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When Eleanor agrees to travel back in time to prevent a deadly duel, but she doesn't know how to behave, what to say, and most importantly...how to tell a villain from a rake. The captivating, infuriating, and mysterious Lord Shermont is a renowned rake and womanizer-but is he also a dangerous cutthroat and spy? Eleanor has to get up close and personal to find out, otherwise, she could fall into a most shocking scandal. Thankfully, Miss Jane Austen herself arrives on the scene, with sage guidance and a twinkle in her eye, to help Eleanor navigate countryhouse society and the dangerous terrain of her own heart. PRAISE FOR LAURIE
"Highly original. If you're in the market for a different kind of historical romance, or you enjoy stories filled with period detail, Hundreds of Years to Reform a Rake is a solid bet."― wordcandybooks.blogspot.com
"Brown's ending was clever and I never suspected Josie would choose the path she takes. I would recommend Hundreds of Years to Reform a Rake to anyone who enjoys paranormals, and even Regency fans who don't usually read them. Brown did an excellent job of combining the two genres."― aladysdiversions.blogspot.com
"A very enjoyable read with Josie a feisty and independent character, and Deverell the ghost and Deverell the man both also very appealing." ― curledup.com
"Humor, mystery, ghosts, history, and... pure fun."― blogcritics.org
"A fresh tale that is as charming as it is hot!"― zeekspage.blogspot.com
"You'll be transported to another time and won't want to return until the very last page is digested."― fantasybookspot.com
"Highly original. If you're in the market for a different kind of historical romance, or you enjoy stories filled with period detail, Hundreds of Years to Reform a Rake is a solid bet."― wordcandybooks.blogspot.com
"Brown's ending was clever and I never suspected Josie would choose the path she takes. I would recommend Hundreds of Years to Reform a Rake to anyone who enjoys paranormals, and even Regency fans who don't usually read them. Brown did an excellent job of combining the two genres."― aladysdiversions.blogspot.com
"A very enjoyable read with Josie a feisty and independent character, and Deverell the ghost and Deverell the man both also very appealing." ― curledup.com
"Humor, mystery, ghosts, history, and... pure fun."― blogcritics.org
"A fresh tale that is as charming as it is hot!"― zeekspage.blogspot.com
"You'll be transported to another time and won't want to return until the very last page is digested."― fantasybookspot.com
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First published May 1, 2009
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January 9, 2015
Now this was a surprise ...
I went on vacation and took this book that I had on paperback (from quite some time, actually) to have as a backup in case I found myself without battery on my kindle on my trip( God forbid) ... But when this happened I became so enthralled with the story and how fun it was that I just couldn't put it down! Forget the kindle! (Gasps)
I bought the book in the first place because of the tittle, I'm a big fan of Miss Austen's work so that was a plus for me. Add to that the time travel/Regency tale and I was a goner!
Eleanor was what a character in her situation should be. She didn't overanalize everything that was happening to her and she behaved how I would think I would behave if I was placed in such an era...
James/Shermont was simply a sexy charmer of charmers. I really wish HE was for real... a really smooth talker indeed.
The ghosts were a fun bonus and it made the story light and "almost " believable .... almost.
I was glad I gave it a try, and I'm looking forward to some more books from Ms.Laurie Brown, I had forgotten how much fun it is to read a well written Regency romance!
I went on vacation and took this book that I had on paperback (from quite some time, actually) to have as a backup in case I found myself without battery on my kindle on my trip( God forbid) ... But when this happened I became so enthralled with the story and how fun it was that I just couldn't put it down! Forget the kindle! (Gasps)
I bought the book in the first place because of the tittle, I'm a big fan of Miss Austen's work so that was a plus for me. Add to that the time travel/Regency tale and I was a goner!
Eleanor was what a character in her situation should be. She didn't overanalize everything that was happening to her and she behaved how I would think I would behave if I was placed in such an era...
James/Shermont was simply a sexy charmer of charmers. I really wish HE was for real... a really smooth talker indeed.
The ghosts were a fun bonus and it made the story light and "almost " believable .... almost.
I was glad I gave it a try, and I'm looking forward to some more books from Ms.Laurie Brown, I had forgotten how much fun it is to read a well written Regency romance!
June 14, 2016
¿Jane Austen y viajes en el tiempo? Lo reconozco, no pude resistirme, ni siquiera lo intenté. Tenía que leerlo. Aunque eso de "la mismísima Jane Austen entra en escena" es una exageración de la sinopsis puesto que esta solo "entra en escena" dos veces y apenas dice una frase o dos y eso de aconsejar...
Sí es cierto que tiene guiños hacía las obras de Austen que una fanática de la autora encontrará graciosas. De hecho, todo el libro está escrito en un tono divertido y fresco. Aunque hacia el final pierde bastante para mi gusto.
Una historia amena, ideal si te gusta Jane Austen y quieres distraerte un rato.
Sí es cierto que tiene guiños hacía las obras de Austen que una fanática de la autora encontrará graciosas. De hecho, todo el libro está escrito en un tono divertido y fresco. Aunque hacia el final pierde bastante para mi gusto.
Una historia amena, ideal si te gusta Jane Austen y quieres distraerte un rato.
March 16, 2021
Bastante entretenido, pero para mí gusto demasiado predecible. El chico ni fu ni fa y a la protagonista me ha parecido algo Mary Sue xD.
September 9, 2021
Ligero, divertido y entretenido. Lectura perfecta para "desintoxicarte" después de muchos libros de la misma temática o de un parón lector.
November 10, 2011
Is it possible to ruin a book with time travel, the Regency period, and lots of Jane Austen quotes? Yes. Oh God, yes.
Of course the beginning of the book required the reader swallowing a lot. The heroine Eleanor arrives at a historical home in England for a conference on period costume making, only to discover that there was an error in her reservation. The only room left for her to stay in is the attic, which is haunted by two sisters from the Regency period (Mina and Deirdre) who desperately need help correcting the story that led to their unhappiness (and I guess untimely deaths?). The ghosts promise Eleanor if she comes back in time to help them, they will introduce her to Jane Austen herself.
So we've got ghosts, a suitcase of Regency wear, and time travel. Ok, still on board.
