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Welcome to the Takeover + Review Blitz for Beyond Ivy Walls by Rachel Fordham hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours ! About the Book Title: Beyond Ivy Walls  Author: Rachel Fordham  Publisher: Thomas Nelson  Release Date: August 14, 2024  Genre: Historical Romance   Reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast, a recluse and a young woman discover that the scars of life are no match against an act of love.   Iowa, 1903. All of Monticello believes Otis Taylor has been away fostering his musical genius. But the truth is that his father exiled him long ago, rejecting Otis's appearance and the scars that came with it. Now that he is the last living Taylor, Otis has covertly returned to settle his family's affairs and rid himself of his past for good. However, he soon discovers that he may not have been the only discarded Taylor and begins a tireless search for his missing niece.   At twenty-three years old, Sadie West left her family farm an...

MY REVIEW   Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Revell (June 7, 2022) Language: English ISBN-10: 0800739744 ISBN-13: 978-0800739744 ⬅ ️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ As Norah King surveys her family land in Iowa in 1880, she is acutely aware that it is all she has left, and she will do everything in her power to save it--even if that means marrying a man she hardly knows. Days before her wedding, Norah discovers an injured man on her property. Her sense of duty compels her to take him in and nurse him back to health. Little does she realize just how much this act of kindness will complicate her life and threaten the future she's planned.   Norah's care does more than aid Quincy Barnes's recovery--it awakens his heart to possibilities. Penniless and homeless, he knows the most honorable thing he can do is head on down the road and leave Norah to marry her intended. But walking away from the first person to believe in him proves much harder than...

  MY REVIEW    Paperback:  352 pages Publisher:  Revell (June 1, 2021)  Language:  English ISBN-10:  0800739736 ISBN-13:  978-0800739737 ⬅️  Click Photo for Purchase Information “ Five years in a New York state reformatory have left a blemish on Hazel's real name. So when she takes a job as Doctor Gilbert Watts's lady in attendance in 1898, she does so under an alias. In the presence of her quiet and pious employer, Hazel finds more than an income. She finds a friend and a hope that if she can set her tarnished past in order, she might have a future after all. As Gilbert becomes accustomed to the pleasant chatter of his new dental assistant, he can't help but sense something secretive about her. Perhaps there is more to this woman than meets the eye. Can the questions that loom between them ever be answered? Or will the deeds of days gone by forever rob the future of its possibilities? ”   Thank you in advance to the publishe...