Stella Sedgwick is a young black woman in late 19th-century England. She wants to be a writer and an independent woman. When a surprise inheritance brings her into London society, she resurrects her mother’s newspaper advice column anonymously in this fun YA historical romance.
The Great Misfortune of Stella Sedgwick by S. Isabelle, (List Price: $19.99, Isabelle, S., 9781335006967, July 2025)
Reviewed by Rae Ann Parker, Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee