When Marlie attends a cadaver ball at Vanderbilt Medical School, she did not expect to actually see any cadavers. Or, that a strange apparition would issue her such a chilling message. Despite the cadaver’s warning, a year later Marlie is married to Tennessee State Senator, Daniel Cannon, and living in a plantation-style mansion with two step sons. Add to the mix her growing suspicion that something is amiss with the death of Daniel’s first wife, Gentry, and newlywed Marlie is definitely in over her pretty Yankee head.
What begins as an innocent inquiry into her new husband’s clouded past, ends with Marlie facing a dangerous conspiracy. A modern twist on the classic Gothic romance novels like Rebecca and Jane Eyre, Replacing Gentry follows Marlie’s precarious journey as she seeks to learn the truth about the man she married.
Title: Replacing Gentry
Author: Julie N. Ford
Publisher: WiDo Publishing
Release Date: April 9, 2013
ISBN: 978-1937178314
Size: 286 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, softcover
Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction
This was an interesting story with lots of mystery and secrets. I read that it was loosely inspired by “Rebecca” and I could see some similarities to that story. I was a little confused at times by some of the events and explanations, but overall I enjoyed unraveling all the secrets.