Like No Other

by Anna Jacobs

1755. Rachel Smedling is not like the other women in her isolated Pennine she is taller, stronger and weaves cloth like a man. Without her, the household would fall apart, for her mother is ailing and her vicious drunkard father seems to hate her so much, he would happily offer money to any man who would wed her. When her mother dies, Rachel is at the mercy of her increasingly violent father. Her only escape is by marrying a kindly man with whom she finds happiness, if not passion, and her life begins to seem complete. Rachel's growing prosperity infuriates her father and his cronies, however, and they will stop at nothing to see her destroyed.

Genres: Historical, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Fiction

452 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 7, 1999

About the author

Anna Jacobs has 87 novels published as of April 2019. She writes historical sagas and modern novels alternately, and in the past has written historical romances and fantasy novels (the latter as Shannah Jay).

She's addicted to story-telling and writes three novels a year. You can find a list of books and series on her website at www.annajacobs.com

Anna reads 3 novels a week. Happy reading, everyone.

Reviews

[E.A. Harwik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like No Other is a typically smooth, wonderful written Anna Jacobs story and yet it's quite different because it's set in the 1750`s. I'm not aware of any other Anna Jacobs story set in the eighteenth century, something I found particularly enjoyable. This saga encapsulates the trails of Rachel Smedling trying to survive as property in the social structure of a class ridden society. This is one very engaging, entertaining, well told story. Five stars

[mois reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rachel

Well Anna has done it again it's a blinder of historical saga Rachel married Thomas they had a son Adam they were happy together but as all of Anna's books a lot of unhappiness for Rachel . Definitely worth a read a worth 5 Stars .

[MRS S PUSEY · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant story

I really enjoyed this book a bit different to other stories from this author but really good Rachel was a strong women i really admired her.Her stepfather and his friends were really horrible to her and i felt quite sad for her having to leave her son with the crazy women to get work to look after the children after her husband died.Also the way men treated women in those days.The older ladies in this story were so lovely also Caleb.loved this story would recommend this author to all readers that enjoy a mixture of everything.

[Sarah parry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent

Another excellent book by a Brilliant author
This book will have you so spellbound you won't want to put it down

[Jennifer Simms · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best Anna Jacobs book I have read, it's set at the turn of the century and is located in Littleborough and Blackstone Edge which is just where I live so was particularly interesting to me, but the story was really intriguing, just couldn't put it down, loved it.

[Haven Hart · Rating 4 out of 5]

I rarely read novels in paperback these days, but this is one of the first books that I had read in paperback after years of reading ebooks. Honestly, I was not interested to read this book at first and only intended to read the first few pages, but after reading the first page I was hooked until the last page. While reading this book, I cry more times than I care to admit. The writer had such a way of delivering the content that made my heart mushy. I even contemplated ditching this book cause I was scared that the heroine won't get her happy ending after everything that she had gone through, as the book was nearing its end. But I am so glad that she got the happy ending that she deserved and every bad guy got what they sorely deserved. All in all, it is a good read and might even be a book that I may visit again when the mood strike.

[Fizza · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is so tough to rate because on one side, I found it difficult to put down. It' well-written and has some very interesting characters. So, objectively I can admire the author for creating such vivid characters and beautiful setting. But, and this is very important to me, it's a very depressing story. There isn't a single happy moment until the very end. Bad things keep happening to the heroine and you are left wondering how one person's life can be full of such unfortunate events one after the other. I thoroughly despised that and yet, read it in just two sittings. ;) As I said, very hard to rate. Anyway, I don't recommend it as recreational reading. There isn't a single fun thing about this tense tale of woes and miseries set in historical English village.

[Dpic · Rating 3 out of 5]

another great story!!!

[Cyd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful story. I listened to the audiobook, and the narrator truly makes it come to life.

[Alice I Wynne · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always, a fine book.

An excellent example of Lancashire stories in the 1700s. Anna Jacobs never fails to delight her read era. Thank you, Anna.

[Debra Reedy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve read so many of Anna Jacobs books and they are all so good, but this one is a real stand out.

[Sheila Robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed this book The author is extremely clever and very knowledgeable about the era and how life was and how people lived and communicated with each other.

[Kathy E · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another brilliant enjoyable read from Anna Jacobs.

[Katie Mcsweeney · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad not great. Strong heroine but the plot was a little bit too swift for my liking!

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved it! the storyline and the historical detail are excellent!

[Roslin Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book