The Lady of Bolton Hill by Elizabeth Camden, is an 1879 Baltimore-set historical romance (possibly romantic suspense) with a sense of social justice, free courtesy of Christian publisher Baker's Bethany House imprint.
The author is apparently a librarian and associate professor with a history degree, so hopefully that increases the chances of this being period-accurate and well-written and researched. Or at least coherently grammatical.
Currently free @
Amazon UK, will likely drop in the
main store and show up elsewhere.
Four Abingdon Press Christian fiction freebies are slated to repeat (already available in the UK) and since they're mostly on the women's fiction side of the fence, I'll list them here for anyone who missed them earlier who wants to get an early chance at picking them up before the old threads get updated in the morning:
Highland Blessings historical romance by Jennifer Hudson Taylor
They Almost Always Come Home mystery/suspense by Cynthia Ruchti
Charlotte Figg Takes Over Paradise and
The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow eccentric small town literary/women's fiction in a series by Charlotte Magnin
Description
Female journalists are rare in 1879, but American-born Clara Endicott has finally made a name for herself with her provocative articles championing London's poor.
When the backlash from her work forces a return home to Baltimore, Clara finds herself face-to-face with a childhood sweetheart who is no longer the impoverished factory worker she once knew. In her absence, Daniel Tremain has become a powerful industry giant and Clara finds him as enigmatic as ever.
However, Daniel's success is fueled by resentment from past wounds and Clara's deeply-held beliefs about God's grace force Daniel to confront his own motives. When Clara's very life is endangered by one of Daniel's adversaries, they must face a reckoning neither of them ever could have foreseen.