Once we're safely back in the Regency period, Eleanor finds that everyone thinks she is the widowed American cousin of Mina and Deirdre come to marry their handsome brother, Teddy, who apparently has the hots for Eleanor. But Eleanor is more interested in the dark handsome mysterious type, Lord Shermont, whom she suspects was responsible for seducing the two ghosts and ruining their lives. Lord Shermont appears to have suffered a terrible accident five years ago, causing him to lose his memory, but conveniently also causing him to be adopted by a noble family and made a peer. Also, he's a spy.
OK... starting to lose me, Ms. Brown...
So of course a smoldering chemistry erupts between Eleanor and Shermont, and we are constantly beat on the head with how much hot-blood-pumping-panting-eye-sex attraction they have for one another because every time Eleanor turns around, there's Shermont. She leaves a conversation with Shermont, goes wandering through the house, then finds Shermont again in the garden. (There were other characters in this story... right?)
Since it's a romance novel, I'm willing to forgive a lot of the historical inaccuracies, but the inaccuracies of character development were incredibly glaring. One second Eleanor is all game for pretending to be a Regency girl and blending in to help the ghosts, the next she is trying to pick fights in public on feminism - or running into the woods to hitch her leg up on Shermont. When the two finally did have sex, it was less of the in-the-moment passion fest I expected and more along the lines of a seedy arranged tryst. That faded to black.
Sigh.
It as at this point that I gave up on the novel. I'm glad others out there enjoyed it, but there are far, far, FAR better Jane Austen fan novels to be had. Austenland was a wonderful merging of the modern and the Regency, and the romance there was incredibly well paced, believable, and hot. Go read that instead.
Of course the beginning of the book required the reader swallowing a lot. The heroine Eleanor arrives at a historical home in England for a conference on period costume making, only to discover that there was an error in her reservation. The only room left for her to stay in is the attic, which is haunted by two sisters from the Regency period (Mina and Deirdre) who desperately need help correcting the story that led to their unhappiness (and I guess untimely deaths?). The ghosts promise Eleanor if she comes back in time to help them, they will introduce her to Jane Austen herself.
So we've got ghosts, a suitcase of Regency wear, and time travel. Ok, still on board.
Once we're safely back in the Regency period, Eleanor finds that everyone thinks she is the widowed American cousin of Mina and Deirdre come to marry their handsome brother, Teddy, who apparently has the hots for Eleanor. But Eleanor is more interested in the dark handsome mysterious type, Lord Shermont, whom she suspects was responsible for seducing the two ghosts and ruining their lives. Lord Shermont appears to have suffered a terrible accident five years ago, causing him to lose his memory, but conveniently also causing him to be adopted by a noble family and made a peer. Also, he's a spy.
OK... starting to lose me, Ms. Brown...
So of course a smoldering chemistry erupts between Eleanor and Shermont, and we are constantly beat on the head with how much hot-blood-pumping-panting-eye-sex attraction they have for one another because every time Eleanor turns around, there's Shermont. She leaves a conversation with Shermont, goes wandering through the house, then finds Shermont again in the garden. (There were other characters in this story... right?)
Since it's a romance novel, I'm willing to forgive a lot of the historical inaccuracies, but the inaccuracies of character development were incredibly glaring. One second Eleanor is all game for pretending to be a Regency girl and blending in to help the ghosts, the next she is trying to pick fights in public on feminism - or running into the woods to hitch her leg up on Shermont. When the two finally did have sex, it was less of the in-the-moment passion fest I expected and more along the lines of a seedy arranged tryst. That faded to black.
Sigh.
It as at this point that I gave up on the novel. I'm glad others out there enjoyed it, but there are far, far, FAR better Jane Austen fan novels to be had. Austenland was a wonderful merging of the modern and the Regency, and the romance there was incredibly well paced, believable, and hot. Go read that instead.
April 25, 2011
If you are looking for a bit of fluff and are not particular about your writing at all, look no further. Jane Austen fans, do not read this. One of the worst books, if not the worst, I've read thus far this year.
I stopped at the end of Chapter 3 on April 12, 2011. Is 42 pages out of 233 enough of a chance? I can't get over the anachronisms and historical inaccuracies. The unrealistic dialogue and lots and lots of telling are also grating. Posted: April 18, 2011
Update: I finished this very silly book this morning. While she thanks her editor in the acknowledgements at the end of the book, I can't help but thinking that that editor wouldn't return the favor of having all of her incompetence made public. What I wouldn't have given for some good fact-checking and even simple copyediting. Complete waste of time. I also finally saw the very last page of the e-book which mentions how Jane Austen steps in to offer advice and some such other rot. Do not be deceived since this only happens in the author's fevered imagination and not on the page. Lots of telling, little showing.
Glad to be able to return this library e-book since it fails as both romance and novel. I've read better Harlequins.
I stopped at the end of Chapter 3 on April 12, 2011. Is 42 pages out of 233 enough of a chance? I can't get over the anachronisms and historical inaccuracies. The unrealistic dialogue and lots and lots of telling are also grating. Posted: April 18, 2011
Update: I finished this very silly book this morning. While she thanks her editor in the acknowledgements at the end of the book, I can't help but thinking that that editor wouldn't return the favor of having all of her incompetence made public. What I wouldn't have given for some good fact-checking and even simple copyediting. Complete waste of time. I also finally saw the very last page of the e-book which mentions how Jane Austen steps in to offer advice and some such other rot. Do not be deceived since this only happens in the author's fevered imagination and not on the page. Lots of telling, little showing.
Glad to be able to return this library e-book since it fails as both romance and novel. I've read better Harlequins.
June 15, 2023
A really lovely book with the added quotations from all of the Jane Austen books at the beginning of each chapter. The story was sweet, a some romance and a touch of mystery worth five stars or more. My thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.
July 8, 2020
Muy, muy entretenido. No pude parar de leer hasta terminarlo.
August 16, 2012
... She would not read this book!
August 25, 2011
The book was hopeless. The time travel element of the story was silly. The author didn't even try to make it somewhat explainable. I was happy, however, that I could easily skip the numerous sex scenes without ANY impact on the plot or "substance" of the book. Yes, I should have put it down after the first few pages, but I didn't believe it could get decent reviews and yet be so bad. The most delightful element of the book was the ending--the book was so sappy with unrealistic fantasy scenes of the flat characters and the most contrived plot that as it came to an end, I daydreamed the most outrageous, over the top, bizarre and ridiculous ending I could imagine. To my delight (I was BEYOND enjoying this book) the author managed to make the actual ending even more outrageous than I imagined.
What I learned from reading this book--I need to use my imagination more!
