Bellewether

I received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. From the publisher --- Some houses seem to want to hold their secrets. It’s 1759 and the world is at war, pulling the North American colonies of Britain and France into the conflict. The times are complicated, as are the loyalties of many New York merchants who have secretly been trading with the French for years, defying Britain’s colonial laws in a game growing ever more treacherous. When captured French officers are brought to Long Island to be billeted in private homes on their parole of honour, it upends the lives of the Wilde family—deeply involved in the treasonous trade and already divided by war. Lydia Wilde, struggling to keep the peace in her fracturing family following her mother’s death, has little time or kindness to spare for her unwanted guests. And Canadian lieutenant Jean-Philippe de Sabran has little desire to be there. But by the war’s end, they’ll both learn love, honour, and duty can form tangled bonds that are not broken easily. Their doomed romance becomes a local legend, told and re-told through the years until the present day when a conflict of a different kind brings Charley Van Hoek to Long Island to be the new curator of the Wilde House Museum. Charley doesn’t believe in ghosts. But as she starts to delve into the history of Lydia and her French officer, it becomes clear that the Wilde House holds more than just secrets, and Charley discovers the legend might not have been telling the whole story...or the whole truth.

Poppy, my sister (who doesn’t like a digital footprint due to her career choice) asked to read and review this book. ****************************************************************************************************************** I do love a good novel by a #Canadianauthor ! Kersley's books are a favourite of mine and this one did not disappoint! Okay, yes I was rooting for the Canadians - even if he was French Canadian :-) . Her writing style is so enjoyable as it draws you in and keeps you up until the wee hours of the morning to finish it! This is a definite book club pick that will bring up conversations re ghosts, memories, lost loves and can buildings be haunted? (if you don't believe that take a tour of the Kingston Pen! Five Fabulous stars!!