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Summary: Loved this book!!
Review: I must admit, I was hooked on this book from the first page. The beautiful Lady Arielle Stanford has a dream. Her dream is to become a licensed physician in a time where there were no female physicians. Then Lady Arielle hears about Lord Braxton and that he is well known for helping people make their dreams come true. So starts the correspondence between Arielle and Hunter, as well as the romance. Lord Braxton promises to help Lady Arielle achieve her dream. He even goes so far as to set up an interview for her with a college, even though he does not approve. When Arielle is turned down for admittance to the college, she becomes very discouraged, but still does not want to let go of her dream. Then Arielle's father blackmails Hunter into marrying Arielle. At this point, she simply postpones her dream, while helping to fix-up Hunter's home. Then, she comes across some love letters in the attic and the fun really begins.
I really enjoyed this book, it was filled with all kinds of subplots, which added to it. I could only wish to receive the type of letters Arielle runs across.
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Summary: Loved this book!!
Review: I must admit, I was hooked on this book from the first page. The beautiful Lady Arielle Stanford has a dream. Her dream is to become a licensed physician in a time where there were no female physicians. Then Lady Arielle hears about Lord Braxton and that he is well known for helping people make their dreams come true. So starts the correspondence between Arielle and Hunter, as well as the romance. Lord Braxton promises to help Lady Arielle achieve her dream. He even goes so far as to set up an interview for her with a college, even though he does not approve. When Arielle is turned down for admittance to the college, she becomes very discouraged, but still does not want to let go of her dream. Then Arielle's father blackmails Hunter into marrying Arielle. At this point, she simply postpones her dream, while helping to fix-up Hunter's home. Then, she comes across some love letters in the attic and the fun really begins.
I really enjoyed this book, it was filled with all kinds of subplots, which added to it. I could only wish to receive the type of letters Arielle runs across.
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Summary: Do your homework before you write historicals
Review: If she had sent this novel 40 years later it would have been believable. There were three medical schools for women and at least one in Britain in the 1850s. Implausible and unbelievable with stereotypical characters. Fans of historical novels aren't just fans; they know their time periods and can pick out mistakes very quickly.
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Summary: Don't judge a book by the cover!
Review: In 1816, Lady Arielle Stanford wants to become a doctor though England has never had a female physician. Her goal has turned obsessive as she ignores everything else in her life except her pursuit of medicine. Even Arielle's friends consider her a harmless eccentric who they expect will end up on the shelf because she neglects the important things in society.
Marquess Hunter Braxton has just returned home from the victory over Napoleon. All he wants right now is to tend to his estate and forget about the affairs of state. Arielle concludes she needs help from a hero and chooses Hunter, whose reputation for providing assistance to people is well known among the Ton. Though he agrees to see Arielle achieve her dream, he has his own idea about what profession suits Arielle. He prefers she practice medicine on him only because he wants his beloved's job to be his wife.
DEAREST BELOVED is an exciting Regency romance that those readers who do not mind a medical anachronism or two (Christine Holden admits to taking poetic license) will find quite delightful. The story line moves forward rather quickly and fans will find the lead couple likable and admirable. This novel will please the Regency audience, who are beholden to the author for her powerful historical romances. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: totally unbelievable
Review: Maybe, just maybe this could have been salvaged. While our heroine had aspirations to become a doctor is somewhat plausible I couldn't read most pages without wincing. It's the little things like a Viscount's daughter addressed as "Lady". Being a regency/victorian fan I thought all the informalities a bit tedious and not true to the period. More research on the author's part would have been appreciated. But I'll never find out as this is the first and last of this author I will ever read!
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Summary: Don't judge a book by the cover!
Review: Okay, okay, I was suckered in by the attractive cover...I was convinced this would be a "good read." Was I wrong! The writing was pedestrian and the plot was implausible! As I read, I thought "I teach high school students who can write better than this!" The protagonist's goal to go to med school was never believable and characterization was weak. I do not recommend this book...read regencies by Joan Wolf, Mary Balogh, Elizabeth Thornton if you want to read about characters you can care about.
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Summary: Implausible, agonizing read
Review: This book starts out with an implausible premise and only gets more ridiculous as it goes on. The whole "communicating by letter" routine gets old very quickly. Christine Holden is a psuedonym for two authors writing as one. In this case, two heads are NOT better than one. Pass this one by, even if you're a die-hard Regency fan.
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Summary: Implausible, agonizing read
Review: This book starts out with an implausible premise and only gets more ridiculous as it goes on. The whole "communicating by letter" routine gets old very quickly. Christine Holden is a psuedonym for two authors writing as one. In this case, two heads are NOT better than one. Pass this one by, even if you're a die-hard Regency fan.
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