When Cora Kensington learns she is the illegitimate daughter of a copper king, her life changes forever. Even as she explores Europe with her new family, she discovers that the most valuable journey is within. The first book in the Grand Tour series takes you from the farms of Montana through England and France on an adventure of forgiveness, spiritual awakening, and self-discovery.
[a:Lisa Tawn Bergren|73754|Lisa Tawn Bergren|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1299528643p2/73754.jpg] is one of those authors that writes across several genres and she is good at it as well. I initially discovered her writing in Christian Historical Fiction and while I love her Non Fiction and Children's Books, her Christian Historical Fiction enters my dreams at night. [b:Glamorous Illusions|11237007| Glamorous Illusions|Lisa Tawn Bergren|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328763018s/11237007.jpg|16163162] is the first in her new Grand Tour Series and it is one to make you think. Starting on the fields of Montana and coming to a close in a mansion of Paris with a promise of more to come in the sequel and rest of the trilogy.
Readers will get a western prairie opener with a regency romance continuance. While initially I'd say that this is not a very eventful book as not much time and actual "events" occur by finishing the book I can promise you that there are quite a few of edge of the seat, gasp in suspense moments that will make your pages turn faster. Yet overall this book is about an individual and her life. What it is, and what it should be, where she came from and where she is going. This is a great read for entertainment, but it is also capable of causing a reader to look back on themselves.
Now... to patiently wait for the rest of the series...
*Thanks to David C. Cook for providing a copy for review through Litfuse Publicity and loaning an eBook through Netgalley.*
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