Jenny Holiday

“The earl narrowed his eyes as he hopped off his bay gelding and surveyed the deep green expanse of lawn surrounding the ancestral home. The graceful house, built atop and around an ancient abbey, wore its centuries of accretion with aplomb, as if it had always perched atop this
gentle slope. In the slanting late afternoon sun, the fading red-brick walls glowed. “My God, I hate the country,” he said.”
― Jenny Holiday, The Miss Mirren Mission

“The Earl of Blackstone didn’t seem particularly mysterious to Emily. In fact, as he stood there silently—except for that sneering laugh he’d tried to cover up—she could think of several other adjectives to add to the list next time Sarah was searching for one: rude, self-important, boorish. And, if one could judge by the slightly slack-jawed way he stared at her, perhaps even “simple.”
― Jenny Holiday, The Miss Mirren Mission

“Let me give you one piece of advice. Do not get between a woman and her cause.”
― Jenny Holiday, The Likelihood of Lucy

“Being a pioneering reformer is all fine and good, but it does leave one terribly in want of a
good party!”
― Jenny Holiday, The Likelihood of Lucy