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Summary: Terrific story!
Review: Miss Abigail "Abby" Todd was twenty-eight years old. In America she was the owner and headmistress of her own school for young ladies in Boston. The grandmother she had never known had lived in England and was named Miss Clarissa Beaupré, née Bivens. Upon Clarissa's death, Abby was summoned to her grandmother's home, Arbor Cottage. Upon arrival, Abby was to complete a series of tasks before claiming her inheritance. Mrs. Hannah Greaves went along as her counselor and companion for the long journey. Clarissa had been known as "La Grande Clarissa, courtisane extraordinaire"! Even knowing she had been his late father's mistress, Jared had fond memories of her. He had often visited Clarissa while he grew simply because she treated him as a son instead of as a member of the snobbish Ton. Because of this, he agreed to Clarissa's request for him to help Abby with her tasks when the time arrived. ***** Jared Verney, Earl of Langley, and Miss Abigail Todd clashed almost immediately. After a truce (sort of) they did each task ... well, not smoothly, let me just say that Miss Clarissa made sure the couple had some adventures. The author, Blair Bancroft, is beyond awesome! I am hoping that Jared's brother, Myles, will get his own story in the near future. Even though Clarissa was deceased, the author was able to develop the character's personality. This shows the author's talent in her writing field. Highly recommended reading! *****
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Summary: Clever old ladies.....
Review: Miss Abigail Todd, owner and headmistress of her own school in Boston, goes to England (the enemy in her eyes)to recieve an inheritance from her distant relative. What she finds when she gets there is far more than a simple cottage that she expected. She finds a huge house, a treasure hunt of sorts left by her paternal grandmother, and an incredibly hansome next door neighboor known as Jared Verney, Earl of Langley. It turns out that in order to have the cottage, Abby must fulfill a number of commissions left to her by her grandmother who was the spitting image of Abby herself and the mistress of the old (2 generations old) earl. OH and she must take Jared (the present Earl) with her on everyone of these commissions. Jared wants the cottage back from this American. But Abby isn't at all what he expected her to be. Old and ugly this lady is not. With her grandmothers looks she turns many heads, including Jareds. So what is a man to do when a girl like this is dropped into his lap? Follow her on her commissions and help her in any way possible, all while trying to woo her subtly at the same time...But can he win her heart over to English soil when she still has such a life over in America? We all know love works in mysterious ways... Ok first off I juat want to say that I would actually rate this like 3 1/2 to 3 3/4 stars. It was pretty good but there were many times when I just got bored with it and it seemed to slow down too much. The commissions Abby and Jared are given are well thought out and funny at times, but I thought they should've fallen in love a little more quickly than they did. The secondary characters are great! Myles, Jared's brother, is a great character and the reader sees him grow a lot during the novel. And Abby's companion Hannah adds a lot of life to the book too. Overall this wasn't a bad read. It just had a couple slow points to it. I would still recommend it to many of you. And this will NOT be the last of Blair Bancroft that I read...
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Summary: Clever old ladies.....
Review: Miss Abigail Todd, owner and headmistress of her own school in Boston, goes to England (the enemy in her eyes)to recieve an inheritance from her distant relative. What she finds when she gets there is far more than a simple cottage that she expected. She finds a huge house, a treasure hunt of sorts left by her paternal grandmother, and an incredibly hansome next door neighboor known as Jared Verney, Earl of Langley. It turns out that in order to have the cottage, Abby must fulfill a number of commissions left to her by her grandmother who was the spitting image of Abby herself and the mistress of the old (2 generations old) earl. OH and she must take Jared (the present Earl) with her on everyone of these commissions. Jared wants the cottage back from this American. But Abby isn't at all what he expected her to be. Old and ugly this lady is not. With her grandmothers looks she turns many heads, including Jareds. So what is a man to do when a girl like this is dropped into his lap? Follow her on her commissions and help her in any way possible, all while trying to woo her subtly at the same time...But can he win her heart over to English soil when she still has such a life over in America? We all know love works in mysterious ways... Ok first off I juat want to say that I would actually rate this like 3 1/2 to 3 3/4 stars. It was pretty good but there were many times when I just got bored with it and it seemed to slow down too much. The commissions Abby and Jared are given are well thought out and funny at times, but I thought they should've fallen in love a little more quickly than they did. The secondary characters are great! Myles, Jared's brother, is a great character and the reader sees him grow a lot during the novel. And Abby's companion Hannah adds a lot of life to the book too. Overall this wasn't a bad read. It just had a couple slow points to it. I would still recommend it to many of you. And this will NOT be the last of Blair Bancroft that I read...
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Summary: Mixed feelings about this book...would like more romance
Review: The idea of this book was great. The hero and heroine have to complete a number of tasks set out by the heroine's grandmother in her will. The grandmother was a noted courtesan, whose patron was the earl's grandfather. There are some interesting tasks, with a clever treasure hunt. My major problem was that I didn't feel that enough time was spent developing what the hero and heroine saw in each other, and why they grew to love each other. The writing was good, and it was an interesting slice of regency life, but I wanted more character development and more romance. I liked this book, but didn't love it, because it didn't really touch my emotions. I do think that the author showed a lot of potential, and I would try her future books.
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Summary: Mixed feelings about this book...would like more romance
Review: The idea of this book was great. The hero and heroine have to complete a number of tasks set out by the heroine's grandmother in her will. The grandmother was a noted courtesan, whose patron was the earl's grandfather. There are some interesting tasks, with a clever treasure hunt. My major problem was that I didn't feel that enough time was spent developing what the hero and heroine saw in each other, and why they grew to love each other. The writing was good, and it was an interesting slice of regency life, but I wanted more character development and more romance. I liked this book, but didn't love it, because it didn't really touch my emotions. I do think that the author showed a lot of potential, and I would try her future books.
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Summary: Fun mystery, sweet romance!
Review: This is a fun story that follows not only the budding romance between the hero and heroine but an intriguing mystery as well. The interaction between the two main characters was realistic and never reached levels of silliness or contrivance. Their conflict was solid, and it was great to watch the barriers erode slowly through the book. I do hope Myles's story will be next! You'll really enjoy this one!
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Summary: Fun mystery, sweet romance!
Review: This is a fun story that follows not only the budding romance between the hero and heroine but an intriguing mystery as well. The interaction between the two main characters was realistic and never reached levels of silliness or contrivance. Their conflict was solid, and it was great to watch the barriers erode slowly through the book. I do hope Myles's story will be next! You'll really enjoy this one!
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