What I learned from reading this book--I need to use my imagination more!
December 24, 2010
I'll tell you what she wouldn't do! She would never,ever suck a pickle like a common hussy late at night in the library without a chaperone in the presence of a rake! Jeesh!
July 3, 2011
It would have gotten two stars if it had been 50 pages shorter and without that appallingly stupid fairy tale ending that made me want to gouge my own eyes out with my elbows.
September 13, 2016
¿Por qué me he hecho esto a mí misma?
April 21, 2019
This was a surprisingly charming romp! At heart it is a Regency historical romance with a soupçon of Napoleonic era espionage...or maybe that's vice versa. It also has time travel, interesting characters, wit, ghosts, butterflies, Regency fashions, and Jane Austen. Somehow even though you see all the twists and turns of the plot from the very beginning, and there are a few too many ambiguous introductions or awkward connections, you find yourself enjoying the ride.
It begins and ends in the early 2000s at an English country manor (now inn) just down the road from Jane Austen House Museum in Chawton, England. Eleanor, jetlagged and newly jilted, arrives to find a mix up in her reservation, leading to her occupying the tower suite haunted by 2 sisters who lived there during the Regency. Eleanor is a costumier, specializing in Regency era. She is also a fan of Jane Austen, asking herself 'What Would Jane Austen Do?' when in an awkward situation. After meeting these ghostly roommates, Eleanor, bribed with meeting the real Jane Austen, agrees to let them take her back in time to prevent a series of unfortunate events at a Regency house party. There she meets Lord Shermont who is on the hunt for a French spy and has a mysterious past himself. Their chemistry is instant and sizzling.
I thought the author quite clever in some of her writing choices, such as making our 21st century heroine expert in Regency fashion and a Janeite gave her the ability to relatively seamlessly merge into the era once she arrives there. Her characters were all well-drawn, with distinct personalities, and very likeable. I will definitely consider reading another by this author.
Fits ATY 2019 #2 Book with one of the 5 W's in the title.
It begins and ends in the early 2000s at an English country manor (now inn) just down the road from Jane Austen House Museum in Chawton, England. Eleanor, jetlagged and newly jilted, arrives to find a mix up in her reservation, leading to her occupying the tower suite haunted by 2 sisters who lived there during the Regency. Eleanor is a costumier, specializing in Regency era. She is also a fan of Jane Austen, asking herself 'What Would Jane Austen Do?' when in an awkward situation. After meeting these ghostly roommates, Eleanor, bribed with meeting the real Jane Austen, agrees to let them take her back in time to prevent a series of unfortunate events at a Regency house party. There she meets Lord Shermont who is on the hunt for a French spy and has a mysterious past himself. Their chemistry is instant and sizzling.
I thought the author quite clever in some of her writing choices, such as making our 21st century heroine expert in Regency fashion and a Janeite gave her the ability to relatively seamlessly merge into the era once she arrives there. Her characters were all well-drawn, with distinct personalities, and very likeable. I will definitely consider reading another by this author.
Fits ATY 2019 #2 Book with one of the 5 W's in the title.
February 14, 2022
Malo. Todo es rídiculo, quiere ser una mezcla de novela de misterio y romántica de época, pero no consigue ninguna de las dos cosas. Tampoco el toque de ciencia ficción y fantástico está logrado, pues la razón por la cual la protagonista viaja en el tiempo está cogida con pinzas, al principio se sostiene, pero la carambola que da al final para no separarse de su amado es forzada y da la sensación que no hay ninguna regla ni lógica, es porque sí. Y ese por que sí, no me vale.
Luego tenemos el factor Jane Austen, que al tenerlo en el título y unir un detalle de la protagonista con la autora, ya te lo meten de reclamo. Y es lo de siempre, Jane Austen está en una escena y podría haber sido Jane Austen, que cualquiera que escriba romance de época. La única aportación es engañar al lector.
Encima ni siquiera juega bien con la época. Empieza prometedor, va rápido, en el segundo capítulo ya estás en la Regencia, pero la deriva empieza también pronto, cuando te das cuenta que la protagonista, una mujer actual se pasea por allí como Pedro por su casa.
El protagonista masculino es plano, no tiene desarrollo. Y la química y las escenas son un cliché, que las hemos leído mil veces y mejores. Las escenas de sexo mecánicas y sin gracia.
Al menos se lee rápido. Pero no merece la pena, con una premisa similar tenemos la miniserie "Lost in Austen" que es mucho más atrevida e ingeniosa.
Luego tenemos el factor Jane Austen, que al tenerlo en el título y unir un detalle de la protagonista con la autora, ya te lo meten de reclamo. Y es lo de siempre, Jane Austen está en una escena y podría haber sido Jane Austen, que cualquiera que escriba romance de época. La única aportación es engañar al lector.
Encima ni siquiera juega bien con la época. Empieza prometedor, va rápido, en el segundo capítulo ya estás en la Regencia, pero la deriva empieza también pronto, cuando te das cuenta que la protagonista, una mujer actual se pasea por allí como Pedro por su casa.
El protagonista masculino es plano, no tiene desarrollo. Y la química y las escenas son un cliché, que las hemos leído mil veces y mejores. Las escenas de sexo mecánicas y sin gracia.
Al menos se lee rápido. Pero no merece la pena, con una premisa similar tenemos la miniserie "Lost in Austen" que es mucho más atrevida e ingeniosa.
August 7, 2018
Interesting
An engaging story that takes our heroine to the past, where her guiding principles makes her ask herself what would Jane Austen do in a given situation and act accordingly. She even gets the chance to meet her!!! Entertaining and worthy.
An engaging story that takes our heroine to the past, where her guiding principles makes her ask herself what would Jane Austen do in a given situation and act accordingly. She even gets the chance to meet her!!! Entertaining and worthy.
May 7, 2021
Que hagas tenia a este libro y vaya rollo que me he leído ... así sin filtros!
Un libro sin pies ni cabeza, totalmente predecible y con el uno gancho de Jane Austen uffff... desilusión total ...
Cuando dejare de leer libro porque hagan mención a esta gran escritora 🤦🏻♀️
Un libro sin pies ni cabeza, totalmente predecible y con el uno gancho de Jane Austen uffff... desilusión total ...
Cuando dejare de leer libro porque hagan mención a esta gran escritora 🤦🏻♀️
July 23, 2023
There’s a book with the same title being published later this year and I couldn’t resist the temptation to read this version. A fun read overall, though I could have done without the very explicit sex scenes.
