A Victorian Rose

If you like Catherine Palmer, this book will not disappoint. The characters are rich and well developed. Clemma's world is small and mundane, and maybe her Christianity has become a little stunted too--enter Dr. Paul Blaine, a physician with a notorious reputation. Clemma's safe little world is shaken but she doesn't run from it as she would like but lays it at the feet of God, and therefore grows as a result of the encounter. I suppose it's a bit predictable but written with such skill that I didn't mind in the least!