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Spenceworth #1
Sixpence Bride
Worthless
Jilted by her fiancé, Jocelyn Tanner had to struggle not to believe that her own value had been somehow diminished. Still, she knew better than to let that fear ruin her tour of England. But no one explained to her that there would be a mock bride auction—or that she would be sucked back in time to the close of the eighteenth century.
Priceless
Suddenly Jocelyn found herself in another time another body, and in a real auction—being claimed by a real hunk of a man. Still, her bride price hardly seemed flattering. And the handsome Garren had not yet shown her the attention for which she yearned. But as she began to make this new body her own, she saw interest flare behind the lord’s reserved facade. She’d soon show him—and herself—in pounds or pennies, no one was worth more than his…
Sixpence Bride
Jilted by her fiancé, Jocelyn Tanner had to struggle not to believe that her own value had been somehow diminished. Still, she knew better than to let that fear ruin her tour of England. But no one explained to her that there would be a mock bride auction—or that she would be sucked back in time to the close of the eighteenth century.
Priceless
Suddenly Jocelyn found herself in another time another body, and in a real auction—being claimed by a real hunk of a man. Still, her bride price hardly seemed flattering. And the handsome Garren had not yet shown her the attention for which she yearned. But as she began to make this new body her own, she saw interest flare behind the lord’s reserved facade. She’d soon show him—and herself—in pounds or pennies, no one was worth more than his…
Sixpence Bride
310 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2000
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April 21, 2012
This is a great book! I loved it....This is a time travel romance/historical book. Jocelyn took a trip to England by herself. She was suppose to be on her honeymoon but she was jilted. She was asked to be part of the reenactment of a "bride sale". She was standing on an auction block in period costume one minute and the next she blacked out and found herself back in time at a real "bride auction" (in another womans body) being hauled up onto a block of wood. A handsome gentleman rides up on his horse and offers sixpence for her. He buys her and takes her to the church and marries her right away. He thinks she is very strange the way she speaks. He even thinks she maybe half mad. However, his father gave him a time limit to get married so now he was married. He didn't tell him who to marry so she should be good enough.
Now Garren Warrick (the Earl of Spenceworth) will take his bride back to his family estate and go on his merry way to London. His life wont change and she can be happy there. He fulfilled his father's wishes and he can forget her. He was sooo wrong! One of my favorite scenes was...... The first night at the estate they are having dinner at the big long table....Jocelyn at one end and Garren at the other. She decides to get a chair and sit right next to him. He still ignores her and wont allow her to converse at the dinner table. So when the dessert(some kind of custard) comes she starts flicking it from her spoon at him just to get his attention. She keeps hitting him until a blob is dangling off his nose. He finally gives her such a glare of warning she stops.
She doesn't appreciate being dumped and his father comes to her rescue. They eventually get their HEA but first they must go through some adventures.
I recommend this book to anyone who loves a great time travel romance.
Now Garren Warrick (the Earl of Spenceworth) will take his bride back to his family estate and go on his merry way to London. His life wont change and she can be happy there. He fulfilled his father's wishes and he can forget her. He was sooo wrong! One of my favorite scenes was...... The first night at the estate they are having dinner at the big long table....Jocelyn at one end and Garren at the other. She decides to get a chair and sit right next to him. He still ignores her and wont allow her to converse at the dinner table. So when the dessert(some kind of custard) comes she starts flicking it from her spoon at him just to get his attention. She keeps hitting him until a blob is dangling off his nose. He finally gives her such a glare of warning she stops.
She doesn't appreciate being dumped and his father comes to her rescue. They eventually get their HEA but first they must go through some adventures.
I recommend this book to anyone who loves a great time travel romance.
January 19, 2019
A cute, believable time travel (if you can believe time travel is real). Jocelyn was likable and funny, and while I had to raise my eyebrows at a few parts, overall I enjoyed this book.
June 2, 2015
This was a pretty quick read. I love the time travel concept and I think it was pulled off fairly well. Though not explored as much as I would have liked. There really isnt much character development. Nor was there much of a plot besides the fact that she time traveled. There could have been so much more to this if the author decided to delve into the fact the hero was working for parliament and now he had a handy dandy bride from the future on his side! But oh well.
I would recommend for time travel fans.
I would recommend for time travel fans.
January 5, 2016
Cute read. Very light and fluffy with little historical detail.
