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Not Just Lovely Laura

If you enjoy reading Clean Regency Romance and also like reviewing books before they are published. you are welcome to sign up at https://goo.gl/XtXY49 to receive an ARC of Not Just Lovely Laura.
Not Just Lovely Laura is Book 2 in the Sisters by Marriage Series. It follows Not So Sweet Maria but can be read as a Stand Alone.

BLURB
Growing up in the shadow of her parents’ estrangement, Laura has learnt to mask her feelings. She is also unused to company. Her father, though an earl, was a recluse.

Now she must go to London during the Season where she will meet her mother - the mother she had pined for and resented in equal measure.

Laura finds herself a success. She has suitors offering for her but is secretly in love with the Duke of Wimberley. She isn’t sure about his feelings. Does it even matter? The duke is most attentive to the beautiful widow, Lady Mannering.

And then Laura learns a shocking truth about the duke. He is not the man he appears to be.

Anthony, Duke of Wimberley is in London to find a wife for the second time. Seven years ago he had made a love match. He knows better now. He is looking for someone who will take charge of the duties of duchess and also be a mother to his daughter. His intention to guard his heart disappears as he comes to know Laura. Before he can proceed to court her, he becomes mired in perhaps the biggest Scandal of all time.

To his utter shock, not only does Lady Laura believe the worst about him, she goes out of her way to thwart him!

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Not So Sweet Maria
Release Date: June 1, 2017.
This is a clean romance; squeaky clean would in fact be a more appropriate label.

Excerpt:
The straw bonnet was her latest creation. She had worn the bonnet and practiced that arch of the eyebrow in front of the mirror. It was in the nature of an experiment. Just like two chemicals combined in certain proportions resulted in an explosion, so it was with the bonnet and the flirtatious look.
Trimmed with green lace, decorated with poppies and ferns, the straw bonnet had a sweeping rim and wide red ribbons. The poppies and greens were cleverly wrought into an unusual posy and the bleached straw was woven into an intricate lacy pattern. But what made the bonnet so fetching was the angle at which she had placed the posy, and the ribbons clustered into a knot below her left ear.
When she arched her brow, the upward sweep of the bonnet made it more pronounced. A different bonnet would not have enhanced that small gesture. Really, if women understood the language of bonnets they would have all the men they wanted or, like in her case, turn down suitors without hurting their sentiments. She always knew which bonnet to wear when a suitor called with a marriage proposal.
There was a fortune to be made if she could take women into confidence and explain to them that they needed less gowns and more bonnets. They needed a bonnet for every occasion. She could not let it be known, however. The magic, the mystique would be lost. And if the men learnt they were being led by bonnet ribbons, the consequences would be disastrous.
So while she designed bonnets for women keeping in mind the shape of their face and the coloring, and gave them a list of colors they must wear with the bonnet, she used her secret knowledge only for herself.
The opportunity to send forth the flirtatious look had been unexpected but why had she grown confused? Drat that man! Who was he?
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Not So Sweet Maria

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Book Blurb:
The ton calls her Sweet Maria but Lady Maria despises the hypocritical ways of Polite Society. Fiercely loyal to her American mother, she is determined not to marry a nobleman and agrees to an arranged match for the sole purpose of keeping her persistent suitors at bay.

Then, most unexpectedly, she finds love with a commoner. Only, he isn’t a commoner but the Earl of Daventon.

The Earl of Daventon believes love is a quagmire but falls in love with a mysterious young woman who dresses like a shop girl and behaves like a lady. He finds a remedy in accepting an arranged match with Lady Maria, whom he hasn’t seen.

All of which leads to a delightful tangle of affairs…

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Alternately, if you want it sent to your kindle directly, approve my email id 101262js@gmail.com in your amazon account, and send me your kindle id.

Shanea wrote: "Jess wrote: "10 Review Copies Available

Catherine Dickens: Outside the Magic Circle, is fact-based fiction and is told in Catherine's voice, as she tries to deal with the cruel sep..."

Shanea, I'll be happy to send you a copy for review. Will a kindle / mobi file work for you?

Thanks for reading the book, and the rating & review! I am glad you like it.

Donna wrote: "Goodreads said that there was a problem with my post so if this is a duplicate, I apologize. It would be my pleasure to post my review to both sites. Please send the mobi/Kindle file format. Tha..."

Thanks Donna. I've mailed you the book in kindle format. I hope you like it.

10 Review Copies Available

Catherine Dickens: Outside the Magic Circle, is fact-based fiction and is told in Catherine's voice, as she tries to deal with the cruel separation from her husband, Charles Dickens, after twenty-two years of marriage. Forced to leave her home and children, unjustly branded an inadequate wife and mother by her illustrious husband, who in truth is lusting after an eighteen year old actress, Catherine tries to preserve her dignity and sense of self.

I will be happy to send the book as a pdf, epub or mobi file to anyone willing to post a review on goodreads and amazon, within a reasonable time of 2 to 4 weeks.

Here's the amazon link, to check out the first few chapters.
http://www.amazon.com/Catherine-Dicke...

Thank you.

Hello. I love reading and discussing books...

Do check the blurb and the sample chapters....and get your copy.
Tags: Biographical fiction, Women's fiction, Literary fiction

http://www.amazon.com/Catherine-Dicke...