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Review: Longbourn by Jo Baker

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Reader beware…..if you love Jane Austen and are looking for something that will give you a new ‘perspective’ about the Bennet sisters, keep on looking.

Sure this novel includes the Bennet sisters and follows the traditional Pride and Prejudice story but that’s about it.

Jo Baker remakes the classic story of Pride and Prejudice from the perspective of the below stairs staff but yet it’s a story all its own and noting close to the Austen classic.

Sarah has been a maid at Longbourn since she was a child. She cleans the chamber pots, scrubs the laundry, polishes the floor and of course waits on the Bennet sisters.

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Review: Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress (The Matchmaker Trilogy #3) by Theresa Romain

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Augusta Meredith is creating scandal all over the place.

She has not only suffered and embarrassing and tragic love affair but she is also not mourning the death of her parents as society would expect.

She has fled to Bath where she assumes an identity to find herself a lover. While in Bath, she runs into Joss Everett who recognizes her, but he promises to keep her secret if she keeps his.

Joss is in Bath trying to locate a blackmailer for his cousin, who also happens to be his employer. Though Augusta propositions him to be her lover, Joss respectfully declines as he has his own agenda.

But the two decide to work together to at least discover the identity of the blackmailer.

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Review: Die I Will Not (John Chase Mystery #3) by S.K. Rizzolo

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British mysteries are some of my favorite books to read….especially those set in either the Victorian or Regency eras. Who doesn’t love a good murder by gaslight novel?

The John Chase series intrigued me. I often gravitate toward British mysteries/detective novels with female protagonists, so a series that boasted a male detective grabbed me.

Penelope Wolfe has married the wrong man. She tried to break away from her father and in her attempt at ‘independence’ she has found herself very unhappily married. Jeremy is basically gambling himself into the ground.

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Pink For All Seasons: Flower Symbolism in The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig

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Many of you die hard ‘Pink Carnation‘ fans will undoubtedly notice that flowers play a huge role in the books and are meant to convey some symbolism and foreshadowing in the series and books.

Each character embodies the title flower in some way or another. For me, one of my favorite Pink heroines was Mary Alsworthy from The Seduction of the Crimson Rose.

The rose is not only beautiful and alluring but thorny and at times dangerous to an inexperienced handler. It’s a classic flower long associated with beauty and love. It’s chic, regal, and alluring, while at the same time the thorns remind us of suffering and sacrifice.

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Review: The Heiress of Winterwood (Whispers on the Moors #1) by Sarah Ladd

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Amelia Barrett made her best friend a dying promise: to take care of her child, Lucy, at all costs….and Amelia plans on fulfilling that promise.

Lucy’s father has been away at sea and has never met the child but he is returning from his adventures soon and will meet her for the first time.

Amelia is fearful that he will take the child and she will never see her again. Lucy has become like her own daughter and she can’t stand the thought of never seeing her again.

So Amelia has devised a plan to keep her and Lucy together forever….her can Captain Sterling will need to get married.

There is a slight problem however, Amelia is set to marry another man who is to become part of her uncle’s business and ultimately the lord of Winterwood. While she expected a loveless marriage, Edward Littleton, has expressed a romantic interest in her. But he has forbidden Lucy to stay with them once they are married.

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