February 19, 2014
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Por si no lo saben, soy una gran fanática de Jane Austen, así que mi curiosidad se activo al leer la frase “¿Que haría Jane Austen?”. Yo misma me la he preguntado en algunas situaciones, así que obviamente me sentí identificada con Eleanor, una fanática de la misma autora.
Eleanor es una mujer común en nuestra época, la cual trabaja confeccionando la vestimenta para películas. Esta vez, ha viajado hasta Londres para participar en una convención de vestimentas de la época de la Regencia; y poder así mostrar sus nuevos vestidos.
Sin embargo, lo que menos se imagina es que cuando su ex-comprometido la abandono, y tuvo que cambiar la suite matrimonial a una de soltera, le iba a tocar el mismísimo cuarto el cual se rumora estar ocupado por fantasmas.
Eleanor no cree en los fantasmas, pero cuando les aparecen las dos hermanas fantasmas Deirdre y Mina en persona, no hay como negarlo. Y mas aun cuando ellas insisten en hacer un trato, donde debe volver en el tiempo y evitar la desgracia que incluye a Lord Shermont y la cual las tiene atrapadas como fantasmas….con la seguridad de tener la oportunidad de conocer a su ídolo, Jane Austen.
Por supuesto que ella ignora la propuesta, pero igual termina viajando en el tiempo de una forma un poco original. Los fantasmas la abandonan, unos cientos de años en el pasado, sin saber como comportarse a la altura.
Sin embargo Eleanor, con bastante suerte, se adapta a la sociedad. Su trabajo es evitar la “seducción” de Lord Shermont contra alguna de las hermanas…lo cual es mucho mas trabajo de lo que piensa, pues el es un bombón imposible de resistir.
En general, el libro consiste en las experiencias de Eleanor en la época de la Regencia que tanto adora; y aunque ama las vestimentas y el glamour; odia no tener un baño propiamente dicho y extraña su celular. Pero ¿podría dejar todo eso de lado, si fuera a pasar sus días con Lord Shermont?
Lord Shermont me recordó muchísimo a Mr. Darcy. Es un hombre de gran presencia, sexy, inteligente y de fuerte carácter. La primera vez que Eleanor lo ve, junto a Lord Digby, me recordó mucho a una escena del libro Orgullo y Prejuicio, pero poco a poco los personajes van tomando su camino y tienen sus propias personalidades. Lord Shermont es adorado entre las mujeres, y aunque su fortuna es bastante, las mujeres prefieren hablar de sus otras grandes habilidades.
El esta instantáneamente interesado por Eleanor, por su forma de ser tan libertina, la cual esconden con el pretexto de que es Americana. Y aunque el tiene un trabajo de espionaje que realizar, no puede dejar de distraerse con ella.
El romance entre ellos dos es magnifico. Desde el principio están interesados y se desean, pero por supuesto todo comienza con una ligera charla, mas atención de lo normal, unas caminatas en el jardín. Pero Eleanor no es una chica de la antigua, ella es una mujer moderna, y no teme tomar el control en algunas situaciones para obtener algunos besos…
Las escenas mas calientes no tardan mucho en aparecer, y me gustaron mucho porque son dulces y sexys a la vez, bañadas con un sentimiento amoroso. La autora las escribe de una manera que te hace sentir que ellos realmente están haciendo el amor, no solo teniendo relaciones sexuales.
En la historia hay un misterio, un robo y un asesinato; pero eso lo deberán descubrir ustedes. Aunque no es la trama principal, tiene que ver con el trabajo de Eleanor hacia las hermanas Deirdre y Mina.
Lo que me dejo con mas ganas de este libro fue las apariciones de Jane Austen, las cuales fueron cortas y no muy interesantes. Me hubiese gustado que Eleanor compartiera mas con ella, pero eso fue mas difícil de lo esperado. Además, Jane Austen fue presentaba de una manera triste, a mi parecer, aunque eso no lo podemos cambiar mucho. Para una maestra en la literatura romántica, su vida parece no haber sido tan preciosa como sus libros….Al menos es este sentido la autora se nota que ha investigado bastante, pues relaciona todo los detalles con datos y fechas históricas.
Aunque la historia es predecible, y su final también; a mi me gusto porque la autora le agrega algunos detalles que la hacen inimaginable…o al menos lo fue para mi, aunque yo no soy la mejor detective. Por supuesto que no les diré que ocurre, pero si les digo que es un final feliz de los que me gustan.
Y lo que realmente adore del final es que logramos saber algunas cosillas mas sobre el futuro de los personajes. A veces los autores terminan la historia como “Y volvieron a ser felices” pero no te dicen mas nada, dejando todo a tu imaginación. En este libro, al menos te cuentan algunas cosillas que seguro agradecerás de saber, pues uno termina enamorada de los personajes.
¿Que haria Jane Austen? es uno de los libros de literatura romántica que mas me ha gustado, pero no le di los 5 puntos porque viajar en el tiempo no esta entre mis favoritos, tal vez porque la pobre descripción y poca originalidad del hecho lo hizo poco creíble.
Por si no lo saben, soy una gran fanática de Jane Austen, así que mi curiosidad se activo al leer la frase “¿Que haría Jane Austen?”. Yo misma me la he preguntado en algunas situaciones, así que obviamente me sentí identificada con Eleanor, una fanática de la misma autora.
Eleanor es una mujer común en nuestra época, la cual trabaja confeccionando la vestimenta para películas. Esta vez, ha viajado hasta Londres para participar en una convención de vestimentas de la época de la Regencia; y poder así mostrar sus nuevos vestidos.
Sin embargo, lo que menos se imagina es que cuando su ex-comprometido la abandono, y tuvo que cambiar la suite matrimonial a una de soltera, le iba a tocar el mismísimo cuarto el cual se rumora estar ocupado por fantasmas.
Eleanor no cree en los fantasmas, pero cuando les aparecen las dos hermanas fantasmas Deirdre y Mina en persona, no hay como negarlo. Y mas aun cuando ellas insisten en hacer un trato, donde debe volver en el tiempo y evitar la desgracia que incluye a Lord Shermont y la cual las tiene atrapadas como fantasmas….con la seguridad de tener la oportunidad de conocer a su ídolo, Jane Austen.
