Adult Review - Nellie - historical romance

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About the Book

Title: Nellie
Series: Apron Strings #2
Author: Amy Walsh
Publisher: Walsh Mountain Publishing
Release Date: February 15, 2024
Genre: Historical Romance

Finances are tight for the O’Dwyer family who live on a mountain outside of Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1931. Life gets even harder when their beloved Dadaí must cease work as a coal miner to become a patient at the West Mountain Sanitarium.

Nellie is her preferred name, but family and friends have heard Mam shout “Fenella Aileen O’Dwyer!” all too often with the countless predicaments she got herself into throughout childhood. So, it’s not altogether surprising when Nellie impulsively accepts a job as an assistant cook at the Clarinda House in a case of mistaken identity — though she’s the last person her family would ask to prepare a meal.

Fortunately, along with determination, a talent for acting, and the gift of blarney, Nellie has Mrs. Campbell’s Cookery Book, a treasure she discovered at a Red Cross drought relief sale.

As her reluctant admiration for her employer grows, Nellie wishes she could be the sort of truthful woman of faith that Mr. Mason Peale esteems. If she confesses all, will she lose her job along with the friendships she’s formed at Clarinda House?

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My Adult Review

Walsh, Amy. Nellie. 2024
Apron Strings book 2

Nellie is a breath of fresh air. It is 200 pages of light reading with a little bit of mischief, a little bit of history, and a little bit of romance. Amy Walsh is a new to me author and this is the first book I have read in the Apron Strings series. I found Walsh’s writing to be engaging and enjoyable – this will not be the last book of hers that I read. I most likely will also not be the last book in the Apron Strings series that I read. I do not know if there is any overlap between the books but I did not feel I was missing any information.

Nellie is an actress who is attempting to return a valuable item she found inside a purse purchased at a rummage sale. The man of the house thinks she is a job applicant who is late for an interview. Nellie gets a little flustered because he is quite handsome and she can’t seem to get the reason she is there out of her mouth. She ends up getting the job (that she wasn’t applying for) as a cook – but she can’t cook. Walsh has created some very endearing characters. Her plot is engaging. It was a hard-to-put-down book for me.

Even though Nellie is written for the adult audience, it could easily find its way into a K-12 Christian school library. It is appropriate for older middle school students and up.

I received a complimentary copy of Nellie. This is my honest review.

About the Author – Amy Walsh

Amy Walsh writes historical and contemporary romance, mysteries, speculative fiction, and women’s fiction. She is a 5th-grade writing teacher in an urban public school. Amy and her husband, Patrick, have three children. Amy considers herself greatly blessed in the roles God has given her as an earthling, including aspiring wordsmith, teacher of youngsters, nature appreciator, tea aficionado, avid dessert fan, book fanatic, lover of family and friends, and Christ-follower.

Connect with Amy by visiting walshmountainpublishing.com to follow her on social media and sign up for email updates.

Tour Giveaway

(1) winner will win a $50 Amazon gift card, print copies of Nellie and Voices in the Sanitorium, and some historical memorabilia from the West Mountain Sanitarium!

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