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The Woods Hole Quartet #2
Morning Light
Artist Annie Wright likes her life free of complications, especially complications of the male persuasion. She has her dream job running a gallery in Woods Hole, her volunteer work rescuing abandoned dogs, her best friend Cassie Boulton Westing, and that’s enough for her. She does't like to talk about her past, especially how she became a widow after just a few years of marriage. But one day her past walks right into the Cape Light Gallery in the form of her dead husband's best friend Jeremy, the man who left the country because it was too hard to see Annie married to someone else. If this werent enough, Annie finds herself in charge of an abused and distrustful pile of fur called Bear, and increasingly entangled in the complicated Westing family politics while Cassie deals with some very unexpected developments.
Morning Light shares a setting Reynolds' bestselling The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice, and several characters make an appearance in both books.
Morning Light shares a setting Reynolds' bestselling The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice, and several characters make an appearance in both books.
270 pages, Nook
Published April 21, 2011
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Abigail Reynolds
69 books785 followersAbigail Reynolds may be a nationally bestselling author and a physician, but she can’t follow a straight line with a ruler. Originally from upstate New York, she studied Russian and theater at Bryn Mawr College and marine biology at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. After a stint in performing arts administration, she decided to attend medical school, and took up writing as a way to retain her sanity during her years as a physician in private practice.
A life-long lover of Jane Austen’s novels, Abigail began writing variations on Pride & Prejudice in 2001, then expanded her repertoire to include a series of novels set on her beloved Cape Cod.Her most recent releases are A Matter of Honor, Mr. Darcy's Enchantment, and Conceit & Concealment. Her books have been translated into six languages. A lifetime member of JASNA, she lives on Cape Cod with her husband, her son and a menagerie of animals. Her hobbies do not include sleeping or cleaning her house.
A life-long lover of Jane Austen’s novels, Abigail began writing variations on Pride & Prejudice in 2001, then expanded her repertoire to include a series of novels set on her beloved Cape Cod.Her most recent releases are A Matter of Honor, Mr. Darcy's Enchantment, and Conceit & Concealment. Her books have been translated into six languages. A lifetime member of JASNA, she lives on Cape Cod with her husband, her son and a menagerie of animals. Her hobbies do not include sleeping or cleaning her house.
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October 14, 2018
In the second installment of her contemporary Austen-inspired series Abigail Reynolds brings readers back to the charming seaside village of Woods Hole, Massachusetts and paints a love story full of passion and pathos. A story about second chances, finding happiness, and healing. In Morning Light readers are introduced to Annie Wright, a widowed young woman with a sad and painful past, and Jeremy Matthiesen, a man who, after ten years of forced separation, is back again in Annie’s life and trying to tear down the barriers that surround her heart.
Since Annie is neighbors with Cassie and Calder (the hero and The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice (2)heroine from Pemberley By the Sea/The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice) readers can expect to see a lot of them and the Westing clan in this novel. I enjoyed “staying in touch” with Cassie and Calder as well as witnessing the new drama and developments in their lives. I found that it worked well to have a second prominent story-line in this novel and that Abigail Reynolds divided her time between the two couples quite successfully and skillfully.
To me, Morning Light, felt like an homage to Anne Elliot (no, this story is not a modern-day Persuasion). I found many similarities between Annie Wright and Anne Elliot – they are both independent thinkers; they both know what it feels like to be overlooked and undervalued; they both are quiet, motherless, and constantly showing selfless concern for others. I think Annie Wright and Anne Elliot are cut from the same cloth and while Annie was not persuaded by others to give up the love of her life – she did persuade herself that she was unloved and that Jeremy was untrustworthy.
What I also loved about Morning Light was that it surprised me…there were a couple of shocked gasps and “oh-my-goodness-I-did-not-see-that-coming” moments. And as is her nature, Abigail Reynolds throws in plenty of misunderstandings and miscommunications for our couple to suffer through, I quite enjoyed the tension and angst of it all! I also appreciated bearing witness to Annie’s sad past and pain, it lent a deeper understanding to her character and created a beautiful story of healing and overcoming grief.