December 27, 2014
*3.5 stars*
January 8, 2018
Awalnya agak bingung ngikutin ceritanya karena ribet penjelasannya =_=
Jadi ceritanya si Jocelyn ini ikut tour sejarah di tempat wisata yang ada semacam role playnya gitu. Dan di sana dia ikut skenario bahwa dia adalah istri yang dijual suaminya. Nah mendadak terjadi keanehan pada tubuhnya ketika Jocelyn duduk di sebuah balok hitam dan tiba2 aja skenario yg dia lakoni berubah menjadi realita. Dia dijual ke seorang Earl yang kebetulan sedang butuh istri secepatnya karena diultimatum ayahnya. Dari situ hidupnya bener2 berubah drastis, selain harus adaptasi dengan kehidupan di jaman dulu, dia jg harus beradaptasi dengan kehidupan ala bangsawan. Belum lagi intrik2 yg timbul dikarenakan ada wanita yg terobsesi sama suaminya.
Overall menurut saya novel ini menarik dan banyak komedinya yang bikin geli. Seperti saat si Jocelyn datang ke pesta topeng dgn mengenakan kostum the flintstones, atau jocelyn yg punya kebiasaan sit up malah dikira pelayan2 dia kena penyakit (lah ngapain goleran di lantai hahaha). Sayangnya gak ada epilog. Jadinya kurang nendang. Endingnya jg cuma gitu doang, agak menggantung.
Jadi ceritanya si Jocelyn ini ikut tour sejarah di tempat wisata yang ada semacam role playnya gitu. Dan di sana dia ikut skenario bahwa dia adalah istri yang dijual suaminya. Nah mendadak terjadi keanehan pada tubuhnya ketika Jocelyn duduk di sebuah balok hitam dan tiba2 aja skenario yg dia lakoni berubah menjadi realita. Dia dijual ke seorang Earl yang kebetulan sedang butuh istri secepatnya karena diultimatum ayahnya. Dari situ hidupnya bener2 berubah drastis, selain harus adaptasi dengan kehidupan di jaman dulu, dia jg harus beradaptasi dengan kehidupan ala bangsawan. Belum lagi intrik2 yg timbul dikarenakan ada wanita yg terobsesi sama suaminya.
Overall menurut saya novel ini menarik dan banyak komedinya yang bikin geli. Seperti saat si Jocelyn datang ke pesta topeng dgn mengenakan kostum the flintstones, atau jocelyn yg punya kebiasaan sit up malah dikira pelayan2 dia kena penyakit (lah ngapain goleran di lantai hahaha). Sayangnya gak ada epilog. Jadinya kurang nendang. Endingnya jg cuma gitu doang, agak menggantung.
August 14, 2022
An average time travel story. In the beginning the hero is too much of a man of few words and the heroines adaptation to the 1770's were too smooth. A bit more angst would have made the story more believable.
September 24, 2022
This story is actual a time travel. Good read. A reenactment of an eighteenth-century wife sale ended up sending her back to the past where she is the wife being sold and an aristocrat purchases her for sixpence. The aristocrat marries her to appease his father the Duke.
July 6, 2017
Everything this bodice-ripper does has been done better by others.
November 28, 2019
Certainly made in my favorite time travel list.
March 22, 2020
I feel like I may have read this book. Ugh it annoys me that I can't remember...
Yes, I did read this!!! It was a very good book I think.
Yes, I did read this!!! It was a very good book I think.
January 2, 2009
I learned something new today-- that there is a category of books called "Time Swept Romances" and that people go ga-ga over them. I inherited a bunch of copies of this book from the leftovers at a booksale, and the seller knew I had an interest in SC authors. As I try and read everything that's on my shelf, I gave this a go. Despite a cover that is a little scary with a gravity defying dress and an odd looking man, I read the book. I love time travel stories, though this is a little different than my usual (ie Jack Finney and such). Much of my attention was back on the poor gel that got zapped into our time. I figure the author has done a book from her point of view, too. Anyhow, I guess for those who like this genre it's okay. I like a little more meat to my characters and plot. I liked that Jocylen came from South CArolina, though!
A Note from the Author
A wife sale reenactment, a twist in time and Jocelyn Tanner finds herself in another woman's body and whisked away by an arrogant earl bent on revenge. Garren Warrick, the Earl of Spenceworth, soon learns that making Jocelyn his bride does not make her his wife. And though she comes from a world he'll never know, Garren will risk his heart and the laws of time to hold tight to his Sixpence Bride.
A SC Author from Spartanburg or Summerville-- not sure as I can find her listed both places.
http://www.onceuponaromance.net/Virgi...
A Note from the Author
A wife sale reenactment, a twist in time and Jocelyn Tanner finds herself in another woman's body and whisked away by an arrogant earl bent on revenge. Garren Warrick, the Earl of Spenceworth, soon learns that making Jocelyn his bride does not make her his wife. And though she comes from a world he'll never know, Garren will risk his heart and the laws of time to hold tight to his Sixpence Bride.
