Review: A Castaway in Cornwall

 

Book Review: A Castaway in Cornwall, by Julie Klassen, 5 stars

 
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Set adrift on the tides of fate by the deaths of her parents and left wanting answers, Laura Callaway now lives with her uncle and his disapproving wife in North Cornwall. There she feels like a castaway, always viewed as an outsider even as she yearns to belong. While wreckers search for valuables along the windswept Cornwall coast--known for its many shipwrecks but few survivors--Laura searches for clues to the lives lost so she can write letters to next of kin and return keepsakes to rightful owners. When a man is washed ashore after a wreck, Laura acts quickly to protect him from a local smuggler determined to destroy him. As Laura and a neighbor care for the survivor, they discover he has curious wounds and, although he speaks in careful, educated English, his accent seems odd. Other clues wash ashore, and Laura soon realizes he is not who he seems to be. Despite the evidence against him, the mysterious man might provide her only chance to discover the truth about her parents' fate. With danger pursuing them from every side, and an unexpected attraction growing between them, will Laura ever find the answers she seeks?


Genre: historical romance

Publication date: December 2020

Mature content: no

Review: I found A Castaway in Cornwall an absolute pleasure to read. Not only the story is interesting by itself, but the historical setting is engaging as well. Here and there I wanted to Google specific people and places mentioned in the book and from what I read I'm convinced the author did a great research work and managed to cleverly mix real and fictional characters. 

The romance between Laura and Alex often made me smile, and I was very glad then ended up finding their happiness despite all the trouble and uncertainty thrown into their path.
 
 
   


There are a few plot details here and there that seemed a bit too good to be true, but overall A Castaway in Cornwall is a great book and if you love historical fiction paired with a (clean) romance and lovely characters, then you shouldn't miss it.
 

 Happy readings, 


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