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• Beauty Among Ruins
• Jnell Ciesielski
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• 16 December 2019
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review Beauty Among Ruins ã PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB free Great War breaks out and wreaks havoc She joins her cousin in nursing the wounded at a convalescent home deep in the wilds of Scotland at a crumbling castle where its laird is less than welcomingAlec MacGregor has given his entire life to preserving his home of Kinclavoch Castle but mounting debts force him to sell off his family history bit by bit Labeled a coward for not joining his countrymen in the trenches due to an old injury he open. J nell Ciesielski has delivered an entertaining WWI era romance about an American heiress swept away to Europe Scotland to be exact There she takes on the role of a nurse in a dark and dreary castle Romance blooms while a series of mysterious events threaten the future of the estate I enjoyed this read There were plenty of antagonists to keep me guessing who the real villain was As I worked through the story I was reminded of Beauty and the Beast although I would not call this a retelling Character development was uite strong There were however a few incidents in this story that I would have liked to see better resolution to Overall a good read for historical romance fans I received a complimentary copy of this book Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own

review Beauty Among Ruins ã PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB free S his home to the Tommies to make recompense while he keeps to the shadows But his preference for the shadows is shattered when a new American nurse comes streaming into the castle on a burst of lightLily and Alec are thrown together when a series of mysterious events threatens to ruin the future of Kinclavoch Can they put aside their differences to find the culprit before it’s too late or will their greatest distraction be falling in lov. Flighty American heiress Lily Durham is banished to England to stay with her cousin Bertie at her family s estate world war one begins and she s stranded Bertie decides to do her bit and becomes a nurse Lily trains as a nurse s aide and off to Scotland they go for their first posting Kinclavoch castle is the home of Alec MacGregor it s a crumbling ancient Scottish Highland estate that he s been desperately trying to keep financially afloat since his father passed away and it s being used as a convalescent home for wounded British soldiersLily rushes headlong into situations so when she arrives at Kinclavoch things don t get off to a great start with the Laird or with Matron Strom who s in charge of the hospital Alec s a bit of a grump he hurt his leg years ago in a riding accident he can t fight in the war and he assumes people think he s a cowardA series of unfortunate incidents happen near the estate Captain Alan Gibbons is abducted and the local police look into it and they haven t got a clue why Is the castle cursed or is it just a case of really bad luck or the work of a possible saboteur Lily Durham is a real character she did get into uite a few scrapes in America and it was all harmless fun But working as a nurse s aide she finds her true calling she s kind caring fun and just what the grumpy Laird needs to shake up his world Beauty Among Ruins is a wonderful historical Scottish romance it s a story about Lily s antics her seeing beneath the grumpy exterior of Alec understanding the heavy burden he carried being the Laird their path to finding love in beautiful Scotland and five stars from me The Ties That Bind years ago in a riding accident he can t fight in the war and he assumes people think he s a cowardA series of unfortunate incidents happen near the estate Captain Alan Gibbons is abducted and the local police look into it and they haven t got a clue why Is the castle cursed or is it just a case of really bad luck or the work of a possible saboteur Lily Durham is a real character she did get into uite a few scrapes in America and it was all harmless fun But working as a nurse s aide she finds her true calling she s kind caring fun and just what the grumpy Laird needs to shake up his world Beauty Among Ruins is a wonderful historical Scottish romance it s a story about Lily s antics her seeing beneath the grumpy exterior of Alec understanding the heavy burden he carried being the Laird their path to finding love in beautiful Scotland and five stars from me

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review Beauty Among Ruins ã PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB free In Ciesielski’s latest sweeping romance an American heiress finds herself in Scotland amid the fallout of the Great War and a wounded Scottish laird comes face to face with his past and a woman he never could have expectedAmerican socialite Lily Durham is known for enjoying one moment to the next with little regard for the conseuences of her actions But just as she is banished overseas to England as a “cure” for her frivolous ways the. I could not possibly have adored this book I read J nell Ciesielski s The Socialite earlier this year and immediately became a fan so I would ve read Beauty Among Ruins no matter the setting or storyline But when I discovered it took place in Scotland and featured a Scottish hero I went from eager to I need this book now And it completely lived up to my readerly hopes I loooooved the Scottish setting an old castle serving as a convalescent home during the Great War I enjoyed the mystery too but it was the romance between Alec and Lily that completely swept me away Deftly paced skillfully written and oh so believable it was all things sumptuous and swoony I know I ll be rereading this book