One thing I am especially enjoying about this series is that it is reflective of Abigail Reynolds. Woods Hole, marine biology, dogs, art, psychiatry, a character who writes novels – it was fun to spot all the parallels, professions, and interests various characters shared with the author.
Evocative, empathetic, and extremely readable – Morning Light is a beautifully deep and emotional read! I think I love Abigail Reynolds’s contemporary romances just as much as I do her Pride and Prejudice variations! Looking forward to my next visit to Woods Hole!
Warning: This book has several romantic scenes and is recommend for Mature Audiences only.
Recommendation: Read Pemberley By the Sea/The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice before reading Morning Light.
Since Annie is neighbors with Cassie and Calder (the hero and The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice (2)heroine from Pemberley By the Sea/The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice) readers can expect to see a lot of them and the Westing clan in this novel. I enjoyed “staying in touch” with Cassie and Calder as well as witnessing the new drama and developments in their lives. I found that it worked well to have a second prominent story-line in this novel and that Abigail Reynolds divided her time between the two couples quite successfully and skillfully.
To me, Morning Light, felt like an homage to Anne Elliot (no, this story is not a modern-day Persuasion). I found many similarities between Annie Wright and Anne Elliot – they are both independent thinkers; they both know what it feels like to be overlooked and undervalued; they both are quiet, motherless, and constantly showing selfless concern for others. I think Annie Wright and Anne Elliot are cut from the same cloth and while Annie was not persuaded by others to give up the love of her life – she did persuade herself that she was unloved and that Jeremy was untrustworthy.
What I also loved about Morning Light was that it surprised me…there were a couple of shocked gasps and “oh-my-goodness-I-did-not-see-that-coming” moments. And as is her nature, Abigail Reynolds throws in plenty of misunderstandings and miscommunications for our couple to suffer through, I quite enjoyed the tension and angst of it all! I also appreciated bearing witness to Annie’s sad past and pain, it lent a deeper understanding to her character and created a beautiful story of healing and overcoming grief.
One thing I am especially enjoying about this series is that it is reflective of Abigail Reynolds. Woods Hole, marine biology, dogs, art, psychiatry, a character who writes novels – it was fun to spot all the parallels, professions, and interests various characters shared with the author.
Evocative, empathetic, and extremely readable – Morning Light is a beautifully deep and emotional read! I think I love Abigail Reynolds’s contemporary romances just as much as I do her Pride and Prejudice variations! Looking forward to my next visit to Woods Hole!
Warning: This book has several romantic scenes and is recommend for Mature Audiences only.
Recommendation: Read Pemberley By the Sea/The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice before reading Morning Light.
June 10, 2021
Audible listen 9 hours 15 minutes. I liked the narrator voice.
July 14, 2014
This review was first published on Babblings of a Bookworm: http://babblingsofabookworm.blogspot....
This is the second book in Abigail Reynold’s Woods Hole series, the first being The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice: A Modern Love Story with a Jane Austen Twist, which is a modern version of Pride & Prejudice, telling the story of Cassie and Calder. In Morning Light we meet a friend of Cassie’s, Annie Wright. Annie runs an art gallery. Her late husband Paul was an artist. He was brilliant, but also had real problems, with depression and manic episodes which would lead to him doing almost unforgivable things which she’d forgive because he was genuinely under the influence of his illness and incapable of self-restraint at the time. Her feelings towards her husband are a mixed bag, partly because of the emotional fall out of his illness, partly due to the fact he committed suicide, and partly because she had very strong feelings for somebody else for the entirety of their marriage.
