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Echoes of a Promise

by Ashleigh Bingham

     

Victoria Shelford’s parents hope that she will soon marry, but they are horrified when they discover just what their daughter has done.  Cast out of the family home, she first finds a place to stay with her relations, but when an opportunity comes up to travel back to India with a widower, she grabs it eagerly.  Soon she meets the mysterious Andrew Wyndham, a man with a past.  But does he also have a future?

Anybody who used to read Victoria Holt is sure to enjoy this author’s tales of adventure and romance in exotic locations.  Not that they are gothic novels—nothing of the kind—but they satisfy the same craving to read about people in the 19th century when the world seemed a much bigger place having adventures.  Victoria’s exploits do not even all take place in India, but once there, the reader is treated to some delightful descriptions of Kashmiri scenery, as well as what life was like for the English settlers.  In short, the pages turn fast when you read this book, and not for the first time I wished that this author wrote them more often.

The Book

Robert Hale
31 March 2010
Hardback
0709090293 / 9780709090298
Historical Romance / 1875 Kashmir, India
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The Reviewer

Rachel A Hyde
Reviewed 2010
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