This is the first book in a new series.
Annabelle is a naïve but caring soul from the farmlands of
Kansas. She’s in Washington with her
sister and trying to make a life for herself.
She has a temporary assignment at the Smithsonian, but she’d do just
about anything to make it a permanent position, even seek out the
unapproachable Gray Delacroix.
Gray distrusts the government and swears that he’ll never
give any of his precious plants to the Smithsonian. Annabelle has the persistence and the charm
to make her way into his heart, but it’s not going to be easy for them be
together.
When Annabelle is forced into a no-win situation, you can
tell that it’s all going to blow up in her face. I won’t elaborate. I don’t like giving spoilers.
Gray’s sister works for the first lady, Mrs. McKinley, and
his brother, Luke, seems to be a dark horse.
Their characters show up just enough to make you more curious about who
they are, but not enough to steal the spotlight from Gray and Annabelle.
I never thought I’d care so much about food labels, wheat,
and vanilla. It’s strange to type out
that sentence, but it’s true. I don’t
know how the author does it, but she finds obscure things in history and makes
them interesting. I finished the book
and went straight to the author note at the end. I wanted to know what inspired her, and you
can tell that she does her homework. It
would be easy to slog through technical details and historical information, but
since the characters cared about this stuff, I ended up caring.
I think we’ll be reading more about Luke and Caroline in the
future, and I can’t wait! Good Book!
*I received a copy of this book from Bethany House through
NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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