On the eve of their wedding Annie and Paul went out with a group and Paul went home early. One of Paul’s college friends, Jeremy, had flown in especially for the wedding. He got to the bar after Paul had left and started talking to Annie, not realising she was the bride. Annie and Jeremy had an immediate strong connection, but Annie put down these feelings to cold feet. Jeremy has a bit of a case of love at first sight and he is heartbroken the next day to see Annie marrying Paul. Since Jeremy works abroad it is easy for him to avoid the couple, but when he visits a few years later he realises that he didn’t imagine his feelings for Annie and he stops contacting Paul because it's just too painful to see them together.
Coming back to the present, when Jeremy is in the area and he and Annie meet unexpectedly it seems as though fate might be offering these two a second chance but once Annie finds out he’s kept something a secret from her things are not that simple. Annie has had a history of being abandoned, by her mother, then her stepmother, and then she had the difficult marriage with Paul, which took so much from her. She doesn’t know if she has anything left for a relationship with Jeremy, and there are other complications too.
This book has loose connections to Persuasion by Jane Austen. It differs mainly in that Annie was never persuaded to give Jeremy up, there are very few people who would have called off their wedding on the basis of an evening where nothing was said of any future relationship. There was also more fault here, as both Annie and Jeremy make decisions which are suspect. I felt a bit frustrated with them not talking to each other – she completely shuts him out, and I didn’t understand why he didn’t go to see her. If she’s ignoring phonecalls and letters then to me even if she rejected him he’d be no worse off than just waiting.
Quite a portion of page time is devoted to Cassie and Calder, so I’d recommend that you read The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice before Morning Light. I was glad to see them, because both of them, although particularly Calder, had some serious family baggage left outstanding at the end of TMWLP&P so it was good to see them work through some of that, and to catch up with them a couple of years after their book finished.
I really enjoyed Morning Light. It’s not the most happy, light-hearted read, in fact for a while it is pretty sad, because there is so much unhappiness, especially for Annie. However, unlike TMWLP&P I didn’t feel like I’d had my emotions put through a mangle while reading! Also, to balance out the unhappiness there are also some really positive progress, as Annie finds out she was mistaken in some things she believed that she knew, and manages to put some of her issues relating to her marriage behind her.
This is the second book in Abigail Reynold’s Woods Hole series, the first being The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice: A Modern Love Story with a Jane Austen Twist, which is a modern version of Pride & Prejudice, telling the story of Cassie and Calder. In Morning Light we meet a friend of Cassie’s, Annie Wright. Annie runs an art gallery. Her late husband Paul was an artist. He was brilliant, but also had real problems, with depression and manic episodes which would lead to him doing almost unforgivable things which she’d forgive because he was genuinely under the influence of his illness and incapable of self-restraint at the time. Her feelings towards her husband are a mixed bag, partly because of the emotional fall out of his illness, partly due to the fact he committed suicide, and partly because she had very strong feelings for somebody else for the entirety of their marriage.
On the eve of their wedding Annie and Paul went out with a group and Paul went home early. One of Paul’s college friends, Jeremy, had flown in especially for the wedding. He got to the bar after Paul had left and started talking to Annie, not realising she was the bride. Annie and Jeremy had an immediate strong connection, but Annie put down these feelings to cold feet. Jeremy has a bit of a case of love at first sight and he is heartbroken the next day to see Annie marrying Paul. Since Jeremy works abroad it is easy for him to avoid the couple, but when he visits a few years later he realises that he didn’t imagine his feelings for Annie and he stops contacting Paul because it's just too painful to see them together.
Coming back to the present, when Jeremy is in the area and he and Annie meet unexpectedly it seems as though fate might be offering these two a second chance but once Annie finds out he’s kept something a secret from her things are not that simple. Annie has had a history of being abandoned, by her mother, then her stepmother, and then she had the difficult marriage with Paul, which took so much from her. She doesn’t know if she has anything left for a relationship with Jeremy, and there are other complications too.
