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The Pleasure of Her Company: Mrs Dashwood's Story
This Sense & Sensibility sequel is a mature coming-of-age adventure and clean romance that includes some of literature’s most beloved Regency characters, along with a new cast of friends young and old.
WITH DAUGHTERS EILINOR AND MARIANNE WELL-MARRIED, widow Francine Dashwood’s thoughts turn to marriage for young Margaret. But Francine’s visiting widowed sister Emmeline has other plans and suggests they also seek husbands for themselves. Emmeline is independent and outgoing and very unlike Francine, who always doubted her own ability in the world at large and had lived in the shadow of her charismatic husband.
A journey to the south coast of Devonshire throws the ladies into the company of wildly attractive Admiral Tennant, recently widowed Charles Creighton, and opinionated Cecil Walford. As each lady experiences the diversions of the seaside resort with adventure by land and by sea, they discover romance, intrigue, and tests of loyalty and honor that beg the unspoken question “Is it too late for love?”
The Pleasure of Her Company is one of a collection of sequels and side stories related to Jane Austen’s novels. The first, Her Summer at Pemberley (2020) tells Kitty Bennet’s story after Pride & Prejudice. For more information about available and upcoming books, visit www.salliannehines.com.
WITH DAUGHTERS EILINOR AND MARIANNE WELL-MARRIED, widow Francine Dashwood’s thoughts turn to marriage for young Margaret. But Francine’s visiting widowed sister Emmeline has other plans and suggests they also seek husbands for themselves. Emmeline is independent and outgoing and very unlike Francine, who always doubted her own ability in the world at large and had lived in the shadow of her charismatic husband.
A journey to the south coast of Devonshire throws the ladies into the company of wildly attractive Admiral Tennant, recently widowed Charles Creighton, and opinionated Cecil Walford. As each lady experiences the diversions of the seaside resort with adventure by land and by sea, they discover romance, intrigue, and tests of loyalty and honor that beg the unspoken question “Is it too late for love?”
The Pleasure of Her Company is one of a collection of sequels and side stories related to Jane Austen’s novels. The first, Her Summer at Pemberley (2020) tells Kitty Bennet’s story after Pride & Prejudice. For more information about available and upcoming books, visit www.salliannehines.com.
252 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 12, 2023
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Sallianne Hines
5 books9 followersAuthor Sallianne Hines writes contemporary and historical women's fiction (including Jane Austen Fan Fiction/JAFF), along with nonfiction books addressing issues of simple/intentional living, and a book about editing for authors. Sallianne is a lifelong horsewoman, mother of three, grandmother of eight, and shares her home with a bossy cat and two dogs. They all live in a little house on the prairie. Visit her at www.salliannehines.com.
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October 3, 2023
Jane Austen is a tough act to follow. As a writer, I admire Sallianne Hines’ courage in attempting a sequel to Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility.” And as a reader, I applaud Hines’ success in creating a worthy sequel.
“The Pleasure of Her Company” focuses on Mrs Francine Dashwood, the widowed mother of Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret. With her remaining daughter, Margaret, nearing marriageable age, Mrs. Dashwood realizes that it is time to look to her own future.
I found the principal and secondary characters in “Pleasure” to be well-drawn and consistent in speech and behavior with Austen’s portrayals (in the case of revisited characters) and to other works in the Regency romance genre. Although the ending didn’t provide any real surprises, the story and the characters held my attention throughout.
All in all, “The Pleasure of Her Company” took me on a well-written, tightly edited, and thoroughly delightful journey back in time to the manners and morals of the Regency era.
“The Pleasure of Her Company” focuses on Mrs Francine Dashwood, the widowed mother of Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret. With her remaining daughter, Margaret, nearing marriageable age, Mrs. Dashwood realizes that it is time to look to her own future.
I found the principal and secondary characters in “Pleasure” to be well-drawn and consistent in speech and behavior with Austen’s portrayals (in the case of revisited characters) and to other works in the Regency romance genre. Although the ending didn’t provide any real surprises, the story and the characters held my attention throughout.
All in all, “The Pleasure of Her Company” took me on a well-written, tightly edited, and thoroughly delightful journey back in time to the manners and morals of the Regency era.
January 2, 2025
I haven’t read a lot of historical fiction books but I really enjoyed this one! I appreciated the listing of the characters at the front of the book so I could refer to them until I was better acquainted with the characters. I also liked learning more about the customs and practices of that time period in England. So different from today! The plot contained various twists and turns that held my interest till the end.
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