Por supuesto que ella ignora la propuesta, pero igual termina viajando en el tiempo de una forma un poco original. Los fantasmas la abandonan, unos cientos de años en el pasado, sin saber como comportarse a la altura.
Sin embargo Eleanor, con bastante suerte, se adapta a la sociedad. Su trabajo es evitar la “seducción” de Lord Shermont contra alguna de las hermanas…lo cual es mucho mas trabajo de lo que piensa, pues el es un bombón imposible de resistir.
En general, el libro consiste en las experiencias de Eleanor en la época de la Regencia que tanto adora; y aunque ama las vestimentas y el glamour; odia no tener un baño propiamente dicho y extraña su celular. Pero ¿podría dejar todo eso de lado, si fuera a pasar sus días con Lord Shermont?
Lord Shermont me recordó muchísimo a Mr. Darcy. Es un hombre de gran presencia, sexy, inteligente y de fuerte carácter. La primera vez que Eleanor lo ve, junto a Lord Digby, me recordó mucho a una escena del libro Orgullo y Prejuicio, pero poco a poco los personajes van tomando su camino y tienen sus propias personalidades. Lord Shermont es adorado entre las mujeres, y aunque su fortuna es bastante, las mujeres prefieren hablar de sus otras grandes habilidades.
El esta instantáneamente interesado por Eleanor, por su forma de ser tan libertina, la cual esconden con el pretexto de que es Americana. Y aunque el tiene un trabajo de espionaje que realizar, no puede dejar de distraerse con ella.
El romance entre ellos dos es magnifico. Desde el principio están interesados y se desean, pero por supuesto todo comienza con una ligera charla, mas atención de lo normal, unas caminatas en el jardín. Pero Eleanor no es una chica de la antigua, ella es una mujer moderna, y no teme tomar el control en algunas situaciones para obtener algunos besos…
Las escenas mas calientes no tardan mucho en aparecer, y me gustaron mucho porque son dulces y sexys a la vez, bañadas con un sentimiento amoroso. La autora las escribe de una manera que te hace sentir que ellos realmente están haciendo el amor, no solo teniendo relaciones sexuales.
En la historia hay un misterio, un robo y un asesinato; pero eso lo deberán descubrir ustedes. Aunque no es la trama principal, tiene que ver con el trabajo de Eleanor hacia las hermanas Deirdre y Mina.
Lo que me dejo con mas ganas de este libro fue las apariciones de Jane Austen, las cuales fueron cortas y no muy interesantes. Me hubiese gustado que Eleanor compartiera mas con ella, pero eso fue mas difícil de lo esperado. Además, Jane Austen fue presentaba de una manera triste, a mi parecer, aunque eso no lo podemos cambiar mucho. Para una maestra en la literatura romántica, su vida parece no haber sido tan preciosa como sus libros….Al menos es este sentido la autora se nota que ha investigado bastante, pues relaciona todo los detalles con datos y fechas históricas.
Aunque la historia es predecible, y su final también; a mi me gusto porque la autora le agrega algunos detalles que la hacen inimaginable…o al menos lo fue para mi, aunque yo no soy la mejor detective. Por supuesto que no les diré que ocurre, pero si les digo que es un final feliz de los que me gustan.
Y lo que realmente adore del final es que logramos saber algunas cosillas mas sobre el futuro de los personajes. A veces los autores terminan la historia como “Y volvieron a ser felices” pero no te dicen mas nada, dejando todo a tu imaginación. En este libro, al menos te cuentan algunas cosillas que seguro agradecerás de saber, pues uno termina enamorada de los personajes.
¿Que haria Jane Austen? es uno de los libros de literatura romántica que mas me ha gustado, pero no le di los 5 puntos porque viajar en el tiempo no esta entre mis favoritos, tal vez porque la pobre descripción y poca originalidad del hecho lo hizo poco creíble.
August 5, 2019
This book was so silly, I loved it. Ridiculous concept, ridiculous theory of time travel, ridiculous love story. I am here for it!!!
February 15, 2023
I took quite a leisurely time reading this book. Didn't expect to like it, but I did.
September 4, 2010
A clever title that delivers a fun and frothy summer read
This time travel romance novel has a great hook in the title – Jane Austen’s name, and we all know that it caught your attention, cuz, you’re reading my review!
When an author sets out to ‘entrap’ (or more kindly stated) ‘entice’ us into noticing their book over all of the other thousands of books published each year by choosing a catchy title, it’s called clever marketing. Add to that, a provocative cover sporting a set of six-pack abs that we hoped we might find under Mr. Darcy’s wet shirt, and the facade of a Regency manor house a la Pemberley, and you know that they have really pulled out all the stops to make a sale. Let’s hope they can deliver the goods. After all, if the author was in doubt at any point in writing their story, all they had to do for a solution was to ask what Jane Austen would do, right?
Heroine Eleanor Pottinger is a costume designer from Los Angeles who arrives in Hampshire, England for Regency Week jet lagged and downtrodden after being unceremoniously dumped by her boyfriend. She has booked her accommodations at Twixton Manor Inn, an eighteenth-century grand manor house converted into a hotel whose staff has lost her reservation and must put her up in the only room left available – the haunted one that they never use. Undaunted, Eleanor just wants sleep and does not care if she shares it with anyone, spectral or otherwise. When the two ghostly sisters Mina and Deirdre materialize to haunt her, she strikes a bargain with them to travel back to Regency times to thwart a deadly duel that kills their brother Teddy if they will in turn introduce her to their neighbor, her favorite author Jane Austen. Eleanor awakens in 1814 to meet the sisters and their family living at Twixton Manor with a house full of guests including hunky rake Lord Shermont, an agent for the crown who is secretly hunting for a Napoleonic spy among them. Eleanor quickly becomes his chief suspect. Motivated to meet Jane Austen, Eleanor engages in a week of social activities to discover which of the sister’s honor will be compromised provoking Teddy into duel with Shermont. Somehow she must figure out how to alter history and avert the deed and save his life. As a twenty-first century woman, Eleanor struggles with the Regency lifestyle and often asks herself “what would Jane Austen do?” in the same situation which works beautifully until romance gets in the way as she is courted by Teddy and the known womanizer Lord Shermont. Questioning their motives may be the key to her unraveling the mystery and discovering if she has fallen in love with a spy or an Austen-esque hero.
