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The re-release of Provo author Sarah Eden's Whitney Award-nominated book, Seeking Persephone, thrills the hearts of her fans and Regency lovers everywhere. Initially self-published and has been out-of-print the past three years, Eden's well-loved story has returned to bookstore shelves.
In Seeking Persephone, Persephone Lancaster's family is on the verge of financial ruin. When an unexpected marriage proposal forces her to choose between her own happiness and her family's welfare, Persephone finds herself relegated to life in a secluded castle as the wife of a bitter duke. Living in a fortress surrounded by foreboding forests and wild dogs while facing a distant, unfeeling husband inside its walls, Persephone is sure she will never be happy again.
But Adam, the Duke of Kielder, is not entirely what he seems. Physically and emotionally scarred from childhood, his icy demeanor masks a softer, more vulnerable character. Forced to face the constant courage and optimism of his enchanting young wife, the Duke can hardly keep his protective walls intact. When menacing forces put Persephone's life in jeopardy, will the Duke risk his heart in order to truly save her or will he remain safe within the stronghold he has created?
Seeking Persephoneis the prequel to Eden's other Whitney Award-nominated book, Courting Miss Lancaster, which was released by Covenant Communications in March 2010.
Using her dynamic style, Eden plunges into this sweet, Beauty and the Beast-type tale. With her characteristic wit and charm she leads readers through the world of strict propriety to find the warmth of a tender love story.
The characters are immediately understandable and endearing. Readers will find themselves rooting for Persephone and Adam to come together through their personal struggles to create a life they can cherish together.
Seeking Persephone is sure to tug at the heart strings of romance lovers and to please Eden's expanding collection of fans. --Melissa DeMoux, For the Deseret News
About the Author
Sarah M. Eden read her first Jane Austen novel in elementary school and has been an Austen addict ever since. Fascinated by the Regency era in English history, Eden became a regular in the Regency section of the reference department at her local library, painstakingly researching this extraordinary chapter in history. Eden is an award-winning author of short stories and Regency-era novels, including Courting Miss Lancaster, The Kiss of a Stranger, Friends and Foes, An Unlikely Match, Drops of Gold, Glimmer of Hope and As You Are.
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Sarah M. Eden read her first Jane Austen novel in elementary school and has been addicted to historical romance ever since. With a degree in research and a fascination with history, Eden loves delving deep into history. Eden is an award-winning author of short stories and has been a Whitney Award Finalist for her novels Seeking Persephone (Covenant Communications, 2008) and Courting Miss Lancaster (Covenant Communications, 2010). You can visit her at www.sarahmeden.com
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52 of 58 people found the following review helpful
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Dianna Z
on August 5, 2009
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I read this book, and enjoyed it very much.
In response to the reviewer who gave this book only three stars, I would counter that there were some Viennese who objected to the movie "The Sound of Music" because the shots in the film didn't exactly match the story as it "really happened". Whether or not the Northumberland she knows today looked like Northumberland in the early 1800s is unlikely, and ultimately irrelevant to the reader's enjoyment of this story. Whether or not the setting is exactly historically accurate doesn't matter in the least from your average reader's perspective. Ms. Eden's depictions of a lonely, wild and isolated setting around the Kielder estate I found to be a highly effective setting that mirrored and magnified Perspephone's own feelings of isolation.
Again, to insinuate that every British schoolboy with a close male friend from public school has to be a closet homosexual is media-induced exaggeration, and reading things into the story that just aren't there. I got no "gay vibes" from my own reading of the relationship between Adam and his friend Harry.
As far as the wolves are concerned, while they may be extinct today, there is no reliable indication of when they became extinct. I did a "Google" search, as the three-star reviewer suggested, and found that, while wolves in general in England did seem to be mostly gone around the mid-1700s, some apocryphal stories do exist that placed the time of the wolves' final appearance in England to be around 1835 - well within the time-frame of this novel, which would also explain their starving and desperate state and also their proximity to the castle, such as they were in the book.Read more ›
In response to the reviewer who gave this book only three stars, I would counter that there were some Viennese who objected to the movie "The Sound of Music" because the shots in the film didn't exactly match the story as it "really happened". Whether or not the Northumberland she knows today looked like Northumberland in the early 1800s is unlikely, and ultimately irrelevant to the reader's enjoyment of this story. Whether or not the setting is exactly historically accurate doesn't matter in the least from your average reader's perspective. Ms. Eden's depictions of a lonely, wild and isolated setting around the Kielder estate I found to be a highly effective setting that mirrored and magnified Perspephone's own feelings of isolation.
