{"id":919,"date":"2014-09-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/15\/book-review-loves-fortune\/"},"modified":"2014-09-15T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T12:00:00","slug":"book-review-loves-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/15\/book-review-loves-fortune\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Love&#8217;s Fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhpAw99EzAEKHL7oRNFVfCMrhv690VOtvOKdkrBqYVo4rJK1ojE6jSjrNHvIVbqwVNMoXoIGuOL1HgSROWEBR24pBn2TWuLLz6FgdrUUDl0IC5P5lWEVWFrrhZubDGWkk9avAHgxLPJpJqt\/s1600\/download2.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhpAw99EzAEKHL7oRNFVfCMrhv690VOtvOKdkrBqYVo4rJK1ojE6jSjrNHvIVbqwVNMoXoIGuOL1HgSROWEBR24pBn2TWuLLz6FgdrUUDl0IC5P5lWEVWFrrhZubDGWkk9avAHgxLPJpJqt\/s1600\/download2.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Sheltered since birth at her Kentucky home, Rowena Ballantyne has heard only whispered rumors of her grandfather Silas&#8217;s vast fortune and grand manor in Pennsylvania. When her father receives a rare letter summoning him to New Hope, Rowena makes the journey with him and quickly finds herself in a whole new world&#8211;filled with family members she&#8217;s never met, dances she&#8217;s never learned, and a new side to the father she thought she knew. As she struggles to fit in during their extended stay, she finds a friend in James Sackett, the most valued steamship pilot of the Ballantynes&#8217; shipping line. Even with his help, Rowena feels she may never be comfortable in high society. Will she go her own way . . . to her peril?<\/p>\n<p>With her signature attention to historical detail, Laura Frantz brings 1850s Pennsylvania alive with a tender story of loss, love, and loyalty. Fans will cheer for this final installment of the Ballatyne saga.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6-pqeyQoN9Y?rel=0\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n=====================================<br \/>\nAnother end to another series. Sadly, I didn&#8217;t have the opportunity to review the first two books, but let me tell you, if they&#8217;re anything like this gem, I wouldn&#8217;t hesitate to go out and find them. Wren&#8217;s story touched my heart. I cannot imagine leaving behind everything that you know to be thrust into a world that is completely foreign. Like any good story, there will be those who welcome her and those who &#8230;well let&#8217;s just say that they&#8217;re not as welcoming. &nbsp;Actually, forget about stories..just like life, there are always both kinds of people and it&#8217;s how we handle them that tells our true character. Rowena (aka Wren) and her story kept me up reading far past my bedtime and I don&#8217;t have a single regret. It was well worth a sleepy morning..and maybe a nap. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s227.photobucket.com\/albums\/dd163\/kroets\/?action=view&amp;current=Name2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photobucket\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i227.photobucket.com\/albums\/dd163\/kroets\/Name2.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>I received a copy of this book for the purpose of this review.. All thoughts, comments and opinions are my own.<\/i><br \/>\nIf you like what you&#8217;ve read here, please share it with others using these buttons:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheltered since birth at her Kentucky home, Rowena Ballantyne has heard only whispered rumors of her grandfather Silas&#8217;s vast fortune and grand manor in Pennsylvania. When her father receives a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}