Cecilia or Flight from A Shadow

by Catherine J. Bowness

It is 1819 and Cecilia Moss is travelling to Switzerland with her family when, stopping at an inn for the night, she meets the Earl of Waldron, a man the reader has met before in one of Bowness’s previous books (Honoria or The Safety of the Frying Pan). He is there with his cousin and her chaperone. The Earl is a respectable diplomat, the Mosses are footloose chancers who appear to be on the run from something or other, but it takes the Earl and his nineteen-year-old cousin less than a minute to fall under their spell. The consequences will change all their lives and eventually force the Mosses to face the scandal from which they have been fleeing.Praise for Bowness’s previous books includes: ‘Catherine Bowness has an elegant writing style which captures the Regency Period perfectly. She always produces stories full of romance and adventure, with well-developed and engaging characters’; and ‘Excellent storyline with amusing characters. One slight criticism - I wanted to know the ultimate fate of the villain. Very enjoyable.’ The fate of that villain is revealed in this book.

285 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 30, 2019

About the author

I began writing novels at school but was too shy to let anyone see them so I carried on making them up in my head. As a lonely child in boarding school, this was my drug of choice and I became quite addicted to it - as also to reading - always novels. I don't especially like films because I want to imagine the people and sets for myself not have them imposed on me by a director and producer. I believe this is the power of novels: the reader must work in concert with the writer to create the magic.

Reviews

[Angelie Elliott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cecelia

I like the time period and setting of this story. The first half of the book was interesting with lots of colorful characters. The second half fell a bit flat. The mfc is a little stuck on her family issues, and the 2 main characters seem to keep having the same conversation again and again. Anyway, the ending got long and drawn out.

[Gillian Searl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great book by C Bowness.