Author Laurie Brown has pulled together elements of several genres – historical romance, spy thriller, time travel, and Jane Austen – in an ambitious endeavour. The plot moved very quickly and was evenly paced. Contrary to scandalous rumor, I do enjoy historical romance novels, which What Would Jane Austen Do? would qualify. I have two requirements in my romance reading that this novel satisfied; — that the characters are believable and the plot has substance. I enjoyed traveling back in time with Eleanor, meeting Lord Shermont and of course encountering Jane Austen. Who wouldn’t? Brown obviously researched her Regency history and has read Austen’s novels quoting characters and scenes (though I must correct her reference to Knightley criticizing Emma Woodhouse after the picnic at Boxhill where she had treated Jane so badly! It was Miss Bates who was abused not Jane Fairfax.). Taken as a fun and frothy summer read, I have very few quibbles. However, when an author chooses to use Jane Austen or her characters that ups the ante in my book, and the standards are raised. Unfortunately, the opportunity to distinguish the present and the past with language nuances was missed as modern words such as Tarzan, yummy, omigod leaked in to the Regency world, and misnomers such as Arabian thoroughbred was used to describe Lord Shermont’s horse. Additionally, at times I would like to have rested and discovered more about characters and their motivations, which was Austen’s forte. In the end, I knew very little about the heroine and hero’s inner thinking and felt the plot skipped past moments to elaborate and reflect just a bit more. The author did however supply the requisite Austen-esque heroine transformation and happily-ever-after ending, which Jane would have chosen to wrap-up more swiftly with far less effusion. In the end, was I entrapped by Jane Austen’s name into reading this novel? You betcha! Do I have any regrets? Like Austen’s character Emma Woodhouse, in this instance “I would much rather have been merry than wise.”
Laurel Ann, Austenprose
This time travel romance novel has a great hook in the title – Jane Austen’s name, and we all know that it caught your attention, cuz, you’re reading my review!
When an author sets out to ‘entrap’ (or more kindly stated) ‘entice’ us into noticing their book over all of the other thousands of books published each year by choosing a catchy title, it’s called clever marketing. Add to that, a provocative cover sporting a set of six-pack abs that we hoped we might find under Mr. Darcy’s wet shirt, and the facade of a Regency manor house a la Pemberley, and you know that they have really pulled out all the stops to make a sale. Let’s hope they can deliver the goods. After all, if the author was in doubt at any point in writing their story, all they had to do for a solution was to ask what Jane Austen would do, right?
Heroine Eleanor Pottinger is a costume designer from Los Angeles who arrives in Hampshire, England for Regency Week jet lagged and downtrodden after being unceremoniously dumped by her boyfriend. She has booked her accommodations at Twixton Manor Inn, an eighteenth-century grand manor house converted into a hotel whose staff has lost her reservation and must put her up in the only room left available – the haunted one that they never use. Undaunted, Eleanor just wants sleep and does not care if she shares it with anyone, spectral or otherwise. When the two ghostly sisters Mina and Deirdre materialize to haunt her, she strikes a bargain with them to travel back to Regency times to thwart a deadly duel that kills their brother Teddy if they will in turn introduce her to their neighbor, her favorite author Jane Austen. Eleanor awakens in 1814 to meet the sisters and their family living at Twixton Manor with a house full of guests including hunky rake Lord Shermont, an agent for the crown who is secretly hunting for a Napoleonic spy among them. Eleanor quickly becomes his chief suspect. Motivated to meet Jane Austen, Eleanor engages in a week of social activities to discover which of the sister’s honor will be compromised provoking Teddy into duel with Shermont. Somehow she must figure out how to alter history and avert the deed and save his life. As a twenty-first century woman, Eleanor struggles with the Regency lifestyle and often asks herself “what would Jane Austen do?” in the same situation which works beautifully until romance gets in the way as she is courted by Teddy and the known womanizer Lord Shermont. Questioning their motives may be the key to her unraveling the mystery and discovering if she has fallen in love with a spy or an Austen-esque hero.
Author Laurie Brown has pulled together elements of several genres – historical romance, spy thriller, time travel, and Jane Austen – in an ambitious endeavour. The plot moved very quickly and was evenly paced. Contrary to scandalous rumor, I do enjoy historical romance novels, which What Would Jane Austen Do? would qualify. I have two requirements in my romance reading that this novel satisfied; — that the characters are believable and the plot has substance. I enjoyed traveling back in time with Eleanor, meeting Lord Shermont and of course encountering Jane Austen. Who wouldn’t? Brown obviously researched her Regency history and has read Austen’s novels quoting characters and scenes (though I must correct her reference to Knightley criticizing Emma Woodhouse after the picnic at Boxhill where she had treated Jane so badly! It was Miss Bates who was abused not Jane Fairfax.). Taken as a fun and frothy summer read, I have very few quibbles. However, when an author chooses to use Jane Austen or her characters that ups the ante in my book, and the standards are raised. Unfortunately, the opportunity to distinguish the present and the past with language nuances was missed as modern words such as Tarzan, yummy, omigod leaked in to the Regency world, and misnomers such as Arabian thoroughbred was used to describe Lord Shermont’s horse. Additionally, at times I would like to have rested and discovered more about characters and their motivations, which was Austen’s forte. In the end, I knew very little about the heroine and hero’s inner thinking and felt the plot skipped past moments to elaborate and reflect just a bit more. The author did however supply the requisite Austen-esque heroine transformation and happily-ever-after ending, which Jane would have chosen to wrap-up more swiftly with far less effusion. In the end, was I entrapped by Jane Austen’s name into reading this novel? You betcha! Do I have any regrets? Like Austen’s character Emma Woodhouse, in this instance “I would much rather have been merry than wise.”
Laurel Ann, Austenprose
February 27, 2014
Actually 2,5 stars.
Usually I´m not really a fan of time travel romances and avoid reading them most of the time. But I thought the premise of this book was interesting and I´ll give it a try. Regrettably I didn´t enjoy reading it as much as I hoped I would and MY prejudice was once again confirmed.
Eleanor Pottinger traveled to Hampshire, England to attend a Jane Austen conference and when she arrives at Twixton Manor Inn her room was accidentally assigned to someone else. Only the tower suite is still vacant but this room is said to be haunted by ghosts.Tired and hungry Eleanor agrees to take the suite because she doesn´t believe in ghosts and is not very concerned about ghostly roommates. Of course she´s taken by surprise when she encounters two ghostly sisters whose brother was killed in a duel twohundred years ago. Eleanor is persuaded to help the sisters and travel back in time to prevent this tragic event....
