Just as she summons the courage to tell him, Ethan’s own past unexpectedly and violently catches up with him, threatening not only his life but their budding romance. Known for her novels of mystery and suspense set in her native South, she also writes biographical fiction that painstakingly recreates a lost world.

She’s equally intrigued but fears he will reject her if he learns about her shadowed past. Dorothy Love is an award-winning novelist who brings her love of history to her fiction writing in well-researched stories depicting the lives of 19th century American women. When Sophie interviews Ethan for the paper, he is impressed with her intelligence and astounded by her beauty. Bottom Line: A Respectable Actress is a respectable gothic mystery set in antebellum Savannah and the outlying islands. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. An accomplished businessman and architect, he has built a majestic resort in the mountains above Hickory Ridge, drawing wealthy tourists from all over the country. Buy A Respectable Actress Large type / Large print by Love, Dorothy (ISBN: 9781628998627) from Amazons Book Store. A gifted writer, she plans to resurrect the local newspaper that so enchanted her as a girl.Įthan Heyward’s idyllic childhood was shattered by a tragedy he has spent years trying to forget. Despite the heartaches of her childhood, Sophie is determined to make a home, and a name, for herself in the growing town. Still, she isnt quite ready to set a wedding date with Nate Chastain.

Not the weak-in-the-knees kind, but something practical. Eligible bachelors are scarce in Hickory Ridge, Tennessee, but Carrie has found love. Sophie Caldwell has returned to Hickory Ridge, Tennessee, after years away. After losing her husband in the Civil War, Carrie Daly is scared she will never have the family she longs for. But the secrets they’re not sharing could tear them apart. Ethan and Sophie long to share a future together.

A Respectable Actress by Dorothy Love