Happy Television Talk Show Host Day! It was originally created to honor Johnny Carson's birthday, but it celebrates all talk show hosts! I have to admit I do not watch talk shows. They are always over the top and controversial (for the most part). I wonder they celebrate book lover day? I will have to look into it!
A Respectable Actress by Dorothy Love is a lovely historical romance/mystery novel. India Hartley is doing an acting tour. She is currently in Savannah just before
Christmas in 1870. India is performing
at the Southern Palace Theater.
Cornelius Philbrick is the manager of the theater and he has decided to
spice up the evenings performance for a critic.
He insists that India shoot (pretend) the person in the play instead of
hitting him over the head. Cornelius
states the firing pin was taken from the gun.
India protests but if she does not do as he asks, then she will be
replaced (and she needs the money).
India does as directed and Arthur Sterling (the actor she was to pretend
to shoot) is really shot. India is
immediately arrested for the crime.
An admirer Mrs. Sutton Mackay
hires Mr. Philip Sinclair to be her lawyer.
Philip takes India off to his plantation Indigo Point on St. Simon’s
Island to work on her defense (and so she does not have to stay in jail). Philip is working to restore St. Simon’s
Island and his plantation. India
discovers a mystery in the house with a closed room set up like a shrine and a
missing former slave girl. India
discovers a vital clue that could solve the mystery and could lead to her
freedom. Will Philip and India be able
to figure out who really killed Arthur Sterling in time to save India?
A Respectable Actress is good
story. I liked the mystery. It contained some interesting twists and turns. I found India to be a strong character (for
the most part) and the setting is just gorgeous (I would love to visit
Savannah). I give A Respectable Actress
4 out of 5 stars. A Respectable Actress
is nicely written though a little slow.
Overall, A Respectable Actress is a good Christian historical book. I enjoy books that have strong female main
characters (especially in an historical novel).
A Respectable Actress shows how detrimental secrets can be. You can follow Dorothy Love on Facebook.
I received a complimentary copy
of A Respectable Actress from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I am currently reading Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante by Susan Elia MacNeal (slow starter). Please consider becoming a follower of my blog. You can follow by email or through Google+ (at the right). I hope everyone has a great Friday and a lovely weekend. Happy Reading!
Kris
The Avid Reader
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