Last week, Jenny Blake shared her review of Regaining Mercy by Carolyn Miller, her most recent contemporary Christian romance. This week, I’m reviewing her most recent Regency romance—her best yet, in my opinion.
At twenty-eight years old, Mary Bloomfield is not likely to marry. The assembly rooms are full of younger ladies, and woefully lacking in gentlemen. They are all fighting in Spain. One of those men is Adam Edgerton, her brother’s best friend.
Despite being unmarried, Mary’s life is full.
She helps her father, the local doctor, with his patients. Mary has a strong personal Christian faith which she shares with others to encourage and build them up. She should be content. And yet contentment isn’t so easy to find.
Adam Edgerton has been shipped home to England, the fate of those who can no longer fight. Worse, he’s blind. He can’t see the world around him, and he can’t see a future. With Mary’s help, he learns to live despite his lack of vision.
Carolyn Miller is an excellent writer who doesn’t shy away from the hard things in life. Dusk’s Darkest Shores touches on difficult topics, including rape, suicide, and disability. There are no easy answers in her novels, just as there aren’t easy answers in life.
Dusk’s Darkest Shores is Christian fiction of the best kind.
Despite the sometimes dark subject matter and the fact Carolyn Miller refuses to allow her characters to take the easy path in their search for a happy-ever-after, Dusk’s Darkest Shores is ultimately an uplifting novel. It reminds us that God is with us even in those dark hours, and that when we let Him direct our paths, we will know his peace.
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Recommended for fans of faith-building Christian fiction.
Thanks to Kregel Books and Netgalley for providing a free ebook for review.
About Carolyn Miller
Carolyn Miller lives in the beautiful Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. She is married, with four gorgeous children, who all love to read (and write!).
A longtime lover of Regency romance, Carolyn’s novels have won a number of Romance Writers of American (RWA) and American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) contests. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Australasian Christian Writers. Her favourite authors are classics like Jane Austen (of course!), Georgette Heyer, and Agatha Christie, but she also enjoys contemporary authors like Susan May Warren and Becky Wade.
Her stories are fun and witty, yet also deal with real issues, such as dealing with forgiveness, the nature of really loving versus ‘true love’, and other challenges we all face at different times.
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About Dusk’s Darkest Shores
How can a meek wallflower help a returning war hero whose dreams are plunged into darkness?
That is until Adam Edgerton returns to the sleepy district. This decorated war hero did not arrive home to acclaim and rest, but to a new battle against the repercussions of an insidious disease. Mary’s caring nature cannot stand to see someone suffer–but how can she help this man see any brightness in his future when he’s plunged into melancholic darkness, his dreams laid waste by his condition?
Adam wants no charity, but he’s also no coward. If this gentle woman can work hard, how can he do less? Together they struggle to find a way forward for him. Frustration and antipathy slowly develop into friendship and esteem. Then a summer storm atop a mountain peak leads to scandal–and both Mary and Adam must search the depths of their closed hearts for answers if they hope to find any future path with happiness at its end.
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Thanks so much for sharing your kind review, Iola. I’m so glad you enjoyed!
Sounds like there are a lot of interesting themes there. Good on you for tackling those issues. I hope it does really well.
I look forward to reading this. It sounds interesting tackling difficult themes. I have only read one of Carolyn’s books – “Restoring Fairhaven”, and really enjoyed it. I look forward to reading this. I have so many books I want to read!
I read this voraciously in one very late night sitting! Coffee is my friend! With all the tough themes tackled by Carolyn in this book, the tender love story shone through, the bubbling sense of humour underpinned the relationship between Mary and Adam. Definitely Carolyn’s finest book so far; I’m in awe of her writing talent and her work ethic to keep on producing such beautiful books