Review: Good Sophmore Book in the Series!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2013
I have to tell you that I'm a sucker for a good series. I love becoming part of the lives of the characters and watching the romance come to fruition. But what really kicks a book up a notch for me is when I try to figure out what character will be the hero or heroine in the NEXT installment.In The Abolitionist's Secret, Becky Lower's second book in her Cotillion Ball Series, shy Heather Fitzpatrick takes center stage. She and her over-the-top twin sister Jasmine are starting their Cotillion season. Heather has always stayed in the shadows while her sister stood in the spotlight, so she is more than a little surprised when handsome Calvary Lieutenant David Whitman seems to be attracted to her and not Jasmine.When Jasmine breaks her foot at the first event of the season, Heather is left to fend for herself and David is a more than willing companion. The couple fall in love and plan to marry when David is notified that his father is gravely ill. Heather agrees to go south with him and within a matter of days, David's father passes away and leaves him with a debt-ridden plantation.Heather is thrust into a world that does not welcome her and she cannot understand. Before moving south, Heather's family was involved in the abolitionist movement, so seeing what the world is like on a plantation is especially eye-opening for her.What makes this book interesting is that the issue of slavery is looked at prior to the Civil War. It touches on the abolitionists working to free the slaves as well as the plantation owners who realized their way of life was destined to change.  And in the middle of this is a couple who had to determine if love was enough to bring their two divergent worlds together.