Story descriptions below review
Audience: Adult
Genre: Historical
Romance
Rating: 5
Anna Elliot, in her THE WEDDING GIFT: A PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
STORY does a fine job of telling a fun and mysterious story about our favorite
Jane Austen characters. The story is told in first person by Elizabeth Bennett.
First person is not my favorite writing style, but after a few pages I was
interested enough in the story to keep reading. It's fun knowing what
Elizabeth's thoughts are, and perhaps this story is meant to see thing from a
young lady’s point of view, but the story is a little far fetched as to how Mr.
Darcy ends up rescuing Elizabeth. However, that's why it is fiction :) I liked
the story and the lesson that emerges of the gift of love.
DREAM OF A GLORIOUS SEASON, by Sarah M. Eden is another
winner from Sarah. She writes in the style of Georgette Heyer with lots of fun
and mishaps along the way to true love. I enjoyed this story of unrecognized
love and how our hero, Julian thinks he's just a friend and wants to help
Elizabeth. The characters are real and have depth, especially for a novella.
You will love the fun and feel for Elizabeth as she navigates the road to love.
Carla Kelly’s story, THE MENDER, was another one that was
out of the normal and I wondered about reading it. But, as I started reading
it, I really got involved and was really curious how Thankful was going to find
her love and adventure. This story drew me in quickly and had me wondering how
Thankful and Adam we're going to resolve their problems. The character were
well developed and I enjoyed growing, laughing and crying with them.
In BEGIN AGAIN, by Josie S. Kilpack, I was drawn quickly in
and felt like it was experiencing the frustrations and misgivings of the hero
and heroine. Their misunderstandings were both funny and frustrating. It was
interesting dolling them through their discoveries about each other and
watching them forgive and let go of preconceived ideas about what and why the
other did something. I felt like these characters were real and they
experienced real life.
THE AFFAIR AT WILDEMOORE by Annette Lyon was another
surprising story. It was not what I was expecting. I loved how it turned out. I
enjoyed the character development and growth of both Ellen and Anthony. I
laughed at the way each perceived the same event and the misunderstandings the
resulted. I loved the lesson about nurturing a marriage and listening to each
other and communicating. I really liked how their daughters got in the plan and
helped their mother be romantic. It was fun and enjoyable.
THE DUKE’S BROTHER by Heather Moore was sweet and fun. Even
though Mabel is a bit different, I loved how Gregory saw what a sweet woman she
was. I enjoyed their mishaps and misunderstandings. They were a fun couple. I
liked that Mabel could be herself and still find true love with the right man.
You will love reading these stories. These authors don't
disappoint.
Content
Sex - 1 (Some
romantic kissing)
Violence - 0
Language - 0
Overall Content Rating - PG
Source: Review Copy
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Six Award-Winning Authors have contributed new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: All Regency Collection. Readers will love this collection of six regency romance novellas.
In THE WEDDING GIFT: A PRIDE AND PREJUDICE STORY, an enchanting novella by Anna Elliott, the story opens two weeks before Elizabeth Bennet’s wedding to Mr. Darcy. He has given her the perfect wedding gift, and now she must come up with one for him. But what do you give a man who has everything? Elizabeth soon discovers that the gift of love is more important than any one thing.
DREAM OF A GLORIOUS SEASON, a sweet novella by Sarah M. Eden, we meet Elizabeth Gillerford who envies her sister only one thing—that she’s been intended for Julian Broadwood since they were children. The trouble is that Elizabeth is hopelessly in love with Julian too. When Julian discovers that Elizabeth has been denied a Season because her older sister is yet unwed, he undertakes his own stealthy measures to introduce her to society, only to find himself falling in love with her himself.
In THE MENDER, a captivating story by Carla Kelly, Thankful Winnings takes a sea voyage with her cousin on the Ann Alexander, in a last adventure before she settles down to marry one of her beaus. Unexpectedly they come upon the aftermath of a fierce ship battle, and Thankful is commissioned to help in the place of an injured surgeon on one of the Royal Navy ships. Adam Farnsworth, surgeon, has been at sea for years. Tired of war, but devoted to his post, it takes a resourceful lady such as Thankful to give him the hope of love and help heal his own wounds, the ones that show and the ones that don’t.
In BEGIN AGAIN, a charming novella by Josi S. Kilpack, Regina Weathers gives up on marrying for love the day that Ross Martin walks out of her life. Now, fifteen years later, Ross shows up at a ball and thinks he can woo Regina. But she is set on her lonely path and stitched-up heart, no matter the excuse Ross gives for his years of silence and neglect. When Ross insists he wrote many letters during his military years, Regina discovers a secret long-since buried by her father, and the revelation might be enough to thaw the coldness of her heart.
In Annette Lyon’s endearing story, THE AFFAIR AT WILDEMOORE, Mrs. Ellen Stanhope escorts her three daughters to a ball. As her oldest flirts with a beau, Ellen is reminded of her courtship and early years of marriage with Anthony, before tragedy struck with the death of their infant son. The marriage has faded and dulled. Not until she sees Anthony dancing with a woman he courted years before does Ellen realize how much she misses him, still loves him, and yearns for him to yet feel the same way for her.
In the delightful novella, THE DUKE’S BROTHER, by Heather B. Moore, Mr. Gregory Clark is having an awful day, and it only gets worse when he’s ran over by … a woman. Mabel Russell reluctantly visits her sister in London for the Season, even though she’d rather stay in the country cataloging insects and aphids. When she runs into Gregory Clark, quite literally, she’s afraid to show any interest, especially since he’s a member of the dreaded ton. But getting to know Gregory becomes an unexpected delight.
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