Banished Love

Name: Banished Love
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Ramona Flightner
ISBN: 9781945609565

Author: Ramona Flightner

Series: Banished Saga #1

Narrator: Lauren McCullough

Unabridged: 11 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Grizzly Damsel Publishing

Published: 11/25/2014

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Free-Spirited Clarissa Sullivan dreams for more from life than sipping tepid tea in stifling parlors in Victorian Boston. She defies her family's wishes, continuing to teach poor immigrant children in Boston's West End, finding a much-needed purpose to her life.Radical As a suffragist, Clarissa is considered a firebrand radical no man would desire. For why should women want the vote when men have sheltered women from the distasteful aspects of politics and law?Determined When love blossoms between Clarissa and Gabriel McLeod, a struggling cabinetmaker, her family objects. Clarissa's love and determination will be tested as she faces class prejudices, manipulative family members and social convention in order to live the life she desires with the man she loves.Will she yield to expectations, or follow her heart on a journey of self-discovery as she learns what she cannot live without?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ruth on March 15, 2014

I am quite pleased to recommend to my readers another clean, historical romance that is incredibly well-written and quite entertaining to read. This book is completely appropriate for every reading level (a few minor profanity instances, but hardly worth mentioning and no bedroom scenes implied or d......more

Goodreads review by Jola on June 26, 2014

Review also on www.jolasbookshelf.wordpress.com "Banished Love' is a pretty good historical romance written by Ramona Flightner. I found the story very charming, a perfect novel to help you relax after a long day. The main character, Clarissa, is extremely likable and I loved reading about her advent......more

Goodreads review by Tara on February 10, 2014

For anyone who has a fondness for historical romance, this is a must read. To write a historical romance story in this day and age has to take a lot of time and a huge amount of love for the story. The way Ms. Flightner depicts Boston in the early 1900’s was fascinating. The descriptions were amazin......more

Goodreads review by InD'tale Magazine on March 17, 2014

"Banished Love" is an entertaining historical romance that touches on the women suffrage movement, the conventions and prejudices of society, class distinction, and the family expectations that women were subjected to in the Victorian era. Read full review in the 2014 March issue of InD’tale Magazine......more

Goodreads review by Paige on January 28, 2014

I'm just going to come right out and say it has been a while since I've read a really good historical romance. I love them, I do, but there seems to be some recurring themes in which the ones I've read recently turn out to be the same barn, just with different paint. I was, as you can probably imagi......more