This book has loose connections to Persuasion by Jane Austen. It differs mainly in that Annie was never persuaded to give Jeremy up, there are very few people who would have called off their wedding on the basis of an evening where nothing was said of any future relationship. There was also more fault here, as both Annie and Jeremy make decisions which are suspect. I felt a bit frustrated with them not talking to each other – she completely shuts him out, and I didn’t understand why he didn’t go to see her. If she’s ignoring phonecalls and letters then to me even if she rejected him he’d be no worse off than just waiting.
Quite a portion of page time is devoted to Cassie and Calder, so I’d recommend that you read The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice before Morning Light. I was glad to see them, because both of them, although particularly Calder, had some serious family baggage left outstanding at the end of TMWLP&P so it was good to see them work through some of that, and to catch up with them a couple of years after their book finished.
I really enjoyed Morning Light. It’s not the most happy, light-hearted read, in fact for a while it is pretty sad, because there is so much unhappiness, especially for Annie. However, unlike TMWLP&P I didn’t feel like I’d had my emotions put through a mangle while reading! Also, to balance out the unhappiness there are also some really positive progress, as Annie finds out she was mistaken in some things she believed that she knew, and manages to put some of her issues relating to her marriage behind her.
November 7, 2016
Dear reader,
Having read and loved quite a number of Ms Reynolds' books,it's fair to say that unfortunately,I was very disappointed with this one.
I loved learning of Annie and Jeremy's back story,their initial attraction and feelings of being 'home' in the company of the other,and felt real sympathy for her and all she'd endured in her marriage with Paul,especially in the latter years.
However I felt the initial misunderstanding between them was expanded upon too much and drawn out to such a degree that I despaired of them ever having a HEA.
Their apparent inability and unwillingness to check the basic facts of their beliefs allowed them to jump to conclusions that were wide off the mark which took long time to resolve.
The inclusion of the Cassie and Calder storyline,I felt,divided the book as each couple's story fought for dominance.
Other readers and reviewers have loved this story and have rated it a 5* read. I urge you to read their opinions before judging this too harshly.
No two people read the same book,and as much as I dislike not 'loving' a book by an author that I highly regard,this book simply didn't 'float my boat'.
Having read and loved quite a number of Ms Reynolds' books,it's fair to say that unfortunately,I was very disappointed with this one.
I loved learning of Annie and Jeremy's back story,their initial attraction and feelings of being 'home' in the company of the other,and felt real sympathy for her and all she'd endured in her marriage with Paul,especially in the latter years.
However I felt the initial misunderstanding between them was expanded upon too much and drawn out to such a degree that I despaired of them ever having a HEA.
Their apparent inability and unwillingness to check the basic facts of their beliefs allowed them to jump to conclusions that were wide off the mark which took long time to resolve.
The inclusion of the Cassie and Calder storyline,I felt,divided the book as each couple's story fought for dominance.
Other readers and reviewers have loved this story and have rated it a 5* read. I urge you to read their opinions before judging this too harshly.
No two people read the same book,and as much as I dislike not 'loving' a book by an author that I highly regard,this book simply didn't 'float my boat'.
December 19, 2017
I have all of Abigail's stories and read them in whole or in part over and over again. Having read the other reviews and having read of Abigail's and her family's connection to Woods Hole I feel a deep connection through her to the setting, the environment and the academic community. I did not read this because it was "inspired by JA's Persuasion" but because I loved Pemberley by the Sea and was hoping to see the characters from that book in this story along with a new love tale plus I will buy and read anything Abigail writes. The pregnancy of our heroine is something new to the JAFF stories I have read. The angst, the misunderstanding/
miscommunications pulled me in and made my heart ache. I do agree with some reviewers that Calder from the first book in this series, seems to be even more withdrawn in this second book and I am not sure I understand why. BUT I did like reading about that family again. I will read this again and I do recommend it to anyone.
P.S. I am not going over the story line as some of the previous Amazon reviewers have done that in great detail or read the book description.
miscommunications pulled me in and made my heart ache. I do agree with some reviewers that Calder from the first book in this series, seems to be even more withdrawn in this second book and I am not sure I understand why. BUT I did like reading about that family again. I will read this again and I do recommend it to anyone.
