ROMANCE

Dark Season

Crimson Romance. Jun. 2016. 189p. ebk. ISBN 9781440599392. $4.99. HISTORICAL ROMANCE
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OrangeReviewStar[DEBUT]Ella Arlington flees her home when her cousin inherits and plans to commit her to an asylum because she has epilepsy. Now destitute and on the run in London, Ella attends a séance hoping to speak with her beloved father but instead has a seizure. Confusing Ella's episode with possession by her dead daughter, Phillipa, the wealthy Mrs. Trombly takes Ella into her home to act as her private medium. During a visit to Mrs. Trombly, her daughter's former fiancé, Viscount Isidore Blackwood, meets Ella and is furious that she has duped Phillipa's grieving mother into hiring her services, vowing to reveal Ella as a fraud. However, Isidore's friends are hiding terrible truths, and he will need Ella's help to uncover what really happened the night Phillipa died. The mystery surrounding Phillipa's death may be too predictable for some, but readers will still be enthralled, wondering if Ella's epilepsy will be discovered and what her fate holds.
VERDICT Debut author Lowell has crafted a lavish Victorian gothic romance with a rare disabled female protagonist who refuses to be a tragic victim of her time. Highly recommended for the frank portrayal of living with the stigma of a neurological disorder without sacrificing romantic tension.
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