The Light of Stars
Katherine (Kitty) Grenville still remembers her mother, although it has been years since she’s seen her, on the night her grandfather had Kitty and her brother taken away from their home in Hyderabad, India. She is looking forward to the Season in London but is informed that instead, she will be marrying Sebastian Sinclair in accordance with an agreement their grandfathers had made years ago. Sebastian has also been informed of the impending marriage and has been told he will lose his position in his grandfather’s company if he does not go along. He’s not interested in marrying a woman he only met once as a child, but then he meets beautiful, grown-up Kitty, who wants to study astronomy and detests the East India Company, to which both their grandfathers are tied.
This Regency romance takes a look at the British East India Company and its crimes in India, as well as the strict, prejudiced society in the ton. The relationship between Sebastian and Kitty is well done, as they go from virtual strangers to partners, looking into the crimes perpetrated against the people of India, possibly by their own families. Kitty is also desperate to find her mother’s family, from whom she was torn as a child. There is a strong message of trusting God in difficult times, and of God’s ability to use a terrible situation for good. Recommended.