P.S. I am not going over the story line as some of the previous Amazon reviewers have done that in great detail or read the book description.
April 19, 2014
I liked the first in this series, and I love Abigail Reynolds' P&P variations, but this was a disappointment, mostly because the plot largely hangs on willful misunderstanding, which is my least favorite plot device.
June 30, 2025
I finished this book and sat down to write a review that talked somewhat scathingly about how little this was "inspired" by Persuasion. And then I realized this is book 2 following The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice: A Modern Love Story with a Jane Austen Twist, and things made so much more sense. I wondered why the heck those characters were getting their own POV chapters! This is what I get for grabbing a physical book off my shelf on a whim without checking goodreads first.
I still think this has little-to-nothing to do with Persuasion. But that honestly wasn't even my biggest gripe. It was that the whole first half of this thing was built on one of the WORST uses of the miscommunication trope I've read in a long time. Easily a hundred pages would have been unnecessary or at least entirely different if Annie had said, like, 10 words to Jeremy at a crucial point early in the book. Anne Elliot, she is not.
2.5 stars, but I'm rounding up instead of down because coming into this after reading the other book probably would have helped my enjoyment a little. I did really like Calder and Cassie.
I still think this has little-to-nothing to do with Persuasion. But that honestly wasn't even my biggest gripe. It was that the whole first half of this thing was built on one of the WORST uses of the miscommunication trope I've read in a long time. Easily a hundred pages would have been unnecessary or at least entirely different if Annie had said, like, 10 words to Jeremy at a crucial point early in the book. Anne Elliot, she is not.
2.5 stars, but I'm rounding up instead of down because coming into this after reading the other book probably would have helped my enjoyment a little. I did really like Calder and Cassie.
June 24, 2025
A deep and enduring love portrayed
I have really enjoyed this short series by Abigail Reynolds and would love to read more.
These are Austen-adjacent rather than variations with a depth of reality in the characters which is often missing in the genre. The writing is excellent and the characters are very real and multi-dimensional. The lead character in this one, Annie, is definitely damaged but not destroyed.
This is definitely a sequel to the first in the series and I am not sure how easy it would be to follow the parallel story with the characters from the the first book if that book had not been read first.
I heartily recommend these books and I do wish the author would write some more!
I have really enjoyed this short series by Abigail Reynolds and would love to read more.
These are Austen-adjacent rather than variations with a depth of reality in the characters which is often missing in the genre. The writing is excellent and the characters are very real and multi-dimensional. The lead character in this one, Annie, is definitely damaged but not destroyed.
This is definitely a sequel to the first in the series and I am not sure how easy it would be to follow the parallel story with the characters from the the first book if that book had not been read first.
I heartily recommend these books and I do wish the author would write some more!
June 21, 2020
Since I loved Pemberly by The Sea, I was eager to read the sequel. I was disappointed. The story didn't relate to Pride and Prejudice but was a continuation of the characters introduced in the first book. On the silly side and without the passion of the first book, I had to force myself to finish it.
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October 30, 2025Slow to start with a happy ending
3.5, love the writer. Story was oddly exposition heavy at the start and had fewer side characters to invest in. The misunderstandings seemed too orchestrated and the story itself narrow.
True feelings of abandonment really struck home and those moments of agony earned the four stars.
3.5, love the writer. Story was oddly exposition heavy at the start and had fewer side characters to invest in. The misunderstandings seemed too orchestrated and the story itself narrow.
True feelings of abandonment really struck home and those moments of agony earned the four stars.
June 30, 2020
Enjoyable Modern JAFF
While there are two main characters of this story, it also includes Calder and Cassie from The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice which makes this book somewhat of a sequel. Both couples were interesting, but I found Annie’s stubbornness a bit annoying. Then again, I don’t enjoy too much angst. Abigail Reynolds writes very well and I do enjoy her modern takes on a story. The ending seemed abrupt unless she plans more for Calder and Cassie. One can hope. Well done again!
