book that I enjoyed. Good Book!
*I received a copy of this book from Bethany House through
NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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