How a life can have unexpected turns

Synopsis

A new stand-alone saga set in Yorkshire around out the outbreak of the second world war and the unlikely relationship between a master and servant.
As a small child, Nellie Peace was always dreaming but sensed her mother’s rejection.

Abandoned and sent into service at Beaumont House at an early age, Nellie is lost and alone until she meets the unpredictable and reclusive artist, Lucas Harrington and falls in love with him.

This unlikely association between master and servant is encouraged by Lucas’s gentle natured Aunt Alice as Lucas sees something unusual in Nellie and is compelled to paint her.


Broken promises lead to inevitable heartbreak and Nellie flees Beaumont House in disgrace for London.
Alone again, Nellie must learn to live and fend for herself and her new-born child.

Can Nellie win a second chance of happiness and can she solve the mystery of her mother’s tortured past?

My review

As a young girl, Nellie always sensed that her own mother rejected her. No matter how lovely her father was, she truly craved to be on the receiving side of some affection from her mother.
But instead of love, her mother sends her away into service at Beaumont House. Working there, not only does she make some friends and finds her love for cooking, but she also meets Lucas Harrington. Lucas is unpredictable and reclusive and as being the master’s son, out of her league.
However when Lucas is determined to paint her, the relationship from master – servant shifts to one of lovers.
Despite having Lucas’ Aunt Alice in her corner, promises are broken, as hearts are too and Nellie flees the House.
Now Nellie has to rebuild her own life and take care of her new – born child.
Will Nellie have her happily ever after or will she find her heart broken again?

This author did it again, writing about the life of a young girl, growing up facing hardships yet managing to find the strengths to just keep going.

Nellie starts as a young girl, loved by her family, except her own mother. For some reason she doesn’t comprehend, her own mother rejects her. As a reader, I found it very hard myself to comprehend why her mother acted that way, on the verge of just being cruel. But seeing how her father compensated that lack of love, was sweet.

I can describe important event by important event but that would mean I would write my own book describing how those events made me feel, so I will keep it short.
In Beaumont House, I found it courageous of Nellie how she tries to make the best of everything, makes several friends and even manages to get close to Lucas Harrington.
It was sweet to read how these two characters are growing closer, even if they are from different worlds.

But the way Lucas breaks Nellie heart, was just terrible. Such a sweet girl like Nellie surely didn’t deserve to be treated that way!
And even further along in the book, every appearance of Lucas, made me dislike him even more. I went from liking this mysterious young man to not liking the selfish, even spoiled man at all!

It would be so easy for anyone to get in a downward spiral, but I didn’t expect Nellie to be so resilient! No matter what curveball life throws her, she manages to always get back on her feet, also having the help of real friends, and even a young man whose feelings may be more than just friendship!

The title of this book is ‘Nellie’s Heartbreak’, but there are actual several heartbreaks in store for Nellie. And those heartbreaks were also a bit inflicted to me. Each time as I thought that Nellie finally had her happily ever after, again something happens, pushing everything she fought so hard for down the drain.

This story shows us how strong a person can be. Nellie is an inspiring woman, never giving up, fighting back and not let the past crush her. Even the devastating secret of her mother would not change her.
It’s a gripping story over several years, about a young woman growing up, finding and losing love, with a war being fought in between.
Nellie grew from a bit a naïve girl, into a strong woman just trying to find her happiness without never giving up that someday, she would find her happily ever after!

I found this again a story that gripped my heart, finding myself longing to reach for it any free moment.
An entertaining story would be the wrong thing to say, but it surely was a fascinating story, with characters that that endured nearly everything that could happen to someone, yet managed to stay their true selves and made our main character so easy to love!