Reading for Pleasure

The school in which I attend recently took a lovely Fall Break. A few days full of rest and relaxation. The lovely thing about it was that I could finally read a book! I have not read anything for pleasure since school started and that was a little over three months ago. When school began, I was reading a book, so I had the pleasure of finishing one of my favorite Lori Wick books. But since then, I have not had the time to read for pleasure like I would like to have been doing.
So when I got home, I raided my sister's literary collection (my favorites all being in my college dorm). I borrow this lovely newer book called The Silent Governess by the wonderful Christian author, Julie Klassen. I had read a book by her before, The Mistress of Milkweed Manor, and loved it but had not read anything by her since. Anyway, this book was marvelous! I could not put it down! It took place in Regency England when all was elegant and there were strict rules that had to be followed.
The heroin, Olivia Keene, comes home to witness her mother being strangled by her father, so he  hits him over the head with a blunt object. Thinking that she killed him, she leaves home, with instructions from her mother to find this all-girl's school where she could teach and be safe from her father's wrath.
On her way there, she goes through many dangerous adventures and finally ends up overhearing a secret conversation between Lord Bradley and his father, Lord Brightwell. Olivia is found eavesdropping and is accused of being a thief. After a bad injury, she is rendered speechless. Nonetheless, Lord Bradley takes her back to his home to work so that his secret will be safe.
There are many twists and turns in this book. Each one being better than the last. This book is a combination of a jane Austen novel with a suspenseful twist. With 448 pages, I could barely put it down and finished it in three days. I highly recommend it!

http://www.julieklassen.com/Books.html