Dusk's Darkest Shore
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5.0 • 5 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
How can a meek wallflower help a returning war hero whose dreams are plunged into darkness?
Mary Bloomfield has no illusions. Her chances for matrimony have long since passed her by. Still, her circumstances are pleasant enough, especially now that she has found purpose in assisting her father with his medical practice in England's beautiful Lake District. Even without love, it's a peaceful life.
That is until Adam Edgerton returns to the sleepy district. This decorated war hero did not arrive home to acclaim and rest, but to a new battle against the repercussions of an insidious disease. Mary's caring nature cannot stand to see someone suffer--but how can she help this man see any brightness in his future when he's plunged into melancholic darkness, his dreams laid waste by his condition?
Adam wants no charity, but he's also no coward. If this gentle woman can work hard, how can he do less? Together they struggle to find a way forward for him. Frustration and antipathy slowly develop into friendship and esteem. Then a summer storm atop a mountain peak leads to scandal--and both Mary and Adam must search the depths of their closed hearts for answers if they hope to find any future path with happiness at its end.
Best-selling author Carolyn Miller is back with a fresh series that will not only thrill readers eager for more of her work, but bring in new fans looking for beautiful writing, fascinating research, deftly woven love stories, and real faith lived out in the Regency period.
Customer Reviews
Exemplary
This latest addition to Author Carolyn Miller’s collection of Regency novels is a whirlwind of emotion, deep thought and beauty!
I’ve always been a HUGE fan of wallflower-type stories, so the series name alone (Regency Wallflowers) was enough to have me anticipating this book’s release. But it turned out to be oh-so-much more than I could’ve imagined! Ms. Miller never disappoints with weaving strong Christian threads into her stories and making you care for the characters’ spiritual outcomes just as much (or more than!) their physical ones. I love that!
I was completely enamored with these characters! I loved Adam and Mary both to pieces! The story and the setting were both brought to the pages with such feeling that I was immediately immersed into the world of this time and place.
I didn’t think it was possible for me to fall any more in love with this author’s work, but she proved me wrong once again. And I have every faith that she will continue doing so with her future works! (I’m so excited and don’t know how I’ll ever be able to bear the wait for the next book in this series!)
(p.s. If you’ve read any of Ms. Miller’s earlier novels, you may recognize some names and characters mentioned in this novel! If you haven’t, it will make no difference to the plot of the story, as this one seems to be a lot less intertwined with the stories and characters of her former books as her previous novels were.)
As an aside, I am one who will read through every single word in a book. That includes endorsements and dedications at the beginning, along with author’s notes and acknowledgements at the end. Whether you do the same or not, I would encourage you to read through the author’s note at the end of this book at least. It felt like a kind of companion devotional (only a page or two) and made for a great, thought-provoking conclusion to the story!