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    <body><![CDATA[a light easy read. A young women,Flora, surprisingly inherits 51% of an antique auction house.She packs up her pregant cat and decides to head to the country to learn about the buisness. The remainder of the assests are owned by a distant cousin,Charles, who is far from welcoming when Flora arrives ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7487164">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7244931" title="http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7244931">http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7244...</a><br/><br/>Katie Fforde is an author I have been reading and enjoying since 1995, usually reading new titles as they are published. Somehow Flora’s Lot which was first published in 2004 remained elusive until I recently managed to get hold of a copy, her ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67468697">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Would actually rate this 3 1/2 stars if possible.  It was a nice little British chick lit book about a young, pretty and single woman named Flora who moves from London to the country when she inherits 51% of a family owned auction house.  She takes along her recently rescued pregnant cat, Imelda.  S...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39070956">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[O.k., so after a grueling semester of young adult literature, I was pretty much done with angsty teen novels.  So, I went back to my comfort zone in chick lit.  I picked the first pink book with the urban go-getter girl on the cover.  It was this one.  It had the added benefit of being a British nov...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44667352">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[LAJKsdf this was so cute. It made me think of Georgette Heyer, especially <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/261689.The_Grand_Sophy" title="The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer">The Grand Sophy</a>, which is always a pleasant thing! And I love heroines who defy expectations.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Unfortunately, all of Katie Fforde's books seem to have a VERY similar theme of a woman, who moves somewhere, finds a man who she hates and grows to love. However, it's written nicely and is everything you want in chick-lit!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really like the writing style of Katie Fforde. But this time, I didn't really like the story as much as I thought I would. I think the storyline was a bit annoying, like I was looking at some kind of cheap soap-serie. Especially the end wasn't very satisfying.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So a while back I realized that I loved these books probably because the love interests are all some form of Mr. Darcy.  In this book, Katie Fforde out right admits it.  Point for me!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cute story line,I especially liked William the guy who just squatted in her cottage and cooked great meals for her.]]></body>
    
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