Lady of Milkweed Manor » (Unabridged)

Julie Klassen is a fiction editor with a background in advertising. This is her first novel. Julie and her husband have two sons and live in St. Paul, Minnesota.

In the style of Jane Austen, debut author Julie Klassen delivers a compelling Regency Era novel. A vicar's daughter avoids her neighbors' scorn by finding refuge in London's Milkweed Manor, a mysterious bastion of old secrets and new life. Trying to conceal her identity, she encounters a former suitor with secrets of his own. Resolved to protect their loved ones, neither realizes the level of self-sacrifice this will require.

"This strangely sad, yet hopeful tale ... will make your heart sing."-Edgy Inspirational

Michelle Sutton - edgyinspirationalauthor.blogspot.com

This is truly one of the most emotionally gripping novels I've ever read and it is sure to make my best of 2008 list. My heart pounded with anticipation so many times I lost count. Just when I thought I knew what would happen next, something different took place. The author did an amazing job pulling the reader into Charlotte's life. I longed for her happiness. And there were so many powerful subplots that my head is still swimming with amazement, and my heart is still gripped by this strangely sad, yet hopeful and deeply romantic tale of love and loss, of sacrifice and reward. Bottom line...This story is so full of passion that it will make your heart sing.