Beauty Among Ruins (Ciesielski)

Her story of growth in finding what she wanted, and finding true love was truly enjoyable. I LOVED listening to this. Not only was the story very engaging, but the narrator was excellent!!

This book is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, January 12 … the library will have eBook and eAudio copies available on or very near that date, and a print copy will also be purchased soon thereafter!

(Also, thanks to listening to the audio version, I can tell you, the author’s name is pronounced “shuh SHEL ski” 🙂 ).
 

Title: Beauty Among Ruins
Author: J'nell Ciesielski
Genre: Christian Historical Fiction
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Release Date: 1/12/2021
Format: Trade paperback, eBook, Audio
Pages: 416

American socialite Lily Durham is known for enjoying one moment to the next, with little regard for the consequences of her actions. But just as she is banished overseas to England as a “cure” for her frivolous ways, the Great War breaks out and wreaks havoc. She joins her cousin in nursing the wounded at a convalescent home deep in the wilds of Scotland at a crumbling castle where its laird is less than welcoming.

Alec MacGregor has given his entire life to preserving his home of Kinclavoch Castle, but mounting debts force him to sell off his family history bit by bit. Labeled a coward for not joining his countrymen in the trenches due to an old injury, he opens his home to the Tommies to make recompense while he keeps to the shadows. But his preference for the shadows is shattered when a new American nurse comes streaming into the castle on a burst of light.

Lily and Alec are thrown together when a series of mysterious events threatens to ruin the future of Kinclavoch. Can they put aside their differences to find the culprit before it’s too late, or will their greatest distraction be falling in love?