A Respectable Actress {Litfuse Review}

 

 

About the book:

A Respectable Actress (Thomas Nelson, October 2015)

When India Hartley is accused of murder, she must uncover the deceptions of others to save herself.

India Hartley, a famous and beautiful actress, is now alone after her father’s death and embarks upon a tour of theaters across the South. Her first stop is Savannah’s Southern Palace. On the eve of the second night’s performance, something goes horribly wrong. Her co-star, Arthur Sterling, is shot dead on stage in front of a packed house, and India is arrested and accused of the crime.

A benefactor hires Philip Sinclair, the best—and handsomest—lawyer in Savannah to defend India. A widower, Philip is struggling to reinvent his worn-out plantation on St. Simons Island. He needs to increase his income from his law practice in order to restore Indigo Point, and hardly anything will bring him more new clients than successfully defending a famousactress on a murder charge.

Because India can’t go anywhere in town without being mobbed, Philip persuades the judge handling her case to let him take her to Indigo Point until her trial date. India is charmed by the beauty of the Georgia lowcountry and is increasingly drawn to Philip. But a locked room that appears to be a shrine to Philip’s dead wife and the unsolved disappearance of a former slave girl raise troubling questions. Piecing together clues in an abandoned boat and a burned-out chapel, India discovers a trail of dark secrets that lead back to Philip, secrets that ultimately may hold the key to her freedom. If only he will believe her.

A native of west Tennessee, Dorothy Love makes her home in the Texas hill country with her husband and their golden retriever. An award-winning author of numerous young adult novels, Dorothy made her adult debut with the Hickory Ridge novels. When she isn’t busy writing or researching her next book, Love enjoys hiking, traveling, and hanging out with her husband Ron and their rambunctious golden retriever. The Loves make their home in the Texas hill country.

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My thoughts:

 

I very much enjoyed this book!  I don’t know a lot about theatre and the stage back in the late 1800’s but I do know they were not highly respected or looked at during that time period.  It makes sense that the girl from the theatre would be the easy target to frame for murder.  Especially since it was her gun that was used that day!  And she’d had an altercation with the murdered gentleman just that day!

 

Will they overlook the evidence saying she did it to get to the truth?  Just what other truth is going to be discovered?  Can people come back from the dead?

 

I simply adored all the twists and turns in this book!  Just when you thought you’d got it figured out it’d take down another path and new information would come to light.  I loved it!  This is the first that I’ve read from this author and I was very pleased.  I can’t wait to discover some new works by her!

 

You’re definitely going to want to read this book and find out how a lawyer’s wife can come back from the dead and not really be his wife.  Also find out if the beautiful actress can escape going to jail and where her true friendships lie.  Great read!!