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Jan 30, 2011

Brenda rated it:

After reading the first book in the Ladies of Summerhill series by Cara Lynn James I was anxious to read "Love On Assignment", to see how well the author could continue her series, and I would say she pulled off another great historical christian read!
It's the summer of 1900, and Charlotte Hale has spent the last three years working as a secretary for the Rhode Island Reporter. She had always wanted to be a journalist, so when her boss presents her with the opportunity she jumps More...

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Jan 30, 2011

Hollie rated it:

While I like a simple romance story every now and again where the main focus of the story is simply about romance, this story didn't really do it for me. I felt as if the story dragged on at a lagging pace, and it made it less than enjoyable to read. The story may have better served as a novella instead of a novel, because all of the important bits of the story could have easily been condensed into one. If it had been a novella, I think I might have liked the story well enough.

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Jan 17, 2011

Hattie rated it:

Charlotte is the young newpaper reporter and governess in Love on Assignment by CARA LYNN JAMES. Charlotte's work for the newspaper and for a family takes place in Newport, Rhode Island. Charlotte agrees to spy on Daniel Wilmot, a Christian professor. Mr. Pfifer who owns the Rhode Island newspaper hates Professor Wilmot because he chooses to speak openly and frankly about the way workers are treated as less than citizens in the state. Professor Wilmot believes all men are God's creation. Therefo More...

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Jan 09, 2011

Nancy rated it:

During the summer of 1900 Charlotte Hale, a native Newporter and secretary for the Rhode Island Reporter, accepts an undercover assignment as temporary governess to Daniel Wilmont's children in order to secretly gather evidence against him. As he helps her rediscover God, Charlotte learns that Daniel is an honorable man.

They unexpectedly fall in love despite their different backgrounds and social positions. Charlotte soon realizes she must defend Daniel against the forces set against h More...

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Apr 05, 2011

Linnette rated it:

Wow! What a great historical by Cara Lynn James!

This book was worth every day of every year she put into it! Thank you, Cara Lynn, for the gift of Charlotte and Daniel's story.

I loved both hero and heroine. Cara portrayed them and the era so well. The conflict was so realistic. I love how she presented Charlotte's growth as a Christian. I love Daniel's vulnerability and faith. (If only we were all more like him in our Christian walk. While it opens us up to many vulnerabili More...

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Jan 30, 2011

Angelc rated it:

I needed a really nice, sweet book, nothing to heavy, nothing too sad, and "Love on Assignment" really delivered. It was a really relaxing read!

I really liked Daniel, and I wanted to know even more about him. Even thought the book was written from both Charlotte and Daniel's points of view, it was definitely skewed more towards Charlotte's inner thoughts and feelings. I find this happens quite a bit in Christian historical romance. But I think Daniel had a lot more to say More...

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Jan 12, 2011

Molly rated it:

I was so excited to have the chance to review this book! I was on a book tour for book 1 in the Ladies of Summerhill series, Love On A Dime, and LOVED it, so I jumped on the chance for this one. And, like with book 1, Cara Lynn James certainly didn't disappoint! Once again, she has used her wonderful talent to immediately capture her readers and take them on a whirl wind of a ride back into history. She introduces us to new, sweet characters and to a few that we could just yell at along the way. More...

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Feb 01, 2011

WifeMomKnitter rated it:

From the book synopsis:
"Newport, Rhode Island, in 1900--a glamorous resort town where the rich and famous go to see and be seen.

Charlotte Hale isn't part of that world. She's a working girl, a secretary for a local newspaper, who dreams of becoming a real reporter. When her boss offers her an assignment, she jumps at the opportunity. She'll go undercover as a governess to investigate a scandal about her new employer, Daniel Wilmont, a young widowed professor of religion w More...

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Feb 18, 2011

Myra rated it:

Cara Lynn James has written another faith-filled story of romance in the Gilded Age, contrasting the life of the working class with that of the privileged, and with a dash of intrigue for good measure. Secretary Charlotte Hale only wants to provide well for her sister and aunt, so when her boss at the newspaper office offers her a plum assignment to spy on a columnist writing for a competing publication, she jumps at the chance. The one thing she never expected was to fall in love with the objec More...

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Feb 15, 2011

Jennifer rated it:

Love on Assignment tells us the early 1900s love story between Charlotte Hale, a woman with a dream of becoming a journalist in a man's world, and Daniel Wilmont, a Bible professor and religious columnist for the Newport Gazette. Daniel's social reform columns have invoked fury among industrialists.

