First Born Son
Phillipe Duval #1
J Mary Masters
Reviewed by Helen
The author pulled me into this story and it was hard to put down, I met Phillipe Duval in the Heirs and Successors book and was looking forward to seeing how things worked out for him and his wife Julia, the sixty’s and seventies was a real man’s world, come along and fall into this world that takes us from Sydney to Manhattan.
Phillipe is an eminent surgeon who came from a poor background in New York, a single mother and no father he joined the army and met Julia while in Australia but it is years later before they meet up again and marry with their teenage daughter Pippa present, but there was someone he gave up to keep his promise to Julia and his daughter, he does love them both.
A trip to America with Pippa for a medical conference sees Pippa investigating her father’s childhood and searching for his father, this uncovers some truths that have been kept for many years, Phillipe’s life is changed dramatically in such a short time, will it change who he is and the way he lives now?
This is compelling reading and the author has pulled out all stops to ensure that the reader is immersed in the story, I felt all of the emotions while reading this one, and there are many and I am looking forward to the next one in the series and reading the first three in The Bellville series.
My thanks to the author for my copy to read and review.
Phillipe is an eminent surgeon who came from a poor background in New York, a single mother and no father he joined the army and met Julia while in Australia but it is years later before they meet up again and marry with their teenage daughter Pippa present, but there was someone he gave up to keep his promise to Julia and his daughter, he does love them both.
A trip to America with Pippa for a medical conference sees Pippa investigating her father’s childhood and searching for his father, this uncovers some truths that have been kept for many years, Phillipe’s life is changed dramatically in such a short time, will it change who he is and the way he lives now?
This is compelling reading and the author has pulled out all stops to ensure that the reader is immersed in the story, I felt all of the emotions while reading this one, and there are many and I am looking forward to the next one in the series and reading the first three in The Bellville series.
My thanks to the author for my copy to read and review.
5 stars
September 12, 2023 by PMA Books
