Not by Sight

by Kate Breslin
Hennepin County Library paperback 369 pages
genre: Christian fiction, historical, romance

I loved this! Although the ending was predictable, I got swept up in the story and have already requested Breslin's other published book. Taking place during WWI, Grace Mabry is a wealthy young lady who wants her brother home from the front. She attends a costume ball she was not invited to so that she can hand the young men (conscientious objectors) a white feather - symbol of cowardice. She hopes to shame them into joining the war effort so that the war will be over sooner. Okay, that sounds kind of silly, but it's really just the set-up so she can make eyes at our hero, Jack Benningham - "dashing heir to the Earl of Stonebrooke." I enjoyed the intrigue (what's Clare's story?) and the verbal sparring between Grace and Jack. It wasn't a very substantive story (I didn't mark any pages for tonight's book club discussion), but I liked it!