Wednesday, November 10, 2010

"Waiting On" Wednesday - The Vespertine by Saundra Mitchell


Title:  The Vespertine
Author:  Saundra Mitchell
Publication date:  March 7, 2011
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Summary (from TheVespertine.com):
The summer of 1889 is the one between childhood and womanhood for Amelia van den Broek—and thankfully, she’s not spending it at home in rural Maine. She’s been sent to Baltimore to stay with her stylish cousin, Zora, who will show her all the pleasures of city life and help her find a suitable man to marry.

With diversions ranging from archery in the park to dazzling balls and hints of forbidden romance, Victorian Baltimore is more exciting than Amelia imagined. But her gaiety is interrupted by disturbing, dreamlike visions she has only at sunset—visions that offer glimpses of the future. Soon, friends and strangers alike call on Amelia to hear her prophecies. Newly dubbed "Maine’s Own Mystic", Amelia is suddenly quite in demand.

However, her attraction to Nathaniel, an artist who is decidedly outside of Zora's circle, threatens the new life Amelia is building in Baltimore. This enigmatic young man is keeping secrets of his own—still, Amelia finds herself irrepressibly drawn to him. And while she has no trouble seeing the futures of others, she cannot predict whether Nathaniel will remain in hers.

When one of her darkest visions comes to pass, Amelia's world is thrown into chaos. And those around her begin to wonder if she’s not the seer of dark portents, but the cause.
 

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. It spotlights upcoming releases that we are eagerly anticipating.

10 comments:

Carissa said...

Holy WOW! This sounds awesome. Reminds me a bit of Carol Goodman's work. This is definitely going on my TBR list! Nice pick!

Book Sake said...

Oooh, this one sounds great. Love that cover, that dress!!!

My pick is at BookSake.

Unknown said...

Great pick! I love the new cover for it and I'm looking forward to reading it too!

Scoot said...

Cool pick! I am going to have to add it to my TBR list. Thanks for sharing!

June G said...

Love that cover! And the story sounds awesome too. Great pick.

Melissa (i swim for oceans) said...

Awesome pick! I keep seeing this around, and I have to agree that it sounds amazing! :)

Candace said...

This one sounds great and I love the cover!

Dazzling Mage said...

This is the new cover, right? I like it!

Little Miss Becky said...

I love the new cover of this one! The last one just didn't grab me, but this one..yes! Great pick!

Unknown said...

I really enjoyed this book, hope everyone else does. :)