My Rating: ★★★★★
Series: A Cornish Romance: Book 1
Publisher: Draft Horse Publishing
Release Date: May 1, 2019
Genre: Clean Historical Romance
Abigail Moore will do anything to keep Golowduyn Lighthouse shining brightly, even if she must do so alone. When a shipwreck occurs near her home one stormy evening—bringing with it a dashing captain keen to offer his aid at every turn—her days of isolation vanish. Captain Gavin Kendricks didn’t expect to end his naval career by crashing his ship against the rugged cliffs of Cornwall. When he’s pulled from the sea by the fearless and quick-tempered Miss Moore, a tentative friendship forms between them, and he begins to realize what has been missing from his life. Before either of them can explore these newfound stirrings, death and deception hit Golowduyn, and Abigail is left with a choice. Either she loses everything she has ever loved, or she marries the captain and accepts his help. Unable to give up the lighthouse, she agrees to the union, and they work together to see that the light does not diminish. But when her childhood secrets are unearthed, and their property falls victim to troubling defacement, their marriage threatens to crumble. Gavin fights to gain her confidence, but only Abigail can forget the crippling memories of her past to trust Gavin with Golowduyn—and her heart.
My Review ♥️
Set in Cornwall, England in 1815, the Regency era with the breathtaking sea as a backdrop, made the novel charming and irresistible. Captain Gavin Kendricks is the perfect man: charming, handsome, and has incredible instincts and a heart of gold. Pure perfection. When Captain Kendricks has to make a challenging decision, to purposely crash his ship into the rocks at the base of Golowduyn lighthouse, a choice that leads the captain literally into the arms of the young lighthouse keeper, Abigail Moore, it is a chance meeting that alters the course of both of their lives.
Abigail is a heavily guarded woman who is haunted by her past, and has given every part of herself to the running of the lighthouse, all to help the many sailers out at sea. It's this strain that created an insecure, negative, untrusting character that after awhile began to grate on my nerves, almost to the point that I almost put the book down, but luckily I did not give up, namely due to several subjects that were shrouded in mystery until the very end, and worth the wait.
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★ Be sure to also check out MY REVIEW of On the Shores of Tregalwen
Connect With & Get to Know Author
Deborah M. Hathaway graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor's degree in English and an emphasis in Creative Writing. As a young girl, she devoured Jane Austen's novels while watching and re-watching every adaptation of Pride & Prejudice she could, entirely captured by all things Regency and romance.
Throughout her life, she wrote many short stories, poems, and essays, but it was not until after her marriage that she was finally able to complete her first romance novel, attributing the completion to her courtship with, and love of, her charming, English husband.
Deborah finds her inspiration for her novels in her everyday experiences with her husband and children and during her travels to the United Kingdom, where she draws on the beauty of the country in such places as Ireland, Yorkshire, and her beloved Cornwall.
She is thrilled to have three novels out and is nearing the completion of her fourth clean romance, which is based, of course, in Cornwall.
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