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by Emilie Loring

Book by Loring, Emilie Baker

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Mystery

411 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1934

About the author

AKA Emilie Baker Loring
Emilie Baker was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1864 to George M. Baker and Emily Frances (Boles) Baker. Her father was a playwright and publisher and her mother was a homemaker. Loring married Victor J. Loring, who was a lawyer. She began writing in 1914, published her first novel in 1922 at the age of 56, and continued writing until her death after a long illness in 1951. She was a prolific American romance novelist of the 20th century, known for her "wholesome love" romances and independent, spirited heroines. Beyond romance, her books also explore a selection of topics including, but not limited to marriage, love, American patriotism, freedom, and optimism. She died in Wellesley, Massachusetts on March 13, 1951. At the time of her death, she had sold more than a million copies of her first thirty books.

After her death, her estate was managed by her sons, Selden M. and Robert M. Loring, who, based on a wealth of unfinished material they discovered, published twenty more books under her name until 1972. These books were ghost-written by Elinore Denniston. taken largely from wiki, made some corrections (dates didn't add up) per her biographer

Emilie Loring Wiki Page

Reviews

[Miki · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have got to quit picking up old books at the library sale! This was one of the worst things I've ever read. Sexist, racist, ageist, xenophobic, body shaming, and a heroine who got teary-eyed over "a man's voice tenderly singing 'Why don't you come over to my house, and pretend you're my little girl?''" Ew. And that's not counting the horrible writing and the awful, unlikable, greedy, and condescending characters.
Yes, it was written in 1934, but that's no excuse.

Update 6/22/24
So eminent forgettable that I forgot I'd already read it and I read it AGAIN! Oh, the shame!!!

[Jeanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started reading Emile Loring books as a "tween" when I picked up a paperback from a rack in a hotel lobby (for 50 cents) while on vacation. Hooked! I went on to purchase and read every Emilie Loring romance written and available in paperback, not knowing that she had died before I was even born. I loved these books, but read them when I was between about 12 and 18 years old. I know this one was favorite, because for awhile, before the name turned into a common soap-opera character name, I wanted to change my name to "Brooke", like the copper-haired heroine. :-)

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Written in the 30's. A clean, relaxing read. A young woman is left the estate of an older women she befriended. Light mystery. I enjoy all books by this author but this wasn't my favorite.

[Ophelia Sellers · Rating 5 out of 5]

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What a great romance story! This author is a whiz at creating romance and plenty of tension. I hated to come to the end of this book.

[Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've been dragging this ex-library book around for 20 years and finally decided to read it. It started out well - a mixture of Agatha Christie and Mary Burchell. It's dated, of course, but engaging. Then it got kind of ridiculous, and ended with the model heroine participating in a runway wedding and finding the man she loves/hates posing as the groom. Eyeroll. And seriously, you don't like your butler and he actually threatens you and you just keep letting him butle? Also (spoiler) the parrot dies.

[Anna Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

The synopsis of this book makes it sound less exciting that it really was. I quite enjoyed it!

[Happy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was my least favorite novel from Emilie, Brooke was not as likable as other heroines and many times her splurging her so called inheritance immediately was off putting.

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Currently very into these popular ladies' novels from the 20s and 30s. Plucky heroine, a missing will, handsome fella, sneaky butler.