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Caversham-Haberdasher Crossover #2
Francie & the Bachelor
Can't get enough Haberdashers? Meet Jacqueline Wolfe's cousin Francie and her Navy man. Reginald Burnham only cares about two his friends and his country. This trip home after war is to see after the solemn duty of delivering one deceased friend's effects to the young man's family. Oh, how the Lord challenges those who start with good intentions.Francine Walters is tired of loss. Not just her father and mother, but now her customers! It's only May Day, and at this rate she and her cousins will be out on the street come Yuletide. So when someone threatens them she shoots first and asks questions later.Francie & the Bachelor is a companion novel with Phoebe & the Doctor by Sandy Raven. Keep up with the cousins and see how they tie together the Caversham and Haberdashers worlds! Part of the Summer 2017 Union Jack historical romance promotion.
163 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 8, 2017
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Sue London
35 books183 followersBest selling author Sue London created the beloved Regency romance series The Haberdashers. If you like your historical romance with a little action, a little humor, and a lot of strong-minded women, then this is the series for you!
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Recent reader reactions:
"Sue London is a very gifted writer. I always enjoy reading her books." ~ Annie
"It was so well written, and the storyline is wonderfully thrilling. If I could I would have rated this book a ten, but five is all they allow so that's what it is." ~ Pattimari
"This witty love story enchanted me, and I look forward to reading more of the Haberdashers series." ~ ReaderLady
For more on Sue you can check out her website, twitter page, or be her fan on Facebook.
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August 9, 2017
I really liked this installment of the Caversham-Haberdasher Crossover.
We were introduced to Francie and Reggie in the first book - Phoebe and the Doctor. And this book starts with the same scene, but this time it is from Francie and Reggie's perspective.
The story again opens with Francie accidently shooting Reggie. Reggie and Harry have come to bring her cousin Wally's effects to Phoebe and check on the girls wellbeing before Reggie heads out to Bermuda and Harry goes to Scotland.
When they learn of Phoebe's problems, Harry offers to escort her to London, but doesn't want to leave Francie alone with the thugs stilling hanging around, so it is decided that Reggie will stay with her. At first these two dance around each other, but after a couple of days, they form a friendship of sorts. Each harbors an attraction to the other, but they are both determined to ignore it. When things begin to heat up between the two of them, Reggie decides that he will marry Francie, and he has a plan. Unfortunately, Francie is not privy to the "plan" and assumes that Reggie wants her as his mistress. When the thugs make a move against Francie, Reggie puts his plan in motion and takes her to London.
I really liked a lot of things about this book, the first being that they declared themselves well before the end of the book. I also loved that all the Haberdashers (including Jack's sister Sam) and their husbands where included in the story.
The book was not perfect, it is a bit slow to get going, there are some typos, some incorrect formal address and no real conflict. But, it is well written, has steamy love scenes, Sue London's signature witty banter and Haberdashers! So overall, it was a fun read and I would be happy to recommend it.
*I am voluntarily leaving a review for an eARC I received from the author*
We were introduced to Francie and Reggie in the first book - Phoebe and the Doctor. And this book starts with the same scene, but this time it is from Francie and Reggie's perspective.
The story again opens with Francie accidently shooting Reggie. Reggie and Harry have come to bring her cousin Wally's effects to Phoebe and check on the girls wellbeing before Reggie heads out to Bermuda and Harry goes to Scotland.
When they learn of Phoebe's problems, Harry offers to escort her to London, but doesn't want to leave Francie alone with the thugs stilling hanging around, so it is decided that Reggie will stay with her. At first these two dance around each other, but after a couple of days, they form a friendship of sorts. Each harbors an attraction to the other, but they are both determined to ignore it. When things begin to heat up between the two of them, Reggie decides that he will marry Francie, and he has a plan. Unfortunately, Francie is not privy to the "plan" and assumes that Reggie wants her as his mistress. When the thugs make a move against Francie, Reggie puts his plan in motion and takes her to London.