Charlotte is employed by the Rhode Island Reporter (the direct competitor to the Newport Gazette) as a secretary with dreams of becoming a reporter. When her boss comes to her with a choi More...

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Feb 11, 2011

Margaret rated it:

This is the second book in the series and only the second book I've read by this author, but I know it won't be my last. I think I liked the first one a little bit more but they are both great stories and I can't wait to read the third in this series.

Charlotte is working as a secretary but wants to be a journalist. She supports her family and they can't earn enough for medical expenses or the damage to the roof. She feels enormous pressure to provide for them. So when her boss More...

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Jul 29, 2011

Kaitlin rated it:

This is the second book in the Ladies of Summerhill series and also the second book I've read by Cara Lynn James. I won the third book, Love by the Book, through a Goodreads giveaway and wanted to be sure that I read the first two in the series first. Although the story is predictible, it's a wonderful light reading that I would encourage you to try. I loved that Charlotte, the main character, was only beginning her journey with God and while reading a few scriptures or even Daniel's newspaper c More...

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Jul 15, 2011

Joanne rated it:

Charlotte Hale is a secretary for a newspaper in 1900, and longs to be a reporter. Her boss gives her a chance - she is to go undercover as a governess, and dig up some dirt on a widowed professor who writes a religion column for a rival paper.

She takes the job with nervousness, and those feelings only multiply as she finds no "dirt" to dig up, and discovers her editor will not take "no" for an answer. Stakes are risen, and things get complicated as her newspaper bo More...

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Oct 21, 2011

Katy rated it:

Love on Assignment is a Christian historical romance novel about Charlotte Hale, an aspiring reporter who works as a secretary at a newspaper office. She gets a chance to prove herself as a reporter (and make the higher income she needs to take care of her aunt and sister) when her employer asks her to go undercover to investigate a possible scandal about a reporter at a rival newspaper. Daniel Wilmont is that reporter, who happens to be young, widowed, and a professor of religion. He is looking More...

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Aug 03, 2011

Katie rated it:

Aspiring reporter Charlotte Hale's boring life as secretary for a local newspaper life just took a sudden turn. Her boss gives her a job with the promise of becoming an actual reporter if completed well. Charlotte is determined to prove to him that she can do it...until she meets the man she is supposed to ruin. Continually confronted with nothing but an honest and upright man trying to provide for his children, she's at a loss at what to do. How can she destroy a good man? But must she give up More...

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Mar 29, 2011

Camille rated it:

Love On Assignment by Cara Lynn James

As I mentioned, this is the second book in the Ladies of Summerhill series by Cara Lynn James.

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I am under no requirement to write a positive review, just an honest one.

The first book in the series, Love On A Dime, I read fairly recently. You can read my review for that book here.

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Mar 22, 2011

Abbie rated it:

This is for me a 3.8 not quite a 4 but a little better then a 3.5.

Charlotte is a secretary working at a news paper. She wants to be a journalist. Her boss calls her into his office and gives her a opportunity she can’t pass up. She will go undercover as a governess to get the goods on Daniel. Daniel is a professor at a Christian college. He also writes a column in the rival news paper that many business men don’t like and they want him to stop at any cost. Will Charlotte follow thro More...

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Mar 01, 2011

Holly (2 Kids and Tired) rated it:

I just hit the jackpot, recently, on books that I couldn't finish. I guess it's bound to happen occasionally.

I liked the first book in the Ladies of Summerhill series, Love on a Dime. It was light, but entertaining and I really liked the character of Lilly. Because of that, when I was offered Love on Assignment for review, I took it, thinking I'd enjoy the story just as much as the first one. I didn't. I couldn't even finish it.

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Jan 17, 2012

Julie (julie37619) rated it:

Cute cover, no? When TLC Book Tours contacted me about reviewing some Christian fiction, I jumped at the chance. It's a genre I haven't read since I think March of last year, and it's a genre I found myself missing. Christian fiction can be a touchy genre, but I've always had something of a soft spot for it. Janette Oake's Love Come Softly series, which I read when I was ridiculously young, had a huge impact on my reading choices during middle school and high school. It's like most other ge More...

