Teaser Tuesdays - Dawn at Emberwilde

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Jenn at Books and Beat. To play along, just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• Be careful not to include spoilers!
• Share the title and author, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers! 

She did not relish the idea that her future had essentially been decided for her based on the mere contents of a letter, and being told that the opportunity was advantageous heaped insult on an already sore wound. For if she did have a family, why had it taken them so long to learn of her existence?

~Dawn at Emberwilde (A Treasures of Surrey Novel) by Sarah E. Ladd, at 5% on my Kindle

But this home and these people - her relatives - were unlike any she had interacted with before. She drew a deep breath to calm her taut nerves. She was grateful to her aunt and uncle, but a small voice in her head whispered words of caution. She and Lizzie were definitely far from Fellsworth, and very far from home indeed.

~Dawn at Emberwilde (A Treasures of Surrey Novel) by Sarah E. Ladd, at 11% on my Kindle

Here's the blurb:

Isabel Creston never dared to dream that love could be hers. Now, at the edge of a forest filled with dark secrets, she faces a fateful choice between love and duty.

For as long as she can remember, beautiful and free-spirited Isabel has strained against the rules and rigidity of the Fellsworth School in the rolling English countryside. No longer a student, Isabel set her sights on a steady role as a teacher at the school, a safe yet stifling establishment that would enable her to care for her younger sister Lizzie, who was left in her care after her father's death.

The unexpected arrival of a stranger with news of unknown relatives turns Isabel's small, predictable world upside down, sweeping her and her young charge into a labyrinth of intrigue and hidden motives.

At her new family's invitation, Isabel and Lizzie relocate to Emberwilde, a sprawling estate adjacent to a vast, mysterious wood rife with rumors and ominous folklore - along with whispers of something far more sinister. Perhaps even more startling, two handsome men begin pursuing Isabel, forcing her to learn the delicate dance between attraction, the intricate rules of courtship, and the hopes of her heart.

At Emberwilde Isabel will discover that the key to unlocking the mystery of her past may also open the door to her future and security. But first she must find it - in the depths of Emberwilde Forest. 

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