While there are two main characters of this story, it also includes Calder and Cassie from The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice which makes this book somewhat of a sequel. Both couples were interesting, but I found Annie’s stubbornness a bit annoying. Then again, I don’t enjoy too much angst. Abigail Reynolds writes very well and I do enjoy her modern takes on a story. The ending seemed abrupt unless she plans more for Calder and Cassie. One can hope. Well done again!
October 25, 2012
Having read and really enjoyed The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice: A Modern Love Story with a Jane Austen Twist I was really excited to find out the second in Reynolds' Woods Hole series was finally coming out.
Morning Light was surprisingly disappointing to me. I enjoyed the characters of Annie and Jeremy but was sad to see their story kind of get sidelined the last quarter of the book and let Cassie and Calder (the characters of book one) take over. I had no problem with them being part of the story, but I would have liked the stories to weave together more instead of them splitting so suddenly.
Speaking of Calder, and maybe this is because I don't have The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice: A Modern Love Story with a Jane Austen Twist 100% fresh in my mind, but he seemed so different in this work. He was so quiet and brooded most of the scenes he was in. Being with Cassie I thought would have changed him a bit.
I'll also add - props to Reynolds for adding all the animal shelter pieces of the story in. I loved seeing the characters adopting animals from animal shelters and supporting those shelters with their patronage. Very important PSA to get out there.
Morning Light was surprisingly disappointing to me. I enjoyed the characters of Annie and Jeremy but was sad to see their story kind of get sidelined the last quarter of the book and let Cassie and Calder (the characters of book one) take over. I had no problem with them being part of the story, but I would have liked the stories to weave together more instead of them splitting so suddenly.
Speaking of Calder, and maybe this is because I don't have The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice: A Modern Love Story with a Jane Austen Twist 100% fresh in my mind, but he seemed so different in this work. He was so quiet and brooded most of the scenes he was in. Being with Cassie I thought would have changed him a bit.
I'll also add - props to Reynolds for adding all the animal shelter pieces of the story in. I loved seeing the characters adopting animals from animal shelters and supporting those shelters with their patronage. Very important PSA to get out there.
August 3, 2011
I am a big Abigail Reynolds fan. I owned her books before she found a publisher in Sourcebooks. However, this mish-mash was my least favorite of her stories. Ms. Reynolds tries to give her readers for what they have clamored for years: more about Calder and Cassie Westing. However, if one had not read Pemberley by the Sea (aka The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice), I am certain he would be lost in the story line. The depth of contempt between Calder and his political father, Joe Westing, cannot be developed in such a short space; and although many of Ms. Reynolds' readers know the story, many do not. She held a responsibility to refresh the memory of those who read the previous book and to tell Calder's story to those who had not. She did neither.
This issue is complicated by the fact that Calder and Cassie were supposed to be minor characters in this story line. Annie Wright and Jeremy Matthiesen were supposed to be the modern day equivalents of Jane Austen's Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth from Persuasion, and this is their story.
What occurs is two story lines competing for dominance. I would have preferred if Ms. Reynolds had released this stories as separate novels or novellas, and that she did each justice.
This issue is complicated by the fact that Calder and Cassie were supposed to be minor characters in this story line. Annie Wright and Jeremy Matthiesen were supposed to be the modern day equivalents of Jane Austen's Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth from Persuasion, and this is their story.
What occurs is two story lines competing for dominance. I would have preferred if Ms. Reynolds had released this stories as separate novels or novellas, and that she did each justice.
April 13, 2013
This is kind of a follow up book to Pemberley by the Sea (which has since been rereleased as The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice--the first title was better....). However, it is mainly a rewrite of Persuasion, with Annie Wright as the Anne Elliot character and Jeremy Matthieson as the Capt. Wentworth character.