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Mar 06, 2011

April rated it:

LOVE ON ASSIGNMENT by Cara Lynn James is an interesting inspirational historical romance set in 1900 Newport,Rhode Island. It is the second in the "Ladies of Summerhill series" and can be read as a stand alone. Book One,"Love on a Dime".It is written with depth and details. It has romance, love, faith, hope, forgiveness,making decisions to do the right thing,sticking to your convictions,religious beliefs,finding renew faith and love.This is a story with Christian values,belie More...

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Feb 15, 2011

Lydia rated it:

This is the second book in Cara Lynn James' Ladies of Summerhill series and follows her debut novel Love on a Dime. Personally, I enjoyed the first novel more than Love on Assignment. This book follows the Jane Eyre template of young, handsome, rich widower falling in love with his poor governess and having to overcome class barriers. The only spin from the Bronte archetype is that Charlotte is not a real governess. Beyond that, the characters felt pigeonholed and flat.

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Jan 20, 2011

Renee rated it:

I'll admit to being intrigued by the lifestyles of the rich and famous especially those of the 19th century and the Gilded Age. This series, Ladies of Summerhill blends both the lower and upper classes and it's set in the resort town of Newport, Rhode Island. I'm pleased to say that this series is definitely a keeper! I liked the first book Love on a Dime but this one is sooo much better! I'm usually not thrilled by the second book in any series but not so with this one. I really like where Ms. More...

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May 24, 2011

RivkaBelle added it

After reading Love on a Dime, I was really excited to pick up the second in the 'Ladies of Summerhill' series by Cara Lynn James. The premise of Love on Assignment sounded like it'd be as much fun as the first: female reporter goes undercover as a nanny to find out what's going on with her new boss, and mayhem ensues. (My paraphrasing, by the way). But about a third of the way in, I just couldn't stay focused - I started flipping pages randomly, reading one here - one there, and even that wasn't More...

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Feb 20, 2011

Amanda rated it:

Twenty-two year old Charlotte Hale takes care of her paralyzed sister and elderly aunt. She needs her job and has always inspired to be a journalist. Her boss at the newspaper where she works has given her a chance of a life time, to go undercover to expose a professor. While on this undercover assignment, she learns that the professor is not bad and that her boss may have it in for him. She not only has to struggle with what is right and wrong with pursuing her story but the developing feelings More...

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Feb 16, 2011

Wendy rated it:

Love on Assignment by Cara Lynn James is book two following Love on a Dime. While I didn't read the first book, I found it wasn't necessary. This Christian story takes place in Rhode Island during the summer of 1900. Charlotte Hale is a reporter for the Rhode Island Reporter where she wants to make a name for herself. Her publisher gives her an under cover assignment to become a temporary governess to Professor Daniel Wilmot to try and dig up some newsworthy gossip on him. While there, Dani More...

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Mar 23, 2011

Kaye rated it:

I was asked to read this book and write a review and was excited for the opportunity! Charlotte Hale worked for a newspaper during the 1900's trying to support her sister and aunt. She was asked to work undercover as a governess to spy and investigate a scandal about her new employer, Daniel Wilmont, who she finds herself falling for while she is trying to dishonor his reputation. The story is about misrepresenting yourself, lying, covering up, being discovered, trying to decide how to make More...

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May 23, 2011

Mlpmom rated it:

I was given this book as an ARC copy to review. I love historical fiction so I was excited to read this book and while it was a cute story I found I had a hard time getting into it at first. It seemed to lag a little and it came off as a little preachy at times. It did pick up towards the end and overall it was a nice cute read.

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Nov 20, 2011

Lisa rated it:

Such a cute and fun book! It was totally self-standing from the first book in the series...in fact, there was only one small little mention of any characters from the first book. I rarely read a series out of sequence, but it really didn't matter with this one!

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Feb 20, 2011

Lynn rated it:

Thank you goodreads for chosing me to read your book. I wasn't sure if I was going to like this book, I thought it might be one on those mushy romantic novels. I enjoyed reading the book and could rate it at a 3.5, but I couldn't get to a four. The story of a women trying to succeed in a man's world in the early 1900's and being persuaded to go against her better judgement to gain the position in the company which she strived for. The book is very religious and quotes the bible frequently, but More...

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Jan 07, 2011

Jane rated it:

It was a fairly charming story that took place in a town I once lived - Newport, Rhode Island! Some of the religious way of thinking downgraded it for me, as I thought it was a bit soft and was less than it could've been, it was still a sweet one-time read. :-)

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