Kilmeny of the Orchard

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When twenty-four-year-old Eric Marshall arrives on Prince Edward Island to become a substitute schoolmaster, he has a bright future in his wealthy family’s business. Eric has taken the two-month teaching post only as a favor to a friend—but fate throws in his path a beautiful, mysterious girl named Kilmeny Gordon. With jet black hair and sea blue eyes, Kilmeny immediately captures Eric’s heart. But Kilmeny cannot speak, and Eric is concerned for and bewitched by this shy, sensitive mute girl. For the first time in his life, Eric must work hard for something he wants badly, and there is nothing he wants more than for Kilmeny to return his love.

Critics Review

u201cA romance as wholesome as the bread and milk that the hero eats at dusku2026The story is as refreshingu2014and perhaps rather more stimulatingu2014as a drink from a cool spring set back from the novel readeru2019s dusty road.u201d

Independent (New York)

u201cA story born in the heart of Arcadia and brimful of the sweet and simple life of the primitive environment.u201d

Boston Herald

u201cKilmeny of the Orchardu00a0is a story of decidedly unusual conception and interest, and will rival this authoru2019s earlier works in popularity.u201d

Kalamazoo Evening Press

u201cKilmeny of the Orchardu00a0is a book of rare quality, difficult to describe but evident to those who have eyes to see.u201d

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