The book isn´t very exiting and to "spice up" the boring plot a bit, a spy storyline is involved which didn´t make it more interesting. Eleanor is suspected by Lord Shermont, an "undercover" agent, to be this sought-after spy and of course Eleanor feels very attracted to Shermont and vice versa. What irritated my a bit was the use of expressions which really didn´t fit into the timeline, I know Eleanor is a time traveler from today but nonetheless phrases like this "Shermont looked so yummy standing there in the moonlight" and a James Bond reference (supposed to be funny) made me shudder... The resolution of the story and the happy end for our couple was utterly cheesy and so far-fetched I only could shake my head in amazement. Jane Austen has only a marginal role in this play so don´t expect to read anything interesting about her.
All in all it was an okay read but not an outstanding novel and I will again keep my hand´s off of time travel stories for the next years.
Usually I´m not really a fan of time travel romances and avoid reading them most of the time. But I thought the premise of this book was interesting and I´ll give it a try. Regrettably I didn´t enjoy reading it as much as I hoped I would and MY prejudice was once again confirmed.
Eleanor Pottinger traveled to Hampshire, England to attend a Jane Austen conference and when she arrives at Twixton Manor Inn her room was accidentally assigned to someone else. Only the tower suite is still vacant but this room is said to be haunted by ghosts.Tired and hungry Eleanor agrees to take the suite because she doesn´t believe in ghosts and is not very concerned about ghostly roommates. Of course she´s taken by surprise when she encounters two ghostly sisters whose brother was killed in a duel twohundred years ago. Eleanor is persuaded to help the sisters and travel back in time to prevent this tragic event....
The book isn´t very exiting and to "spice up" the boring plot a bit, a spy storyline is involved which didn´t make it more interesting. Eleanor is suspected by Lord Shermont, an "undercover" agent, to be this sought-after spy and of course Eleanor feels very attracted to Shermont and vice versa. What irritated my a bit was the use of expressions which really didn´t fit into the timeline, I know Eleanor is a time traveler from today but nonetheless phrases like this "Shermont looked so yummy standing there in the moonlight" and a James Bond reference (supposed to be funny) made me shudder... The resolution of the story and the happy end for our couple was utterly cheesy and so far-fetched I only could shake my head in amazement. Jane Austen has only a marginal role in this play so don´t expect to read anything interesting about her.
All in all it was an okay read but not an outstanding novel and I will again keep my hand´s off of time travel stories for the next years.
October 4, 2009
In college I knew a few girls who were part of the Jane Austen book club on campus and I would sometimes hear them muttering ‘What Would Jane Do?’ in certain situations. I was always amused by this since Jane lived a century and half before, how would she know what to do in our modern era? Oddly enough this book proved one thing to me--despite the superficial changes, society itself hasn’t really progressed.
Eleanor was a very likable character to me. As were the two ghost sisters, or even their not-so-ghostly living selves. Shermont…he’s described as being a womanizer and rake, but I really don’t think he was any worse then any other man. Despite his wariness where Eleanor is concerned (the timing is a little too perfect of her arrival, she would evade questions and always seemed to be hiding something, in other words she was acting very suspicious) I have to admit Shermont was surprisingly fair-minded with her.
The book has a lot of misunderstandings and misdirection. From the ghost sisters’ and their uncertainty about what happened the night of the duel to Shermont’s mission to find the Napoleonic spy events seem to spiral out of control quickly for poor Eleanor. I do find it very amusing later on when she has to choose between hot sex or Jane Austen (I truly don’t think I could have chosen).
The resolution was better then I thought it would be--too often it seems like time travel romances ignore changing history by uprooting a character to the past or present, but in this case it worked out wonderfully.
I really do enjoy Laurie Brown’s romances (I previously read One Hundred Years to Reform a Rake, which was another time travel romance, but the heroine had the terrible decision of loving the Ghost man or his live self and feeling like she betrayed both at once) and look forward to future books!
Eleanor was a very likable character to me. As were the two ghost sisters, or even their not-so-ghostly living selves. Shermont…he’s described as being a womanizer and rake, but I really don’t think he was any worse then any other man. Despite his wariness where Eleanor is concerned (the timing is a little too perfect of her arrival, she would evade questions and always seemed to be hiding something, in other words she was acting very suspicious) I have to admit Shermont was surprisingly fair-minded with her.
The book has a lot of misunderstandings and misdirection. From the ghost sisters’ and their uncertainty about what happened the night of the duel to Shermont’s mission to find the Napoleonic spy events seem to spiral out of control quickly for poor Eleanor. I do find it very amusing later on when she has to choose between hot sex or Jane Austen (I truly don’t think I could have chosen).
The resolution was better then I thought it would be--too often it seems like time travel romances ignore changing history by uprooting a character to the past or present, but in this case it worked out wonderfully.
I really do enjoy Laurie Brown’s romances (I previously read One Hundred Years to Reform a Rake, which was another time travel romance, but the heroine had the terrible decision of loving the Ghost man or his live self and feeling like she betrayed both at once) and look forward to future books!
December 28, 2015
Este es un libro muy sencillo y muy rápido de leer. No vamos a encontrar grandes entresijos, ni una historia que os vaya a marcar, es un libro simple y llanamente para entretener y desconectar.
Además, cuenta con varios elementos: humor, misterio, un poco de acción y mucho amor. La autora también aprovecha para meter algún suceso histórico importante, como la guerra con los franceses, y explicar todas las costumbres y las conductas sociales de la época.
Tiene un amplio abánico de personajes secundarios que también van aportando su granito de arena en construir esta historia. Algunos un poco detestables, otros más simpáticos.. todos ellos con actitudes y un orígen diferente.
Todo está bien combinado, aunque sí que debo de reconocer que me hubiera gustado más profundidad en el desarrollo de las dos tramas más importantes. No me hubiera importado que hubiera tenido 100 o 150 páginas más, ya que a veces me daba la sensación de que todo ocurría demasiado deprisa.
Aún así, tiene una buena premisa. El tema de descubrir el asesino me tuvo bastante intrigada y realmente no lo vi venir hasta casi el final, aunque también de reconocer que yo soy muy mala como detective.
El romance entre los dos protagonistas también me gustó. Desde el principio se ve claramente una atracción entre los dos, pero también una desconfianza mutúa, aunque cada uno por motivos diferentes. Eso sí, a pesar de ello no podrán evitar sucumbir a sus sentimientos y habrá más de una escena caliente entre los dos.
