The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill #1

Name: The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill #1
Brand: Bethany House
SKU: 218132
Price: 15.88 USD
Availability: BackOrder
Rating: 4.31 (55 reviews)
Author: Julie Klassen
ISBN: 9780764218132

By: Julie Klassen

Product Description

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Set in 1820 in the small village of Ivy Hill, England, is The Bell, a coaching inn. Jane finally wakes up after a year of mourning over her husband’s death, when the bank informs her that the loan her late husband had taken out is greatly overdue. She now has three months to prove that she can make The Bell profitable, or the bank will be forced to sell it. Jane now has a purpose and does the best she can do to save the inn.

Product Information

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Title: The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill #1
By: Julie Klassen
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 448
Vendor: Bethany House
Publication Date: 2016

Dimensions: 8.50 X 5.50 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 1 ounce
ISBN: 0764218131
ISBN-13: 9780764218132
Series: Tales From Ivy Hill
Stock No: WW218132

Publisher's Description

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Welcome to the English village of Ivy Hill, where friendships thrive, romance blossoms, and mysteries await. . . .

The lifeblood of the village of Ivy Hill is its coaching inn, The Bell. When the innkeeper dies suddenly, his genteel wife, Jane Bell, becomes the reluctant landlady. Jane has no idea how to manage a business, but with the town's livelihood at stake and a large loan due, she must quickly find a way to save the inn.

Despite their strained relationship, Jane turns to her resentful mother-in-law, Thora, for help. Formerly mistress of The Bell, Thora is struggling to overcome her losses and find purpose for the future. As she works with Jane, two men from her past vie for her attention, but Thora has promised herself never to marry again. Will one of them convince her to embrace a second chance at love?

As pressure mounts from the bank, Jane employs new methods, and puzzles over the intentions of several men who seem to have a vested interest in the place, including a mysterious newcomer with secret plans of his own. With the help of friends old and new, can Jane restore life to the inn, and to her empty heart as well?

Author Bio

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JULIE KLASSEN loves all things Jane--Jane Eyre and Jane Austen. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Julie worked in publishing for sixteen years and now writes full-time. Three of her books, The Silent Governess, The Girl in the Gatehouse, and The Maid of Fairbourne Hall, have won the Christy Award for Historical Romance. The Secret of Pembrooke Park was honored with the Minnesota Book Award for genre fiction. Julie has also won the Midwest Book Award and Christian Retailing's BEST Award, and has been a finalist in the Romance Writers of America's RITA Awards and ACFW's Carol Awards. Julie and her husband have two sons and live in a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota. For more information, visit www.julieklassen.com.