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The Painter's Daughter by Julie Klassen5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Feeling honor-bound and pressed for time, Stephen offers his name in marriage to Sophie and suggests an elopement. While Wesley hadn't known about the baby, he had left with only a note of farewell. He finds Wesley gone, and left in his wake is an abandoned Sophie, who is carrying Wesley's child. Wesley's younger brother Stephen, a Captain on leave from the Napoleonic War, is once again sent to retrieve his brother and bring him home. After making the acquaintance of Sophie and her father, he seduces innocent Sophie before leaving on an artistic quest to Italy. Wealthy and handsome Wesley Overtree, himself an artist, prefers painting to attending his duties as eldest son and heir. Lovely young Sophie Dupont assists her father with his artistic work, helping him in his studio while keeping her own talent under wraps. An atmospheric historical romance set among the cliffs of Devonshire, "The Painter's Daughter", from author Julie Klassen, is also an inspiring tale of redemption and the resonance of faith. ![]()
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