The Carousel Painter

Title: The Carousel Painter
Author: Judith Miller
Age: Teen to Adult
Gender: Either...but probably more geared to females!
Summary: I am a huge fan of Tracie Peterson and have read all her books thus far...so I was looking for a new author to pick up to keep me busy reading. After reading the Broadmoor Legacy Series (co-authored by Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller) I decided to try a book by Miller. I had heard good things about Miller's newest book...and I was not disappointed. Since Miller co-authored her first few books with Peterson they have a very similar writing style.

The Carousel Painter was a fantastic book! Set in the late 19th century in Boston, Miller captures the essence of a spunky young lady, Carrington Brouwer. Carrie grew up in Paris under the care of her artist father, until his untimely death. With no inheritance Carrie is forced to move back to America where her only friend, Augusta Galloway (one of her father's art students) lives with her mother and father. Mr. Galloway helps Carrie find a job in his carousel factory as a painter. Working in an all male factory to make ends meat, she is faced with a new life in Boston that brings about a handful of challenges. Josef Kaestner, factory manager and her only ally when jewelry is found missing from the Galloway mansion...becomes more than a friend and ally in a funny and entertaining twist of events.