The Ladies of Ivy Cottage

by Julie Klassen

Overview

JULIE KLASSEN loves all things Jane—Jane Eyre and Jane Austen. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Julie worked in publishing for sixteen years and now writes full time. Three of her books, The Silent Governess, The Girl in the Gatehouse, and The Maid of Fairbourne Hall, have won the Christy Award for Historical Romance. The Secret of Pembrooke Park was honored with the Minnesota Book Award for genre fiction. Julie has also won the Midwest Book Award and Christian Retailing's BEST Award, and has been a finalist in the Romance Writers of America's RITA Awards and ACFW's Carol Awards. Julie and her husband have two sons and live in a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota.

For more information, visit www.julieklassen.com.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764218156
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/05/2017
Series:	Tales from Ivy Hill Series , #2
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Julie Klassen is a graduate of the University of Illinois. She worked in publishing for 16 years and now writes full time. Three of her books have won the Christy Award for Historical Romance. Julie has also won the Minnesota Book Award, Christian Retailing's BEST Award, the Midwest Book Award, and has been a finalist in the Romance Writers of America's RITA Awards and ACFW's Carol Awards. Julie and her husband have two sons and live in St. Paul, Minnesota. For more information, visit www.julieklassen.com.

Editorial Reviews

12/18/2017
Klassen’s sweet and gentle second Tales from Ivy Hill novel (after The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill) returns readers to the bucolic Regency-era small English town. The story follows several women as they become accustomed to their changing circumstances: Rachel, a gentlewoman who has fallen on difficult times; Mercy, the headmistress of the girls’ school at Ivy Cottage dealing with a new group of unruly students; and Jane, a recently widowed woman working hard to keep her inn afloat. Each woman faces her new challenges with grace and faith. Rachel is the primary focus of this installment: her family has fallen on difficult times after the death of her father led to a distant cousin inheriting her childhood home, and she is forced to rely on the assistance of the ladies of Ivy Cottage. When Rachel flounders at Ivy Cottage after Mercy hires her to teach, the three women hit upon the idea of Rachel opening the town’s first circulating library, using the books left to her by her father. While meandering in places, this story will please fans who like happy endings. However, it doesn’t stand well alone, and readers will be best served reading the first book first. Agent: Wendy Lawton, Books & Such. (Dec.)

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