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Rebecca’s Choice
By Heidi Gallacher

‘Can Rebecca find the love and passion she craves within a Victorian world that seems to be conspiring against her?’

It is 1887 and Queen Victoria is on the throne. Businessman and meteorologist Geoffrey de Roussier is passionate about his weather station and railways, yet little of his passion seems to filter through to his shy, naïve young wife, Rebecca. 

Following his tragic demise, Rebecca discovers that Geoffrey’s railroad investments have failed, leaving her penniless. As the past threatens to engulf her, Rebecca realises she has to make a choice. Gwilym Llewellyn, Geoffrey’s trusted friend and advisor, has an emotional debt to repay to Geoffrey and meets Rebecca to offer her a solution. Meanwhile Rebecca has found passion in another direction … 

One man will save her from destitution, the other will offer her the love and excitement that she aches for. Whom will she choose?  

This book has a beautiful setting in Cardiff, South Wales. If you like a good mix of an evocative depiction of the Victorian era and a modern-thinking heroine then Rebecca’s Choice is the novel for you. 

This is Heidi Gallacher’s debut novel, a compelling historical Victorian romance. Pick up ‘Rebecca’s Choice’ today to lose yourself in this wonderful story! 

Publication Date: 30th October 2019

Publisher: Independently Published

Page Length: 211 Pages

Genre: Historical Fiction

MY THOUGHTS!

The blurb of Rebecca's Choice really piqued my interest, and I could not wait to read it. Set in Wales in the late Victorian period, Heidi Gallacher has presented her readers with a book that is next to impossible to put down—in fact, I stayed up to the early hours to finish this novel. It is really that good!

Married to an indifferent husband, Rebecca fools herself into thinking that she is content, and although at times she finds herself daydreaming about the kind of love her parents and her friends have, she comforts herself by remembering what a beautiful home she has. Rebecca is a character that I really came to care about. She is the kind of woman one would definitely want as a friend. She is a kind, caring woman who accepts the way things are and just gets on with it. At times her situation, particularly when it comes to her marriage, made me weep for her, and as the story progressed, as Rebecca’s life is turned upside down by a terrible tragedy, I found myself reaching for the tissues again and again.

Although her husband never physically abuses her, his determination to never fall in love again meant that Rebecca, although she fools herself into believing that she is happy, never really is. She feels endlessly grateful for the security her marriage has given her, but this is a woman that deserved to be loved.

I thought Rebecca’s Choice was a wonderful story. It really did draw me in and utterly enchanted me. This is a novel that most definitely has to be on your to-read list and on your bookcase, or better still in your hand! I will definitely be reading more books by this author.

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Heidi Gallacher

Heidi Gallacher was born in London in the Sixties. She grew up in Cardiff and Swansea, South Wales. She jumped at the chance to move to Paris in her twenties to learn a new language and culture. 

Following the arrival of her first son she moved to sunny Switzerland where she has lived ever since. 

She completed her Masters in Creative Writing in 2018 and her first short story Changing Places was published in September of that year. Rebecca's Choice is her first novel.

When not writing, Heidi writes and performs music, swims in Lake Zürich and fundraises for a school in Tanzania. 

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