Review: The Sapphire Wife by Dinah Jefferies

 Another review from the First to Read program:

A sweeping, breath-taking story of love and betrayal from the Number One Sunday Times bestselling author of The Tea Planter's Wife.

Ceylon, 1935. Louisa Reeve, the daughter of a successful British gem trader, and her husband Elliot, a charming, thrill-seeking businessman, seem like the couple who have it all. Except what they long for more than anything: a child.

While Louisa struggles with miscarriages, Elliot is increasingly absent, spending much of his time at a nearby cinnamon plantation, overlooking the Indian ocean. After his sudden death, Louisa is left alone to solve the mystery he left behind. Revisiting the plantation at Cinnamon Hills, she finds herself unexpectedly drawn towards the owner Leo, a rugged outdoors man with a chequered past. The plantation casts a spell, but all is not as it seems. And when Elliot's shocking betrayal is revealed, Louisa has only Leo to turn to...

My review was short but I still remember this book. It was easy for me to picture the setting and I felt dropped into the world as I read this book. 

The Sapphire Widow by Dinah Jefferies
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Received via First to Read

This was my first time reading this author and I really enjoyed this book. I enjoyed the peek into her life before she becomes a widow and then her dealing with the unravelling of all her husband's lies.
Her slow-burn romance following her husband's death was good and I left you wanting more.

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