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A review by julie2525
The Autumn Bride by Anne Gracie
4.0
Women helping women. Multi-generational friendships.
This story doesn’t follow the usual pattern. The first part introduces us to 4 women turned sisters who escape their horrors together and vow to help each other. In desperate need of help, our hero of the day sneaks across roofs into an upper floor window of a nice-looking house. Unfortunately it was extremely run-down house with an enfeebled and depressed older lady, “weakened by prolonged and unnecessary bed rest and poor nutrition.” The failed burglary turned into a wonderful relationship of women helping women. The four sisters swooped in another day and took the house over. The meager service crew who were stealing from and starving her were fired on the spot. Abigail created a well-oiled machine. This new, expanded family made an excellent family.
Then the son came home from India after years. He heard that his aunt, the half-recovered Lady Davenham was being taken advantage of. Immediately upon entering the house he saw these 4 homeless young women and 2 random men living in his home with his weak and feeble aunt. He noted Abigail was responsible for supposed disaster and “they had an …exchange of views.” Plot things occur. Propriety was mostly kept. HEA.
This story doesn’t follow the usual pattern. The first part introduces us to 4 women turned sisters who escape their horrors together and vow to help each other. In desperate need of help, our hero of the day sneaks across roofs into an upper floor window of a nice-looking house. Unfortunately it was extremely run-down house with an enfeebled and depressed older lady, “weakened by prolonged and unnecessary bed rest and poor nutrition.” The failed burglary turned into a wonderful relationship of women helping women. The four sisters swooped in another day and took the house over. The meager service crew who were stealing from and starving her were fired on the spot. Abigail created a well-oiled machine. This new, expanded family made an excellent family.
Then the son came home from India after years. He heard that his aunt, the half-recovered Lady Davenham was being taken advantage of. Immediately upon entering the house he saw these 4 homeless young women and 2 random men living in his home with his weak and feeble aunt. He noted Abigail was responsible for supposed disaster and “they had an …exchange of views.” Plot things occur. Propriety was mostly kept. HEA.