Julia notices Alec from the start and she is a flirt of the first order. He is a Dancing Master but now finds himself in a town that does not dance. She wants to LIVE.Īlec Valcourt has just moved to town and hopes to escape the scandal that drove him and his mother and sister from London to the safety of his Uncle’s home. Julia feels trapped as the future lady of the house and she doesn’t want to be bound to the responsibilities. It was a traumatic event for Lady Midwinter and one she will not fully explain to Julia nor why dancing is forbidden in town or why Julia can’t leave to experience well, anything. Paul, Minnesota.The Dancing Master opens with a somber scene as Julia Midwinter and her mother remember the death of her brother on May Day.

Julie and her husband have two sons and live in a suburb of St. She has won the Christy Award: Historical Romance for The Silent Governess (2010) and The Girl in the Gatehouse (2011) which also won the 2010 Midwest Book Award for Genre Fiction. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Julie worked in publishing for sixteen years and now writes full time. Julie Klassen loves all things Jane–Jane Eyre and Jane Austen.

“Regency/Klassen fans will love the mystery, romance, and drama.”–Publishers Weekly About Julie Klassen “Well-developed characters, plot twists, and attention to period detail make this a sure bet for fans of Regency novels.”–Library Journal “Whether you’re a fan of Jane Austen or Charlotte Bronte, or both, you will soon become a fan of Julie Klassen once you read this wonderful book.”–GoodReads Praise for Julie Klassen’s The Tutor’s Daughter Learn more about The Dancing Master HERE. With Alec’s help, can Julia uncover old secrets and restore life to her somber village…and to her mother’s tattered heart? Valcourt would leave London, or why he evades questions about his past. Julia is quickly attracted to the handsome dancing master–a man her mother would never approve of–but she cannot imagine why Mr. Though he’s initially wary of Julia Midwinter’s reckless flirtation, he comes to realize her bold exterior disguises a vulnerable soul–and hidden sorrows of her own.

But he is stunned to learn the village matriarch has prohibited all dancing, for reasons buried deep in her past.Īlec finds an unlikely ally in the matriarch’s daughter. Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (January 7, 2014)įinding himself the man of the family, London dancing master Alec Valcourt moves his mother and sister to remote Devonshire, hoping to start over.

The Dancing Master by Julie Klassen