Jaime Jo Wright
Bethany House, 2021
368 pages
Amazon Description:
1885.
Adria Fontaine has been sent to recover goods her father pirated on the Great Lakes during the war. But when she arrives at Foxglove Manor–a stone house on a cliff overlooking Lake Superior–Adria senses wickedness hovering over the property. The mistress of Foxglove is an eccentric and seemingly cruel old woman who has filled her house with dangerous secrets, ones that may cost Adria her life.
Present day.
Kailey Gibson is a new nurse’s aide at a senior home in a renovated old stone manor. Kidnapped as a child, she has nothing but locked-up memories of secrets and death, overshadowed by the chilling promise from her abductors that they would return. When the residents of Foxglove start sharing stories of whispers in the night, hidden treasure, and a love willing to kill, it becomes clear this home is far from a haven. She’ll have to risk it all to banish the past’s demons, including her own.
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I love just Jaime Jo Wright. She writes the most delightful Christian mystery/romantic suspense novels that always surprise me. My favorite thing about her books in general is that even though they are spooky and hint at ghostly things, there is always a logical explanation in the end, which is great because by and large I’m not a big fan of supernatural things. Since I know that she is taking us somewhere rooted in this world I can follow along and not be too creeped out because I trust the payout at the end.
The thing that I liked about this book specifically were the unexpected romances. Both of the pairings in On the Cliffs of Foxglove Manor are really sweet and came from a place of the two characters helping each other and growing on each other, rather than the typical instant chemistry and sparks that you get in a lot of romantic suspense. I have absolutely zero problems with some big ole chemistry, but it was refreshing to see something a little different here.
I also liked that On the Cliffs of Foxglove Manor brought in some bits of Civil War history that I was never aware of before. All of her books that I have read have been dual timeline stories and I like the weaving of historical events and facts into a modern day story in a way that feels relevant.
This book (and all her others) was a hit for me. I give it two thumbs up and would hand it to any mystery lover who asked me for a recommendation.