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My Lady Housekeeper
Banished from London to a tumble-down country estate because of her refusal to marry any of the suitors her father has presented, Lady Sarah Staunton masquerades as the housekeeper when the estate is leased to the new Earl of Kinnerley and his hunting party. Original.
256 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2004
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Jeanne Savery
53 books18 followersJeanne Savery has lived and travelled in Great Britain with her spouse, an American Professor of British Politics. An American herself, she is descended from the English (via her father) and the Scots (via her mother).
She first read the Regency Romances of Georgette Heyer while living in Sidcup, Kent. She reread them while living in Whitstable, Kent. The dialogue was charming, but the detail was forbidding: No mistakes! That's the watchword.
For library research, she amassed (and read) a library of diaries, letters, memoirs, yearbooks, etc., from the era. For field research, she (and her spouse) repeatedly crisscrossed the island of Great Britain. Their two daughters fondly recall a family jaunt (with bed and breakfast) in August, 1973: London to Pembroke to Chester to Carlisle to Stirling to Edinburgh to Hawick ... to London.
She published her first Regency Romance in 1991. Since then, she has published more numerous novels and novellas.
She has received the Reader's Choice Award and been awarded the Holt Medallion. She is a member of Novelists, Inc. and Romance Writers of America.
She first read the Regency Romances of Georgette Heyer while living in Sidcup, Kent. She reread them while living in Whitstable, Kent. The dialogue was charming, but the detail was forbidding: No mistakes! That's the watchword.
For library research, she amassed (and read) a library of diaries, letters, memoirs, yearbooks, etc., from the era. For field research, she (and her spouse) repeatedly crisscrossed the island of Great Britain. Their two daughters fondly recall a family jaunt (with bed and breakfast) in August, 1973: London to Pembroke to Chester to Carlisle to Stirling to Edinburgh to Hawick ... to London.
She published her first Regency Romance in 1991. Since then, she has published more numerous novels and novellas.
She has received the Reader's Choice Award and been awarded the Holt Medallion. She is a member of Novelists, Inc. and Romance Writers of America.
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July 28, 2021
2021 bk 232. Another strong regency / mystery from Jeanne Savery found on a shelf that I am weeding through. This one is a keeper as the characters and plot are so very well written. I think if it had been transported to a setting in the 1930's - it well would have stood the test and been published as a straight line mystery. Savery allows for forgiveness, redemption, compassion, and justice in this one slim volume that leaves me thinking well of the world in which these characters lived.
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June 2, 2012I admit to skipping a good portion of this book. It was a good premise, I just didn't find it compelling.
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