Birthright

 

Birthright- Patricia Dixon- Contemporary/historical fiction (dual timeline)     

Such a beautifully written book-so much so that I wanted to step into the pages. Fabien is the heir to the Bombelle chateau and antiques-generations long ago decided that it should pass down the female line. She lost her brother and mother several years ago and her father has now remarried to someone Fabien sees as money grabbing- Veronique. The house needs much work doing on it as it has for many years- her father not seeming to care about it. Her plan of selling the Paris apartment where her father and step mother live to finance the changes to the house that would make it self funding are quickly rejected. Back in 1931 Ophelia receives a gift from an admirer- a painting she admired whilst with him, little knowing he would send it to her as a token of his affection for her. In present day Mac is back at his grandfather's house to sort and sell it- it having been left to him. It holds too many memories and having been conned out of his savings needs the money. 

This is a stunner of a read. I can't say quite how much I loved this and how exquisitely it is written- the descriptions took me away to within the pages and off to France and beyond. Unlike many descriptive books where the description takes away from the plot ( in my opinion) this one only adds to it. I loved Fabien and Mac and wanted to throttle Hugo and Rene`. The description of Mac with his grandfather is brilliant beyond words and took me back to a treasured childhood memories as did some other scenes. Prepare to travel into the book and maybe into your memories. Exquisite, captivating, stunning <3