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Journeys
Lady Dorothea Witherspoon is desperate. After her mother died, her heartbroken father squandered the family fortune on gambling, leaving Dorothea destitute. As a last resort, she visits a distant cousin to ask for ten thousand pounds so she can avoid debtor's prison. Lord Stratford Brunswich is taken by Lady Witherspoon's beauty and nature, but it's Lord Hopewell-Smithers who presents himself as Dorothea's knight in shining armor when he offers to pay her debt in full. Only Dorothea doesn't know that his proposal comes at a great price. Stratford knows of the treacherous game Smithers is playing, but can he expose Smithers and rescue Dorothea, the woman he has grown to love, before it's too late? Fall in love with this inspiring love story and our entire collection of Christian romance novels from Heartsong Presents!
176 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 2005
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About the author
Tamela Hancock Murray
58 books26 followersTamela has been interested in writing in one form or another all her life. She contributed to all of her school newspapers by writing articles and editing. During her time as a Capitol Hill intern, her duties included answering constituent correspondence. Working as a college intern for the Bureau of Public Affairs, Editorial Division of the U.S. Department of State, gave her the opportunity to write in a more journalistic style, including news briefs for the Secretary of State. She graduated with honors in Journalism from Lynchburg College in Virginia. An award-winning, bestselling author, Tamela has more than 20 fiction and nonfiction books to her credit, and has written for magazines and newspapers. She has discussed her work on radio and television.
After serving as a literary agent at Hartline Literary Agency for ten years, Tamela is now thrilled to be with The Steve Laube Agency! Her professional affiliations include American Christian Fiction Writers and The Christian Authors Network.
Tamela enjoys spending wonderful times with her husband and their two daughters, as well as extended family and friends.
After serving as a literary agent at Hartline Literary Agency for ten years, Tamela is now thrilled to be with The Steve Laube Agency! Her professional affiliations include American Christian Fiction Writers and The Christian Authors Network.
Tamela enjoys spending wonderful times with her husband and their two daughters, as well as extended family and friends.
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August 11, 2019
This was a fantastic read. Who doesn’t love a damsel in distress, a cad and a knight? This was my first book by this author but it won’t be my last.
July 30, 2024
A quick read
December 18, 2013
Two stars, but barely. Because while it was well-written, the plot, characters, and pace of the story was lousy. I needed something Regency(ish), so I picked it from the pile and thought I'd give it a go. It felt... more tedious than anything.
Dorothea's a christian woman. Her equally christian father gambled so much, that after his death, the sale of his home, his heirlooms, his holdings, and his belongings still didn't cover all of his debts. But Dorothea's quick to explain that we should all understand why he gambled - his wife died. ((Like that helps?)) Anyhow, she owes ten thousand pounds or she's off to debtor's prison.
So a guy who doesn't fit his clothes (although nobody else notices) and has dinged up shoes tells everyone he has these mines they should invest in by way of his company (where have we heard THIS line, before?), and everyone is falling for it and thinking because he calls himself a baron that he's fabulously wealthy. He offers to get Dorothea's debts forgiven for her, and she assumes that the guy who doesn't fit his clothes and talks a good line is just helping her out of the kindness of his heart. It doesn't cross her mind that if she agrees, she's indebted to him. That's not naive, that's just stupid.
Meanwhile, Stratford Brunswich (which sounds like a sour cheese, not a living person) falls head over heels for Dorothea, and stumbles upon the baron's plot to coerce Dorothea into being his mistress. He decides immediately that he's going to rescue her by way of his own money, instead. Noble, but on ten minutes' acquaintance, it doesn't ring true.
Dorothea wants to be independent, so based on two 'not so good' paintings she's done, Stratwich Brunsford (ha!) decides she's the next Monet, and can be a professional painter. By the grace of God, of course. But her relatives are baron supporters, and are trying to get her with the slimy dude, instead... who of course isn't a baron, at all. Naturally.
This book had issues on multiple levels. It take a LoNNNNNNG time to slog thru the cousin who is on her cousin's side of the family who married a painter and moved to the colonies (et al)... it was just a lot of talk, talk, talk. Conversations like, "So, does the foliage meet up to your expectations?" And none of it was relative to the plot. The christian values touted within the pages of this book range from compulsive gambling to bouts of jealousy to lying about benefactors (under the guise of not telling your left hand what your right hand is doing)... all the way to judging other people's faith ("even those who are not devout go to church every Sunday"). Then there was the ignorance of the characters and false fronts...
What's REALLY funny is that the back cover says that the 'cad' is Lord Hopewell-Smithers. There is no Lord Hopewell-Smithers in the book. The cad is Baron Hans von Lunenberg, aka Clayton Forsythe. Not a sign of a Hopewell-Smithers around. ((O.o))
Skip this one. Seriously.
Dorothea's a christian woman. Her equally christian father gambled so much, that after his death, the sale of his home, his heirlooms, his holdings, and his belongings still didn't cover all of his debts. But Dorothea's quick to explain that we should all understand why he gambled - his wife died. ((Like that helps?)) Anyhow, she owes ten thousand pounds or she's off to debtor's prison.
So a guy who doesn't fit his clothes (although nobody else notices) and has dinged up shoes tells everyone he has these mines they should invest in by way of his company (where have we heard THIS line, before?), and everyone is falling for it and thinking because he calls himself a baron that he's fabulously wealthy. He offers to get Dorothea's debts forgiven for her, and she assumes that the guy who doesn't fit his clothes and talks a good line is just helping her out of the kindness of his heart. It doesn't cross her mind that if she agrees, she's indebted to him. That's not naive, that's just stupid.
Meanwhile, Stratford Brunswich (which sounds like a sour cheese, not a living person) falls head over heels for Dorothea, and stumbles upon the baron's plot to coerce Dorothea into being his mistress. He decides immediately that he's going to rescue her by way of his own money, instead. Noble, but on ten minutes' acquaintance, it doesn't ring true.
Dorothea wants to be independent, so based on two 'not so good' paintings she's done, Stratwich Brunsford (ha!) decides she's the next Monet, and can be a professional painter. By the grace of God, of course. But her relatives are baron supporters, and are trying to get her with the slimy dude, instead... who of course isn't a baron, at all. Naturally.
This book had issues on multiple levels. It take a LoNNNNNNG time to slog thru the cousin who is on her cousin's side of the family who married a painter and moved to the colonies (et al)... it was just a lot of talk, talk, talk. Conversations like, "So, does the foliage meet up to your expectations?" And none of it was relative to the plot. The christian values touted within the pages of this book range from compulsive gambling to bouts of jealousy to lying about benefactors (under the guise of not telling your left hand what your right hand is doing)... all the way to judging other people's faith ("even those who are not devout go to church every Sunday"). Then there was the ignorance of the characters and false fronts...
What's REALLY funny is that the back cover says that the 'cad' is Lord Hopewell-Smithers. There is no Lord Hopewell-Smithers in the book. The cad is Baron Hans von Lunenberg, aka Clayton Forsythe. Not a sign of a Hopewell-Smithers around. ((O.o))
Skip this one. Seriously.
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