A Reluctant Belle(Daughtry House #2)by Beth White (Review)

My Review

I was so excited to start this book after I read the first book in the series! The second book picks up right where A Rebel Heart leaves off . The author does a wonderful job on bringing us up to speed with what happened in the last book that even if we haven't read it we are aware of the going ons. It's a very turbulent time in the South, tensions are high and the KKK is gaining strength. It's after the Civil War and Southern belle Joelle Daughtry is helping her sisters turn the old run down family plantation into a resort hotel. But what she's not telling anyone is she has a male pseudonym she is using writing articles in support of a negro school. She realizes she and her and childhood enemy Schuyler Beaumont will have to put aside childhood skirmishes and team up for the protection of her family and home. The rebuilding after the Civil War is slow and not all want it to progress. When Joelle finds herself the love interest of two men will she make the choice she feels pressured into making or the right choice? What a wonderful historical novel and yippie, there is another book coming in the series. Published June 4th 2019 by Fleming H. Revell Company

I was given a complimentary copy of this book. Thank you. All opinions expressed are my own.

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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?

About The Author

Beth White teaches music at an inner-city high school in historic Mobile, Alabama. Her hobbies include playing flute and pennywhistle and painting, but her real passion is writing historical romance with a Southern drawl.

A native Mississippian, she is a pastor's wife, mother of two, and grandmother of two--so far.

Also published as Elizabeth White, her novels have won the American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Award, the RT Book Club Reviewers Choice Award, and the Inspirational Reader's Choice Award.

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