The Tutor's Daughter

The Tutor's Daughter is the latest book by Julie Klassen, one of my favorite authors.  It tells the story of Emma Smallwood, who assists her widowed (widowered?) father in teaching young men at their academy during the early 1800s.

Mr. Smallwood is invited, along with Emma, to become a live-in tutor for the Weston family, who have a family home on the Cornwall, England coast.  Two of the Weston brothers were former students at Mr. Smallwood's academy.  Emma had an amicable relationship with one brother and an antagonistic relationship with the other.  How will she cope when she discovers both brothers are in residence at the Weston home?  And what other mysteries await?

In previous books Julie Klassen has explored themes of unwed motherhood, pre-marital sex and its consequences in the early 1800s, and fleeing forced marriage.  Plus, there is always some mystery to be solved, secrets to be revealed.

A few other books by Julie Klassen are The Apothecary's Daughter, The Girl in the Gatehouse, and The Maid of Fairbourne Hall.