I really liked a lot of things about this book, the first being that they declared themselves well before the end of the book. I also loved that all the Haberdashers (including Jack's sister Sam) and their husbands where included in the story.
The book was not perfect, it is a bit slow to get going, there are some typos, some incorrect formal address and no real conflict. But, it is well written, has steamy love scenes, Sue London's signature witty banter and Haberdashers! So overall, it was a fun read and I would be happy to recommend it.
*I am voluntarily leaving a review for an eARC I received from the author*
February 22, 2018
I wonder why it wasn't titled as "Francie and the Navy Officer" since it is a companion novel to Sandy Raven's Phoebe and the Doctor: A Caversham-Haberdasher Crossover Book. It looks better, if you ask me, because it would really seem like they're really partners.
For a navy officer who was used to take charge and in command, had experience war and seen many deaths, Reggie was a like an underfoot child and cowers easily infront of his parents and a nobility. What a contradiction! Not very manly in my opinion.
I thought Reggie only cares about two things: his friends and his country. However, when he and Francie arrived in London, he had the time to stay in a hotel, dally and fornicate for one or two more nights! And again, he didn't visit Harry and Phoebe for probably another day or two!
And yes, Francie was a terrible person for not caring for her cousins. How can she flirt and copulate while claiming concerned for Phoebe and Lydia was beyond me.
I find these hypocritical and they deserve each other.
While this story started with the same scene as its companion book, there were a number of inconsistencies. How I wish they made a comparison first before publishing it. Or one of them indites it and then send it to the other. In that way, both parts will be in sync. But at least along the way, it explained how did Lydia have a scissor during Phoebe's abduction and I like this narrative better than its partner.
And if this book has any incongruity with the previous Haberdasher stories, I don't know, because I haven't read any of it.
For a navy officer who was used to take charge and in command, had experience war and seen many deaths, Reggie was a like an underfoot child and cowers easily infront of his parents and a nobility. What a contradiction! Not very manly in my opinion.
I thought Reggie only cares about two things: his friends and his country. However, when he and Francie arrived in London, he had the time to stay in a hotel, dally and fornicate for one or two more nights! And again, he didn't visit Harry and Phoebe for probably another day or two!
And yes, Francie was a terrible person for not caring for her cousins. How can she flirt and copulate while claiming concerned for Phoebe and Lydia was beyond me.
I find these hypocritical and they deserve each other.
While this story started with the same scene as its companion book, there were a number of inconsistencies. How I wish they made a comparison first before publishing it. Or one of them indites it and then send it to the other. In that way, both parts will be in sync. But at least along the way, it explained how did Lydia have a scissor during Phoebe's abduction and I like this narrative better than its partner.
And if this book has any incongruity with the previous Haberdasher stories, I don't know, because I haven't read any of it.
December 9, 2017
The Haberdashers series is great, so I'm glad to find one that connects those adventurers to these new ones.
Francine is good with a pistol, and in trying to protect her cousins, she shoots Reggie, a friend of the cousin's family.
There are people out to look for payment of a debt, so the cousins flee while Francie stays to finish the work that was promised. Reggie stays to protect her.
They initially fight back and forth, but their attraction begins to outweigh their arguing. As the fall in love, things get violent with the evil debt collectors, and after a fire that destroys the shop, the couple go to London.
I love the fight that Francie has, and the smarts that Reggie has. Their London adventure includes family and approval, with a great ending, as usual.
KU
Francine is good with a pistol, and in trying to protect her cousins, she shoots Reggie, a friend of the cousin's family.
There are people out to look for payment of a debt, so the cousins flee while Francie stays to finish the work that was promised. Reggie stays to protect her.
They initially fight back and forth, but their attraction begins to outweigh their arguing. As the fall in love, things get violent with the evil debt collectors, and after a fire that destroys the shop, the couple go to London.
I love the fight that Francie has, and the smarts that Reggie has. Their London adventure includes family and approval, with a great ending, as usual.
KU
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June 21, 2020Loved it. Such a well balanced book for a shorter story. Beginning, middle and end were never rushed, included great detail and all the necessary characters to created a well rounded story.
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