A Lasting Impression (#01 in Belmont Mansion Series)

I was a little disappointed with the plot in this novel, as it followed a 'formula' that has been done to death already: """"heroine has a deep, dark secret that she chooses not to tell to her hero, but of course it eventually comes out and threatens to ruin everything. . . """". However, I still was really engaged in the story, always wanting to read 'one more chapter'! I wouldn't say it is really historically accurate, as the characters seem to behave and talk more like 21st centaury folk. If you enjoy authors like Tracie Peterson and Susan Anne Mason, then you should like this one!

This is the first time I've read one of Tamera Alexander's books. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of seeing how one young women who had suffered from the loss of her mother and whose father didn't love her as he should but treated her unlawfully, could have the strength to seek to start a new life for herself and finding new love as a result.