Elliot North has always known her place in this world. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family's estate over love. Since then the world has changed: a new class of Post-Reductionists is jumpstarting the wheel of progress, and Elliot's estate is foundering, forcing her to rent land to the mysterious Cloud Fleet, a group of shipbuilders that includes renowned explorer Captain Malakai Wentforth--an almost unrecognizable Kai. And while Elliot wonders if this could be their second chance, Kai seems determined to show Elliot exactly what she gave up when she let him go.
But Elliot soon discovers her old friend carries a secret--one that could change their society . . . or bring it to its knees. And again, she's faced with a choice: cling to what she's been raised to believe, or cast her lot with the only boy she's ever loved, even if she's lost him forever.” - taken from Goodreads.com
Here is another book that I've had on my TBR pile for well over seven years. I've never read any books by Jane Austen, so I wasn't really familiar with her novel Persuasion, which this book is based upon. I am glad that I finally picked up this book about star-crossed lovers. Elliot's life of privilege isn't easy as she is the responsible while her father and older sister live for pleasure. When Elliot's lifelong friend/love shows up unexpectedly as a wealthy man and no longer the enslaved farm hand, she is thrown for a loop. I thoroughly enjoyed the story and cannot wait to read the companion book.
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