The Pursuit of Lucy Banning

Coming across a new author is always a little intimidating because the adventure of a read may really go either way. Reviews out there are almost all favorable and this Christian Historical Fiction reader agrees with all the positive! Olivia Newport transports readers into a fast paced, but enjoyable read in an area and time not often covered. This book will be enjoyed by Downton Abbey fans as well as many others. Step your feet in to enjoy the world of both the Chicago aristocracy as well as the maids and others downstairs.

The title is The Pursuit of Lucy Banning, however, Lucy is not the only story you will find. Enter in and follow Lucy, Charlotte, Will and Daniel as well as get to know the Banning family through out these short and few pages and be entertained in a glamorous and real world. There are orphans in need and espionage to be had. Watch a bit of a feminist as well as social movement unfold while entertaining the hustle and bustle of a historic event in the background.

Olivia Newport is a new to this reader author and this first novel into the Avenue of Dreams is not the last be added to the shelf for the Creative Madness Mama. Continuing and understanding of the social classes was enjoyable and interesting. The romantic heart wants to scream leave them all and run away for love! Yet the practical is curious how anything could possibly work out in the end. Olivia did an impressive and engaging job keeping all the characters alive and coming off the page again and again. So much to wonder and guess what may be.

From a female college student, to an orphanage of children with parents still living, to dealing with a disease of the mind this author provides pages of distraction that get in your heart and make you keep going. Looking forward to continuing Charlotte's story in 2013.

Thank to Revell Books for providing a copy for review.

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