I did like how Annie's first husband really plays the role of Mr. Elliot and how Cassie and Calder play the roles of Wentworth's sister and brother-in-law.
The story gets off track towards the end and spends more time focusing on Cassie and Calder (the Lizzie and Darcy of the first book), but it was fun revisiting the characters of Calder's parents.
If you liked Pemberley by the Sea, this is definitely worth a read.
I did like how Annie's first husband really plays the role of Mr. Elliot and how Cassie and Calder play the roles of Wentworth's sister and brother-in-law.
The story gets off track towards the end and spends more time focusing on Cassie and Calder (the Lizzie and Darcy of the first book), but it was fun revisiting the characters of Calder's parents.
If you liked Pemberley by the Sea, this is definitely worth a read.
August 23, 2011
This is the second book after Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice (Pemberley by the Sea)in the Cape Cod series. It should be read in order or some of the returning characters and their story won't make sense.
I had true empathy for the h/h plight which began as in the original with a doomed budding love that came too soon for the circumstances, but blossomed in its good time with extenuating circumstances to make it interesting and cause the reader some angst. It was nice to see the continuation of Calder and Cassie's story and to meet her younger brother.
Like Persuasion, this is not an explosive romance, but a deep mellow one.
Looking forward to the next installment.
I had true empathy for the h/h plight which began as in the original with a doomed budding love that came too soon for the circumstances, but blossomed in its good time with extenuating circumstances to make it interesting and cause the reader some angst. It was nice to see the continuation of Calder and Cassie's story and to meet her younger brother.
Like Persuasion, this is not an explosive romance, but a deep mellow one.
Looking forward to the next installment.
June 21, 2011
An updated version of Persuasion, but very different from Jane Austen in Scarsdale, which is also a Persuasion retelling. Annie and Jeremy meet the night before her wedding to his best friend. They feel a connection, but the timing is off. They meet 10+ years later and reunite. Reyonolds also adds a subplot involving Annie's best friend Cassie Westing and her husband, the son of a Senator.
January 21, 2013
A bit too much of the misunderstandings that could be resolved with a willingness to communicate for me. It is my least favorite romance contrivance. And perhaps too much of Cassie and Calder, although seeing their story continue is a good thing, I think it might have been better as a sequel novella? And yet, I read it in just a bit over a day, so it kept me reading. There's something to be said for that.
September 26, 2014
I really enjoyed this sequel to "The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice". I liked the continuing story line with Cassie and Calder. I felt better about his relationship with the Senator in the book.
P&P is by far my favorite Austen book. Persuasion is my next favorite. I liked the modern story line and all the twists and turns of both of these books. I love how that author uses time....the story isn't completed in a few weeks or months.
I would definitely read more in this series.
P&P is by far my favorite Austen book. Persuasion is my next favorite. I liked the modern story line and all the twists and turns of both of these books. I love how that author uses time....the story isn't completed in a few weeks or months.
I would definitely read more in this series.
July 13, 2012
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is a well-written story with believable characters and I love how it includes a follow-up story with Cassie & Calder from "The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice". I look forward to Ms. Reynolds' next book with eager enthusiasm!
June 5, 2011
The Man who loved Pride and Prejudice was a better story but I still could not put the book down!!
June 18, 2019
Didn't enjoy this one as much as Pemberley by the Sea (The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice), but I never pass up an Abigail Reynolds books!
September 9, 2011
I loved this story! I would have loved it more without Cassie's stuff thrown in there. It would have been half as long, but I just loved Annie and Jeremy's story.
May 18, 2012
If I wasn't stuck on a plane I never would have finished reading the book. There were just too many damaged people stumbling around in the dark.
July 24, 2016
Fantastic addition to her series of stories. If you're looking for pride and prejudice, it's not here. But her characters are delightfully flawed and it's an entertaining read.
December 17, 2016
Enjoyable contemporary set variation of Persuasion.
March 15, 2012
LOVED IT!!!!
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