Genre:
Historical Romance
Historical Romance
A Reluctant Belle
The Daughtry House Series book 2
by Beth White
| -From Amazon- Impoverished Southern belle Joelle Daughtry has a secret. By day she has been helping her sisters in their quest to turn the run-down family plantation into a resort hotel after the close of the Civil War. But by night and under a male pseudonym, she has been penning articles for the local paper in support of the construction of a Negro school. With the Mississippi arm of the Ku Klux Klan gaining power and prestige, Joelle knows she is playing a dangerous game. When childhood enemy and current investor in the Daughtry house renovation Schuyler Beaumont takes over his assassinated father's candidacy for state office, Joelle finds that in order to protect her family and her home, she and Schuyler will have to put aside their longstanding personal conflict and develop a united public front. The trouble is, what do you do when animosity becomes respect--and even love--if you're already engaged to someone else? ISBN-13: 978-0800726904 She'll take on the world single-handed... While I enjoyed the first book in The Daughtry House Series this is the one that I've looked forward to the most. The intelligent, shy, and forward thinking bookworm, Joelle had quite captured my attention. In some ways she reminded me of one of my favorite fictional heroines, Jo March. Plus I just had to know why Joelle despises Schuyler so much... |  This Book received a 4 Bark rating.
 Beth White |
A Reluctant Belle is a fascinating look into the post Civil War south, both the good and the bad. The Reconstruction era was a time fraught with danger for all people. It was also a time of great kindness and great sacrifice. Beth White skillfully weaves those threads into a tale of intrigue and romance that will tug at the heart.
I really enjoyed this book but I did have one concern while reading. Two terms for political beliefs were used in the book, however, today, those descriptive terms are vastly different from what they were 150 years ago. We still use the terms but they are now stereotypically applied to the opposite political parties, which may be a little confusing for modern readers.
Anyway, Beth White is a master of teaching little known aspects of Southern history in such an entertaining way, and with such memorable characters, that the reader hardly feels like they are learning history at all. A Reluctant Belle is both thought provoking and inspiring. It leaves the reader wondering what is in store for the Daughtry sisters and their fledgling hotel as these young women take on prejudice and hatred with love and faith...
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives A Reluctant Belle by Beth White a 4 Bark rating.
I really enjoyed this book but I did have one concern while reading. Two terms for political beliefs were used in the book, however, today, those descriptive terms are vastly different from what they were 150 years ago. We still use the terms but they are now stereotypically applied to the opposite political parties, which may be a little confusing for modern readers.
Anyway, Beth White is a master of teaching little known aspects of Southern history in such an entertaining way, and with such memorable characters, that the reader hardly feels like they are learning history at all. A Reluctant Belle is both thought provoking and inspiring. It leaves the reader wondering what is in store for the Daughtry sisters and their fledgling hotel as these young women take on prejudice and hatred with love and faith...
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives A Reluctant Belle by Beth White a 4 Bark rating.
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