Wednesday, June 11, 2025

LOVE'S GIFT by Penelope Marzec, Reviewed by Paula Shreckhise

PAULA'S REVIEW:

I won this title from Library Thing and was very pleased with the story by a new-to-me author.

Amaranth is an orphan with the stigma of being Chinese in the time when her ethnicity was frowned upon. She is a very skilled secretary and finds employment with Mrs. Tildon who is adamant about furthering the cause for women to get the vote. Her son is a big help to her and starts to be interested in Amaranth.

There are strange goings on in the Tildon household and Amaranth endears herself to Will and Mrs. Tildon.

This was a sweet love story and the faith thread was strong. A theme was looking at the character of a person rather than outward appearance.

This was an excellent story with a different perspective on the bias towards Chinese in 1903 as well as the struggles in suffragette movement. It was very well written and informative.
*I received a complimentary copy from Pelican Group through Library Thing. All opinions are mine alone.* 5 stars and a solid faith thread

BackCover Blurb:
In 1903, Amaranth Beach is burdened by her ethnicity due to the Chinese Exclusion Acts. Abandoned on a beach as a newborn and raised in an orphanage, she is a skilled secretary, but the threat of deportation looms constantly and all employers turn her away... until Mrs. Tildon of Sea Haven, New Jersey, hires her.

Soon after Amaranth' s arrival, she discovers that the Tildon family secrets run deep— a reprobate father, a long-lost brother, an obnoxious maid who is never fired for her behavior, and William the son who worries too much about what people will think.

When a series of alarming events occur, it' s up to Amaranth and William to unravel the secrets that threaten to destroy the Tildon family.

Can Amaranth heal the family' s divisions with her faith? Or will a greater danger threaten them all. 

Prism Lux Publishing, March, 2025
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