The Secrets of Paper and Ink by Lindsay Harrel

This enchanting story involves three women, all trying to begin new and meaningful lives. Sophia is a therapist, but when her abusive fiancee dies, she struggles with her conflicting feelings, and seeks answers in a new life in Cornwall, a world away from her practice in America.  Ginny, her new boss, also has to deal with a broken heart, wondering why her husband left her. Emily lived in the nineteenth century, but when Sophia finds her journal,she wonders if there is a message there for her.

This is a beautifully written and captivating novel with engaging characters, lovely heroes, wonderful descriptions of Cornwall and excellent Christian values. You can almost smell the salt from the sea and taste the Cornish food! Reading it would make anyone want to escape to Cornwall, like Sophia. It's a good place in which to rediscover hope and faith.

However, I found the modern stories better-written than Emily's tale. I also found that there were a lot of characters when I first started reading this book, and this was a bit confusing until I got used to it. I highly recommend it, and I will start looking for Lindsay Harrel's other novels.

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