A secret may hold for a hundred years ... and then it's time for the past to take revenge Daphne Duvallon reluctantly returns south to small-town Natchez, Mississippi to play her harp at her beloved brother's wedding. Her plan is to immediately flee north again, little knowing that her arrival unlocks waiting forces of a past tragedy. But now that she's in the land of her ancestors, it seems impossible to leave...
As Daphne struggles to find her place, her legendary namesake draws her back a hundred years to reveal secrets that can no longer be repressed from a time when the oldest settlement on the Mississippi was in its heyday and vast fortunes were made and lost.
Still wounded from the uproar that ricocheted through her family when she ditched Jack Ebert, her philandering groom, literally at the altar, she has an unexpected rendezvous with her future when she meets Simon Hopkins, a nationally-renown nature photographer with a dark secret of his own.
Ciji Ware has become a fast favorite of mine. She weaves the connected past and present together seamlessly so that you are engaged in both story lines, never lost or confused. Daphne and Sim are an unlikely couple as they were both deeply wounded by their pasts. It becomes very easy to root for these characters. I loved the setting of this novel as well as the world of Jazz. This is a stand alone sequel to Midnight on Julia Street.Author: Ciji Ware
Published: March 2012
Pages: 461
Genre: Fiction/Historical Fiction
Source: Sourcebooks
Finished: 2/25/12
3 Bears
This complimentary review copy was received thankfully from Beth Pehlke and Sourcebooks Landmark and in no way influenced my review of this book. These are my personal thoughts and reactions to the reading of the book.
6 comments:
I like Ware's writing -- I'll have to find this one. I read two of her early books.
The good thing about Ware is that's is a treat to read through her backlist after you've discovered her. The bad thing about Ware is that she needs to write more books!
I did wonder what would happen to her after book 1
Just knowing how much you enjoyed this one makes me want to read it. I just couldn't get over how many times she used "sugah" in Midnight on Julia Street so I passed on this review copy.
I'm glad you enjoyed this one Nise. It has such a pretty cover. I have a few of her books on my shelves.
Everyone seems to love Ware's work. I need to get one of her books!
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