Again, to insinuate that every British schoolboy with a close male friend from public school has to be a closet homosexual is media-induced exaggeration, and reading things into the story that just aren't there. I got no "gay vibes" from my own reading of the relationship between Adam and his friend Harry.
As far as the wolves are concerned, while they may be extinct today, there is no reliable indication of when they became extinct. I did a "Google" search, as the three-star reviewer suggested, and found that, while wolves in general in England did seem to be mostly gone around the mid-1700s, some apocryphal stories do exist that placed the time of the wolves' final appearance in England to be around 1835 - well within the time-frame of this novel, which would also explain their starving and desperate state and also their proximity to the castle, such as they were in the book.Read more ›
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Aubrey Mace
on October 16, 2009
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This was the first title I've read by Sarah Eden, and it didn't disappoint. There's something to be said for anticipation in a romance, and by the time the main characters finally admitted their feelings for each other, I was giddy with excitement. There are some really sweet moments in this book, made more so by the fact that the characters have to struggle so much to get that point. It was rewarding to see a couple who go from being barely tolerant of each other to gradually growing into a shy, mutual affection that blossoms into something more.
When I finished "Seeking Persephone", I immediately ordered "Affectations" and "Drops of Gold", both of which were also excellent. I can't wait to read some of the other titles by Sarah Eden-- the ones I have read so far are well-written with thorough character development, not to mention that all-important romantic zing that makes you root for these fictional people and care about what happens to them. The author does an exceptional job of laying the groundwork and ensuring that by the end of the story, you are completely invested in the romance. For me, that made all the difference.
When I finished "Seeking Persephone", I immediately ordered "Affectations" and "Drops of Gold", both of which were also excellent. I can't wait to read some of the other titles by Sarah Eden-- the ones I have read so far are well-written with thorough character development, not to mention that all-important romantic zing that makes you root for these fictional people and care about what happens to them. The author does an exceptional job of laying the groundwork and ensuring that by the end of the story, you are completely invested in the romance. For me, that made all the difference.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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M. Gray
on September 26, 2009
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I am so happy to have discovered Sarah M. Eden's beautiful story, Seeking Persephone. A Regency era Romance, it is a love story of a Duke and Duchess despite an upsetting beginning: he "buys her" to produce an heir to prevent a cousin he loathes from inheriting his estate.
I loved wanting the Duke and Duchess to end up loving each other. And I honestly laughed out loud a few times, the Duke's lines were so entertaining. There was one part when he said "Every bride should have a ball," and I couldn't help bursting out laughing. The line was so polarized from anything he should ever feel comfortable saying that it was hysterical yet sweet that he could bring himself to say such a line.
There was also another part, when he first touched her, that I was so shocked! Eden set it up perfectly, so that when it happened, I practically jumped. Very well done. I love sudden urges from a hero or heroine in a Romance.
I loved wanting the Duke and Duchess to end up loving each other. And I honestly laughed out loud a few times, the Duke's lines were so entertaining. There was one part when he said "Every bride should have a ball," and I couldn't help bursting out laughing. The line was so polarized from anything he should ever feel comfortable saying that it was hysterical yet sweet that he could bring himself to say such a line.
There was also another part, when he first touched her, that I was so shocked! Eden set it up perfectly, so that when it happened, I practically jumped. Very well done. I love sudden urges from a hero or heroine in a Romance.
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K. Vasquez
on May 11, 2013
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If a man decides he needs to get married to produce an heir to avoid leaving his estate to a cousin he detests, then goes ahead and gets married, don't you think at some point he would proceed to have sex with his wife? I am not saying the author needed to describe the scene if she didn't want to, but it seems like it should have happened offstage given this set up. Instead, the primary motivation for bringing these characters together in the first part of the book--having a child--just sort of disappeared from everyone's consciousness from then on. If you want them together in a sexless marriage, then maybe choosing procreation as the reason for the marriage was not well thought out.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This book requires willingly leaping into the creepy scenario that is Beauty and the Beast and finding it romantic. I always liked the fairy tale, but somehow a more "real world" type setting (still a stretch in a Regency novel, but I'll bite) the romance is overshadowed by teh creepy factor. Man is a brooding jerk. Keeps girl trapped in castle. She is lonely and often miserable but is convinced she has to change her attitude and be happy (in general a good idea) in spite of the fact that her husband is not making this effort.
I liked it, but was mildly creeped out by it at the same time.
I liked it, but was mildly creeped out by it at the same time.
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