“Charming, beautifully written, and hopelessly romantic. Lakeshire Park is her debut novel.Available From These Resellers: Category: Proper Romance Lakeshire Park Louis, Missouri, with her husband and three children. But her imaginings of Regency England wouldn’t leave her alone, so she picked up a pen and wrote her first novella, A Beautiful Love: A Regency Fairy Tale Retelling which was published in 2019. While earning her degree in Early Childhood Education, she married her one true love and started a family. Megan Walker was raised on a berry farm in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, where her imagination took her to times past and worlds away. “Before he died, he told me to remember that some things aren’t worth being angry over, but plenty of things are worth fighting for. “You never know who you are hurting by denying kindness.” I would love a sequel with Georgiana and Pendleton and we could see a little of what Peter and Amelia are up to. I also liked the characters and found them very realistic. I found the story very interesting and it moved along at the perfect pace. Why did she deserve what he had first? And why was he crawling out from under the table? Peter clearly had the gloves first and Amelia was so put out for so long because he wouldn’t give them to her.

The first meeting between Peter and Amelia was a little strange to me. He thinks of himself as selfish but he puts his sister first as long as things are done in a fair way.

There is no way she doesn’t know about Amelia and Peter spending time together yet she never asks Amelia about it and only cares about her own comfort.Īs the story is told in first person we don’t know Peter Wood’s inner dialogue but I still feel like the reader is given a true connection to him.

I think it is more about being naive but Clara comes off as selfish. Lakeshire Park is such a beautiful story of two people falling in love, and there are a number of really beautiful moments throughout the book.Īmelia Moore is a self sacrificing person whose heart is drawn to naturally put others first, especially her sister Clara. But competing against Peter–and eventually playing by his rules–makes Amelia vulnerable to losing the only thing she has left to claim: her heart. Amelia and Peter begin a rivalry that Amelia has no choice but to win. Peter Wood, is after the same goal for his own sister. Little does she know that another guest, the arrogant and overconfident Mr. If she can encourage a match between Clara and their host, Sir Ronald, then at least her sister will be taken care of. When an invitation arrives to join a house party at Lakeshire Park, Amelia grasps at the chance. With their stepfather’s looming death, the two sisters will soon be on their own–without family, a home, or a penny to their names. Publisher: Shadow Mountain (April 7, 2020)Īmelia Moore wants only one thing–to secure the future happiness of her younger sister, Clara.

Lakeshire Park by Megan Walker