Margot’s Story
The Number of Love
Margot’s Story
Celebrate Lit Book Tour
About the Book
The Toughest Puzzle She’ll Have to Solve
Might be the Wishes of Her Own Heart
Three years into the Great War, England’s greatest asset is their intelligence network—field agents risking their lives to gather information, and codebreakers able to crack every German telegram. Margot De Wilde thrives in the environment of the secretive Room 40, where she spends her days deciphering intercepted messages. But when her world is turned upside down by an unexpected loss, she discovers for the first time in her life that numbers aren’t enough.
Drake Elton returns wounded from the field, followed by an enemy who just won’t give up. He’s smitten quickly by the intelligent Margot, but soon the dangers of the war draw ever closer. Margot and Drake will have to work together to save themselves from the very secrets that brought them together.
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My thoughts on Margot’s Story:
I have loved everything I have ever read by Roseanna M. White, and I’ve read everything of hers that I’ve been able to find. They’re marvelous. They are wonderful. You will love them.
Really, I should just go ahead and say go get this book and read it now. You will not want to stop reading. It’s wonderful!
I loved getting to know Margot more. She is someone I can relate to as I’ve always had an affinity for numbers and love solving number puzzles and such. Numbers can also be calming as they are always in a pattern. I can relate to how she sees them everywhere. That is she did see them everywhere until one disaster befell her too many and her life changed forever. And then the numbers stopped. Not the numbers that you see on a page but the numbers inside, the ones that would dance through her head, the voice of God.
As someone who is not Catholic, I don’t have that in common with our main character group in this story, but I could still relate to them on so many levels. It’s all about asking the right questions!
The teaser at the end with who the next Codebreaker book will follow was also a great one. I can’t wait to hear his story and find out what really happened with his pivotal life moment.
WWI is not a time period I am extremely familiar with, especially as it would pertain to those living in England at the time. I knew that they did some horrible things but I never realized that anthrax could possibly have been involved. War is such a different time period. Learning new bits and pieces of history always fascinate me.
Is it asking too much for the next book to be available right now?
Pivotal and key points to me in the story without giving away too much include dealing with grief in a healthy or unhealthy way. We see both in this story. As a nurse and a mental health nurse at that, it is such a great thing to talk about and shed light on. I don’t think that way even on the author’s radar when writing this book but maybe it was. Grief causes us to lose parts of ourselves we didn’t know we needed. It’s how we fill the holes that matter.
Reading is a fun pastime for me. I love that I can escape into a book. The really good books make you a part of the story rather than just a bystander though. This is one of those books. It draws you in and then makes you a character. I related most with Margot. Though I have to admit Drake was also very relatable to me. I really enjoyed meeting his character and learning about him.
Margot turns 18 within the pages of this book. She’s a child forced into adulthood during the war. Although she maintains that she was never truly a child as her mind was never that of a child with her numbers racing through. Life marches on whether we’re ready for it or not and sometimes death comes like a thief with no warning. You’d think during the war she’d be used to that by now.
I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from Celebrate Lit. All views expressed are only my honest opinion. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC regulations.
About the Author of Margot’s Story
More from Roseanna
When I told my best friend and critique partner what book I was pitching next to my publisher, her response was something along the lines of, “That sounds awesome. Also, you’re crazy, and I do not envy you writing that one.”
I laughed…and knew exactly what she meant. Because I was setting out to write a heroine who was a mathematician—which I am definitely not. A heroine who was utterly indifferent to love and marriage—which makes for a difficult story when one writes romance. A character who had an unshakeable faith—which has to be shaken at least a bit in order to make for growth throughout the story. And more, a character who has “issues,” let’s call it, that those familiar with such things will recognize…and which those who aren’t will probably think are quirks.
I was setting out to write a story that would be challenging for me, every step of the way. And the result is a book I’m incredibly in love with and so happy to share with the world.
The Number of Love is all about Margot, who thinks and even prays in numbers. Born and raised in Belgium, she and her family fled to England in 1914 when the Germans invaded her homeland. Thanks to her remarkable abilities with numbers and patterns, she’s now employed at Room 40, the Admiralty’s secret codebreaking branch. But as I was contemplating what sort of man could ever win Margot’s heart, I knew he had to be very different… someone active where she’s still. Someone outgoing where she turns inward. Someone who sees in her what she never can, and who believes she can grasp the dreams that society tells her are unbefitting a woman. This is how Drake was born—a field agent employed by Room 40.
I can honestly say this is the only book I’ve ever written that required me to borrow my daughter’s algebra book while I was writing it, LOL. And though every single scene was a challenge, it was one I thoroughly enjoyed. I hope you’ll join me on the journey that Margot and Drake are on, which answer the question my husband cheekily asked more than once as I was writing it: what is the number of love?
Blog Stops for Margot’s Story
Among the Reads, June 17
Moments, June 17
Babbling Becky L’s Book Impressions, June 17
Girls Living For God’s Glory, June 17
Back Porch Reads, June 18
The Avid Reader, June 18
Stories By Gina, June 18
janicesbookreviews, June 18
Reflections From My Bookshelves, June 19
Inspired by Fiction, June 19
Worthy2Read, June 19
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, June 19
As He Leads is Joy, June 20
Christian Chick’s Thoughts, June 20
Blossoms and Blessings, June 20
Real World Bible Study, June 21
Multifarious, June 21
Emily Yager, June 21
A Reader’s Brain, June 21
Bigreadersite, June 22
For the Love of Literature, June 22
Simple Harvest Reads, June 22 (Guest post from Mindy Houng)
She Lives to Read, June 23
The Christian Fiction Girl, June 23
Just the Write Escape, June 23
Genesis 5020, June 24
For Him and My Family, June 24
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, June 24
Inklings and notions, June 24
Life of Literature, June 25
D’S QUILTS & BOOKS, June 25
Stephanie’s Life of Determination, June 25
Texas Book-aholic, June 25
Just Your Average reviews, June 26
Blogging With Carol, June 26
The Becca Files, June 26
Splashes of Joy, June 26
Giveaway to go with Margot’s Story
To celebrate her tour, Roseanna is giving away a grand prize of winner’s choice of TWO signed books, Fruit and Floral Flavors Sugar Shapes, and some Roseanna M. White swag!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/de86/the-number-of-love-celebration-tour-giveaway
emilee
Looking forward to this one! I love the cover!
Erin S.
It is such an amazing read and yes the cover is gorgeous!