40. The Curious Inheritance of Blakely House. Joanna Davidson Politano. 2025. 400 pages. [Source: Library] [4 stars, christian fiction, christian romance, historical romance]
First sentence: It was a strangely calm morning in March, with no wind off the dales, when the woman I assumed to be my mother slipped into the shop.
Sydney Forrester, our heroine, is a clockmaker and tinkerer living with her aunt who has essentially raised her. (Her birth father is a mystery; her mother abandoned her). She has at times tried to find her mother, but up until now has failed. When the novel opens, her recent advertisement where she is seeking information about her mother, leads another woman to the shop. A woman declaring that Sydney Forrester has inherited the estate of her great-uncle [or great-great uncle???] Blakely House. When she arrives on the island [I believe it is an island], she learns the truth: she is one of many possible heirs....and there's a 'contest' of sorts. And the other possible heirs? Well they are shady shady and more shady. The only possible potential friend is the handsome, dashing one-armed pirate-butler, Andre Montagne. She'll be risking her freedom and possibly her life if she stays....yet the more she learns about her great-uncle, the man of the house, his work and inventions, his personal life, etc, the more she feels at HOME and at PEACE.
Sydney Forrester is neurodivergent. The romance was great. I cared more about the romance aspects of this one than the so-called "contest" of heirs. Part of me wishes I had not just read The Inheritance Games. I definitely liked this one. I enjoyed The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple more; this is the novel I read last month, I believe. That one was WONDERFUL. I think I had higher expectations. But this is a solidly good read. Definitely appreciate this author's work.
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