Shaken to the Core
By Jae
4.5/5
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Kate Winthrop, the only child of a wealthy shipping magnate, has the course of her life charted for her by her parents. She’s expected to marry well and produce a successor to the Winthrop empire. But Kate has a very different path in mind. Her true passion lies with photography—and with women.
Alone in the city after losing her brother, Sicilian immigrant Giuliana Russo starts working for the Winthrops as a maid. Despite their different social status, Kate and Giuliana become friends, much to the dismay of Kate’s parents.
As the connection between the two women grows, a devastating earthquake hits San Francisco and ignites fires that sweep through the city for three days and nights.
Will the disaster shatter their tentative feelings for each other, or will they find the courage to save each other’s lives—and their hearts?
Join Kate and Giuliana on a journey of danger and discovery in the action-packed historical romance Shaken to the Core, set against the backdrop of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Jae
Jae grew up amidst the vineyards of southern Germany. She spent her childhood with her nose buried in a book, earning her the nickname "professor." The writing bug bit her at the age of eleven. For the last seven years, she has been writing mostly in English.She works as a psychologist. When she's not writing, she likes to spend her time reading, indulging her ice cream and office supply addiction, and watching way too many crime shows.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a solid, historical read that transports us in time to San Francisco in 1906. Jae successfully brings the devastation of the 1906 earthquake to life while delivering a sweet love story between Kate, a well to do society girl, and Guiliana, a poor Sicilian immigrant.
As her trademark, Jae doesn't skimp on the development of the relationship between our two leads. We get plenty of back story and engagement between them to get a strong sense of who the characters are and why they are drawn to each other. As a bonus, we also get to meet the electric character Dr. Lucy Hamilton Sharpe, the granddaughter of Nora and Luke Hamilton from Backwards to Oregon.
The research behind the history is felt and, even having familiarity with the San Francisco area and the historical earthquake myself, Jae really hit home just how horrific the event was for the people of the time.
I think what kept the book from being stellar for me was a certain amount of super-hero affect the characters had once the earthquake hits. They endure a lot, one thing after another, but somehow aren't flattened by the experience. I'm stiff and nearly crippled after a physically exerting day in real life so these two continually plowing forward even with injuries pulled me out a bit...that's just me, though.
The balance of a disaster and burgeoning love story is slightly awkward to meld together but it's successful enough to believe. The characters take a long time for mutual recognition and acknowledgement of what they mean to each other but that made sense to me due to the time period. I appreciated Jae's approach.
Overall, a very good read especially if you want some historical meat with your story.5 people found this helpful