A SC Author from Spartanburg or Summerville-- not sure as I can find her listed both places.
http://www.onceuponaromance.net/Virgi...
September 25, 2012
Awal2 agak membosankan dan sebenarnya cara Jocelyn tertukar roh pun juga aneh banget tapi yah tetep aja yang namanya time travel itu selalu memakai berbagai cara supaya ceritanya berlanjut...
Gara2 patah hati ditinggalin sang tunangan, Jocelyn pergi berlibur dan ikut acara pegadaian pengantin, tiba2 saja dia berpindah waktu ke 1790an. Dengan berada di tubuh seseorang yang sedang dijual oleh suaminya sendiri, dia akhirnya dibeli oleh Garren Warrick, Earl of Spenceworth yang kebingungan karena ultimatum ayahnya yang menyuruh dia menikah dalam waktu satu bulan gara2 skandalnya menggoda janda yang baru berkabung.
Mulanya Jocelyn dianggap agak gila karena dia selalu berkata yang tidak jelas dan terlihat rapuh sehingga Garren meninggalkan dia di rumahnya di pedesaan dan tidak menghiraukannya. Tapi berkat ikut campur sedikit dari ayahnya, Garren akhirnya mulai memperhatikan isterinya, sementara Jocelyn selalu berusaha untuk mencari jalan pulang dan mencoba untuk memperbaiki laporan keuangan di rumah itu diam2 (ini karena dia adalah seorang akuntan di masa depan) serta berusaha untuk diet karena dia merasa tubuhnya saat ini mekar.
Agak disayangkan, roh Nelwina yang berada dalam tubuh Jocelyn sekarang tidak diberitahu nasibnya atau dengan siapa dia berpasangan (tapi mungkin dia berpasangan dengan cowok yang mirip Garren yang ikut juga berlibur), hanya nenek2 misterius Hilda cuma bilang kalau mereka berdua sama2 berbahagia.
Gara2 patah hati ditinggalin sang tunangan, Jocelyn pergi berlibur dan ikut acara pegadaian pengantin, tiba2 saja dia berpindah waktu ke 1790an. Dengan berada di tubuh seseorang yang sedang dijual oleh suaminya sendiri, dia akhirnya dibeli oleh Garren Warrick, Earl of Spenceworth yang kebingungan karena ultimatum ayahnya yang menyuruh dia menikah dalam waktu satu bulan gara2 skandalnya menggoda janda yang baru berkabung.
Mulanya Jocelyn dianggap agak gila karena dia selalu berkata yang tidak jelas dan terlihat rapuh sehingga Garren meninggalkan dia di rumahnya di pedesaan dan tidak menghiraukannya. Tapi berkat ikut campur sedikit dari ayahnya, Garren akhirnya mulai memperhatikan isterinya, sementara Jocelyn selalu berusaha untuk mencari jalan pulang dan mencoba untuk memperbaiki laporan keuangan di rumah itu diam2 (ini karena dia adalah seorang akuntan di masa depan) serta berusaha untuk diet karena dia merasa tubuhnya saat ini mekar.
Agak disayangkan, roh Nelwina yang berada dalam tubuh Jocelyn sekarang tidak diberitahu nasibnya atau dengan siapa dia berpasangan (tapi mungkin dia berpasangan dengan cowok yang mirip Garren yang ikut juga berlibur), hanya nenek2 misterius Hilda cuma bilang kalau mereka berdua sama2 berbahagia.
October 22, 2011
More like 4 1/5. It was such a quick read, super funny and cute. Loved the heroine and the story, but I really would have enjoyed it more if it had more development. I would've liked to see how Nelwina fared in the 21st century, what they would feel if they returned to their original time and then traded bodies again, a little more romance between the main characters, a clearer ending for the villain... it felt quite rushed, as if the author had to cut a lot of the story out. Too bad, it could have been a 5 star! :) I will read it again, though.
March 4, 2013
Time travel romance! Traveling back in time to the 1790's in England. South Caroline lady goes on a trip to forget about her broken engagement. Participates in a bride for sale game and goes back in time and gets bought in a wife for sale auction. She falls in love with the guy that purchased her and brings about changes in the household.
March 17, 2012
Fun time travel story with the feisty heroine trying to make sense of her stay in Regency England. Stayed up way late to finish this one!
Want to read
April 30, 2012added because it fits my time travel shelf
February 26, 2014
This was a very good story and I loved the Time travel too.
May 4, 2016
Superb
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