Reluctant Belle (Daughtry House #2) by Beth White

With the Civil War over, Mississippi Belle Joelle Daughtry wants to establish a school to teach freed slaves. But she might have to form an alliance with her childhood nemesis and reveal her deepest secret to make changes in her worldand her heart.

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About The Author

Beth White teaches music at an inner-city high school in historic Mobile, Alabama. Her hobbies include playing flute and pennywhistle and painting, but her real passion is writing historical romance with a Southern drawl.

A native Mississippian, she is a pastor's wife, mother of two, and grandmother of two--so far.

Also published as Elizabeth White, her novels have won the American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Award, the RT Book Club Reviewers Choice Award, and the Inspirational Reader's Choice Award. 

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My Review

I loved being back with the Daughtry sisters, and being reunited with old friends.
This being the second book in the series the author does a wonderful job of bringing you up to date, and a bit about what happened in the previous read.
The Inn is about ready for guests, and times and tensions are heightened, and evil rears its ugly head. This is a rebuilding time after the Civil War, but there are those that really don’t want change and will do all they can to ensure that what they want continues.
A bit of romance, and this is Joelle’s story, and we hope she makes the right decisions with two men of interest in her life.
A wonderful historical read that you don’t want to miss, and there is another sister, so yes, there is another book in this series coming!


I received this book through the Publisher Revell, and was not required to give a positive review.