| Eliza Lily was orphaned as a child and ran away from her
foster father and from a past she can’t quite remember.
William Bennett and his sister Jewel took her in and raised
her as their cousin.
William left town to make a name for himself in the big
city to prove himself to his father. On a trip home he
notices that Eliza isn’t the little girl she once was. In
hopes of marrying Eliza off William takes his sister and
Eliza to the city.
Eliza’s past comes back to haunt her and could ruin any
relationship she could hope to have with the Bennett
family. Can William and Eliza overcome society and a
haunted past to be together or will William let society rule
his behavior?
I had a hard time getting into Eliza’s Hope
through no fault of the author. Vicki Gaia did a wonderful
job with the research and story. During the timing of
Eliza’s Hope wonderful things were happening in
the world. Ms. Gaia did a great job portraying the emotions
of the woman’s suffrage movement and society’s reaction to
the movement. There was a part of the story where Eliza is
trying to get people interested in the movement and she is
attacked by a mob. I felt as if I was right there with
Eliza.
The part of the story that I really got into was the
mystery of Eliza’s past. Ms. Gaia played that out in a way
that keeps you guessing. I also enjoyed the secondary
character or Jewel. Her love story was almost more
entertaining for me than Eliza and Williams’.
All in all Eliza’s Hope was a good story
with excellent research and passion for a subject that
should be dear to all women’s hearts. |
