Captain Wentworth Home From the Sea
Like Persuasion, Captain Wentworth Home From the Sea is a sweet story about second chances.  Simonsen's Captain Wentworth is brusque at times but a good man.  Her version of Anne Elliot is delightful; she won't be ordered around by her family, and she won't let her late mother's close friend, Lady Russell, stand in the way of her happiness this time.  I loved this book... - Diary of an Eccentric