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The Jane Austen Society
If you are looking for a cast of characters to keep you company during #stayathome, look no further than Natalie Jenner’s charming The Jane Austen Society. This book will resonate with all of Jane Austen’s fans. As someone who has lived many years away from the area I grew up, I always find comfort in going home. This book feels like a home-going to our beloved Jane. Just after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people band together to attempt something remarkable. One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the final home of Jane Austen, one of England’s…
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The Woman in the Green Dress -by Tea Cooper
A cursed opal, a gnarled family tree, and a sinister woman in a green dress emerge in the aftermath of World War I. After a whirlwind romance, London teashop waitress Fleur Richards can’t wait for her new husband, Hugh, to return from the Great War. But when word of his death arrives on Armistice Day, Fleur learns he has left her a sizable family fortune. Refusing to accept the inheritance, she heads to his beloved home country of Australia in search of the relatives who deserve it more. In spite of her reluctance, she soon finds herself the sole owner of a remote farm and a dilapidated curio shop full of long-forgotten artifacts, remarkable preserved…
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A Book Review of Masquerade at Middlecrest
MASQUERADE AT MIDDLECREST ABBEYBY ABIGAIL WILSON In this new Regency romance, Elizabeth knows she must protect her heart from the charm of her new husband, Lord Torrington. She is not, however, prepared to protect her life. When the widowed Lord Torrington agreed to spy for the crown, he never planned to impersonate a highwayman, let alone rob the wrong carriage. Stranded on the road with an unconscious young woman, he is forced to propose marriage to protect his identity and her reputation, as well as his dangerous mission. Trapped not only by her duty to her country but also by her limited options as an unwed mother, Miss Elizabeth Cantrell and her infant…
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A Girl Called Foote by A.E. Walnofer
A must-read for all fans of Downton Abbey, A Girl Called foot is a masterful glimpse into the world below stairs and above. A.E. Walnofer gives readers that the feeling of both rich and poor equally having their own set of triumphs and heartaches. Young Jonathan Clyde causes mischief for everyone at Whitehall, the stately home of his privileged ancestors. As he matures, however, he comes to despise the vanity and conceit surrounding him. Misfortune requires Lydia Smythe, an exceptionally clever farmer’s daughter, to seek employment at Whitehall. As a parlor maid, she feels stifled and harried by those over her. Still, she refuses to relinquish her independent mind and…
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The Ruin of Evangeline Jones
Like a voice from beyond the grave, this book entranced me all the way to the last word! I am so excited to be sharing with you one of my favorite books of 2020. Thank you so much for stopping by! THE RUIN OF EVANGELINE JONESBY JULIA BENNET Alex Stanton just inherited a dukedom but his true passion is uncovering charlatans and frauds wherever he finds them. Spiritualist and medium Evangeline “Evie” Jones is the biggest fake of all and he’s determined to expose her lies for all of London to see. Her prim manner and ladylike airs don’t fool him. He sees the hunger beneath and recognizes a worthy opponent. He can’t deny the dark undercurrents of lust between them. Evie worked…
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Lakeshire Park Book Review
An absolute must-read for any Jane Austen fan! Megan Walker’s debut novel Lakeshire Park has just enough whispering of Darcy and Elizabeth to leave me begging for more. From the first page, I was entranced. I didn’t just want to see what happened in the story. No. I needed to see what lie ahead for Amelia and her younger sister Clara. I’m pretty sure by the weird look my cat gave me when I closed the book, I gave an audible sigh of contentment at the end. “You are being impertinent. I do not know you at all, sir. And honestly, after this interaction, I do not wish to.” -Lakeshire…
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A Counterfeit Courtesan
"I love you. I love you with my whole heart. I love you in all your forms and expressions. I love you with all that I am. All that I wish to be. I love you for now and forever." Sigh... Juliana, the only unmarried sister of a set of triplets, decides to take her future into her own hands. Her father dominates her life and she is resigned to a life of spinsterhood and unhappiness. After her both her sister marry in a fashion that greatly displeased their father, He has declared she will not be put on the marriage mart. On top of that, a fresh scar on…
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The Ideal Countess
“For a first ball, it was surpassing all of Alice’s expectations, which were quite considerable since she’d been hearing about the splendor of the Season for the entirety of her seventeen years.”Ah! That feeling when you read the first chapter of a new author’s book… a smile slowly creeps across your face and you think to yourself, “this is going to be good.” That was how my Monday evening started when I picked up The Ideal Countess by Katherine Grant. Alice enters her first Season with all the fervor of a young woman about to experience a whole new world of adulthood. She is excited by the idea of falling…
