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Silent Voices
Marlene Mitchell sets her latest novel in fascinating New Orleans during the 1820s and ’30s – an evocative time and place that draws readers into a world of madness, manipulation, deadly jealousy and passion.
Beautiful Genevieve Beaumont, trapped in a loveless marriage to a wealthy man twice her age, finds herself drawn to Daniel Evangeline, her husband’s new employee on th...more
Beautiful Genevieve Beaumont, trapped in a loveless marriage to a wealthy man twice her age, finds herself drawn to Daniel Evangeline, her husband’s new employee on th...more
Paperback, 318 pages
Published
October 1st 2011
by Blackwyrm
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First, let me preface that this book was free on Amazon Kindle. A for-sure incentive for reading a book that I might otherwise not have read.
When you read the synopsis, it implies the book is about Genevieve and told from her point of view. It is not. Not at all.
The story follows Daniel, a formerly wealthy educated young man that has fallen on hard times. He grew up very wealthy and expected to stay so. Due to his father's death and the stupidness of his loser brothers, all the money is gone an...more
When you read the synopsis, it implies the book is about Genevieve and told from her point of view. It is not. Not at all.
The story follows Daniel, a formerly wealthy educated young man that has fallen on hard times. He grew up very wealthy and expected to stay so. Due to his father's death and the stupidness of his loser brothers, all the money is gone an...more
Mitchell’s book is rich in New Orleans history of plantation life with a surly plantation and slave owner going by the name of Colonel Beaumont. In order to save her family from financial ruin, young Genevieve marries the Colonel and is now trapped in a loveless marriage.
Twenty something accountant Daniel is befriended by the captain of one of the colonel’s ships. Much to Daniel’s dismay, before Captain Angus Hogarty dies, he leaves his young son Jacob in his care. As Jacob’s guardian, Daniel a...more
Twenty something accountant Daniel is befriended by the captain of one of the colonel’s ships. Much to Daniel’s dismay, before Captain Angus Hogarty dies, he leaves his young son Jacob in his care. As Jacob’s guardian, Daniel a...more
Could not put it down. Marlene Mitchell has such a wonderful way of making her characters so real.
Book was better than I thought it was gonna be. A good page-turner.
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Dec 14, 2012 01:26pm
Hehe, thanks! :...more
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