Since I write mostly historical novels with a touch of romance, nobody should be surprised that I also enjoy reading them. I just finished Beauty for Ashes by Dorothy Clark, a wonderful historical from Steeple Hill with an inspiring Christian message. I couldn’t put it down.
Beauty for Ashes is the story of Elizabeth Frazier, a young girl who flees her stately home in New York City to prevent an arranged marriage to an evil brute of a man. Though Elizabeth had prayed that God would provide her with a means of escape, she never realized He actually answered prayers — until the Lord had a hand in helping her take the place of another young woman.
The girl had promised to marry Justin Randolph, a handsome but broken young man that she had never met. Unknown to Justin, when the girl missed their scheduled first meeting, Elizabeth stepped in and took her place and on the very day she ran away from home.
The marriage of convenience between Elizabeth and Justin seemed doomed from day one. How could two attractive and deeply wounded people who had lost the ability to trust and to love hope to make such a union work?
Pride prevented Elizabeth and Justin from seeing God’s plan for their lives – until beauty replaced ashes. And fear was drowned in love.
Buy and read this one, folks. It’s a keeper.
Molly Noble Bull www.mollynoblebull.com