Y, eso sí, el final me convenció. Es predecible (algo que no creo que nos pille de nuevas) y un poco fantasioso en según qué puntos, pero me gustó cómo la autora lo enlaza todo y cómo cobran sentido algunas incógnitas que se van mencionando durante todo el libro.
Reseña completa: http://beingsaray.blogspot.com.es/201...
Además, cuenta con varios elementos: humor, misterio, un poco de acción y mucho amor. La autora también aprovecha para meter algún suceso histórico importante, como la guerra con los franceses, y explicar todas las costumbres y las conductas sociales de la época.
Tiene un amplio abánico de personajes secundarios que también van aportando su granito de arena en construir esta historia. Algunos un poco detestables, otros más simpáticos.. todos ellos con actitudes y un orígen diferente.
Todo está bien combinado, aunque sí que debo de reconocer que me hubiera gustado más profundidad en el desarrollo de las dos tramas más importantes. No me hubiera importado que hubiera tenido 100 o 150 páginas más, ya que a veces me daba la sensación de que todo ocurría demasiado deprisa.
Aún así, tiene una buena premisa. El tema de descubrir el asesino me tuvo bastante intrigada y realmente no lo vi venir hasta casi el final, aunque también de reconocer que yo soy muy mala como detective.
El romance entre los dos protagonistas también me gustó. Desde el principio se ve claramente una atracción entre los dos, pero también una desconfianza mutúa, aunque cada uno por motivos diferentes. Eso sí, a pesar de ello no podrán evitar sucumbir a sus sentimientos y habrá más de una escena caliente entre los dos.
Y, eso sí, el final me convenció. Es predecible (algo que no creo que nos pille de nuevas) y un poco fantasioso en según qué puntos, pero me gustó cómo la autora lo enlaza todo y cómo cobran sentido algunas incógnitas que se van mencionando durante todo el libro.
Reseña completa: http://beingsaray.blogspot.com.es/201...
October 1, 2013
This was what I would call a quintessential "eh" book. It was just average I could have lived not reading it, but I didn't feel as if it stole precious time from my life.
I never felt myself connect with the main character Eleanor and most of the story is from her point of view. Shermont, Eleanor's love interest, was completely cookie cutter 18th century rake. He was vanilla, didn't love/didn't hate him.
I never really bought into the storyline of Eleanor being sent back in time to stop a duel, it wasn't flushed out, and poorly executed. Plus Eleanor accepted and was accepted way to easily when she woke up in the past.The supporting characters barely made a dent with me.
The added in suspense/murder mystery was lame-o and the ending was too contrived. I won't give away the ending but let's just say I rolled my eyes at how perfectly everything worked out. I know it's a romance book but the ending could have been worked out better; the reader deserves better in regards to their creativity and intelligence.
Final take is if you're hankering for a time travel book, I can never seem to find good ones, it would be ok to give it a go, just be ready for mediocrity and some bland characters.
C-
I never felt myself connect with the main character Eleanor and most of the story is from her point of view. Shermont, Eleanor's love interest, was completely cookie cutter 18th century rake. He was vanilla, didn't love/didn't hate him.
I never really bought into the storyline of Eleanor being sent back in time to stop a duel, it wasn't flushed out, and poorly executed. Plus Eleanor accepted and was accepted way to easily when she woke up in the past.The supporting characters barely made a dent with me.
The added in suspense/murder mystery was lame-o and the ending was too contrived. I won't give away the ending but let's just say I rolled my eyes at how perfectly everything worked out. I know it's a romance book but the ending could have been worked out better; the reader deserves better in regards to their creativity and intelligence.
Final take is if you're hankering for a time travel book, I can never seem to find good ones, it would be ok to give it a go, just be ready for mediocrity and some bland characters.
C-
September 19, 2019
¿Os imagináis vivir en la misma época que Jane Austen? ¿Y beber el té con ella? ¿O qué os ayude para salir del lío en qué os habéis metido? Pues esto es lo que le pasará a Eleanor, una chica moderna, que sin proponerselo un día acaba tomando el té con la mismísima Jane Austen.
Como gran lectora y fan de la autora, Sarah, sabe más o menos que hacer, aunque de pronto es menos que más así que gracias a esos errores, vivirá unas situaciones de lo más comprometidas (y divertidas).
El protagonista masculino, es Lord Shermont un tio que esta para mojar pan! Y nuestra Sarah deberá ver si lo que se esconde detrás de esa fachada es un libertino de verdad o el hombre al que podrá amar, líos, secretos, situaciones embarazosas harán las cosas más "divertidas" pero Jane Austen, estará allá para ayudarla (aunque aviso, sale muy poco)
¡Muy recomendable!
September 3, 2017
DNF
I would be a lot more lenient and might have endured through it if the main character wasn't so... special.
And I mean "special" in the worst possible term: she's a modern era girl who makes regency clothes that make high society regency ladies envious, she is immediately completely at ease in manners and witticisms the moment her time travels occurs, everyone is fascinated by her and her amazeball skills.
Also, she isn't fooled by the "apparently nice but deep down and obviously to no one else horrible guy" and is immediately attracted to the "misunderstood but obviously good guy". Who are also both immediately attracted to her.
I just... couldn't be arsed. I am not a huge fan of romance and something so wishy washy was an immediately turn off to me, even if I don't find it as offensive, say, Mycroft Holmes.
Still, the rules are the rules, DNF = 1 star.
I would be a lot more lenient and might have endured through it if the main character wasn't so... special.
And I mean "special" in the worst possible term: she's a modern era girl who makes regency clothes that make high society regency ladies envious, she is immediately completely at ease in manners and witticisms the moment her time travels occurs, everyone is fascinated by her and her amazeball skills.
Also, she isn't fooled by the "apparently nice but deep down and obviously to no one else horrible guy" and is immediately attracted to the "misunderstood but obviously good guy". Who are also both immediately attracted to her.
I just... couldn't be arsed. I am not a huge fan of romance and something so wishy washy was an immediately turn off to me, even if I don't find it as offensive, say, Mycroft Holmes.
Still, the rules are the rules, DNF = 1 star.
February 22, 2017
This was a wonderful read in which a modern woman is brought back in time to the regency period. This book is full of interesting characters and a well written plot that is full of surprises and will keep you captivated until the very end.
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