The book club scenes made me quite excited and I could instantly feel the geekiness from Grayson, that I adored! But there were too few of these scenes. I can’t help but feel that this book club was only introduced for Lorelai to meet Grayson, as well as for the author to introduce a trans couple. But where I felt the frustration was that neither the book club nor the trans couple were mentioned later on in the book. So I’m not quite sure what the author wanted to achieve with this. The other bit that was mentioned here was Lorelai’s passion about working on movie adaptations, which she briefly mentions twice of three times in the book, and nothing comes out of it. Okay, so, I have long been a ‘fan’ of Carrie’s. I grew up watching her Youtube videos, desperately begging my mum to take me to les mis to meet her. Yada yada. After graduating from Harvard University, Eloisa got an M.Phil. from Oxford University, a Ph.D. from Yale and eventually became a Shakespeare professor, publishing an academic book with Oxford University Press. Currently she is an associate professor and head of the Creative Writing program at Fordham University in New York City. Her "double life" is a source of fascination to the media and her readers. In her professorial guise, she's written a New York Times op-ed defending romance, as well as articles published everywhere from women's magazines such as More to writers' journals such as the Romance Writers' Report. Grace frowned at that, because she realized that his fever must be terribly high if he thought he was in the nursery. On the other hand, he might be right about the maids. In her mother’s household, maids always came within two minutes of a bell, but the same could not be said for Arbor House. I could fetch our nanny, she offered. Point in fact James has a whole Facebook Group dedicated to this serial. With an interesting discussion, excerpts and an extra scene between James (er the character from The Ugly Duchess) and Griffin (from Seduced by a Pirate) after Colin makes a request from James.

Their father said that Lily was a force of nature. After years of observing her sister, Grace came to understand what her father meant. Because she was so pretty, Lily didn’t have to behave. She had been adorable as a baby, and now, at eight, she was dazzling. This is one of those books that I would like to give 3.5 stars. It's well written, and I like the characters, but the story needed a bit more depth to make it shine.My poor darling Grace is closed up in the nursery, which is such an insult for a young lady of twelve, the duchess said, after a few minutes. You did hear that she’s been ill?" Other than that I felt that the story overall was a bit flat and the writing or characters weren't as engaging as in her previous novels. Top Country Singles Sales" (PDF). Billboard. Vol.110, no.34. August 22, 1998. p.26 . Retrieved October 16, 2023. Spellbindingly romantic - With This Kiss is utterly captivating. A feat of magical and mystical storytelling' Laura Jane Williams, Our Stop This Kiss” was the debut single off of Faith Hill’s third album Faith. The song reached number one on the U.S. and Canadian country charts for three consecutive weeks and was Hill’s first song to reach the Top 10 in both Adult Contemporary and Pop charts. It also was a Top 10 hit in Australia and a Top 20 in the U.K. The song was nominated for two Grammy nominations: Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song (both were won by “You’re Still The One”).

She had impeccable manners. She never sat on the grass, or climbed trees, or behaved in any fashion other than that which behooved a member of the peerage. She spoke three languages, played the pianoforte, and painted landscapes (poorly) and portraits (surprisingly well). She was kind to servants, old ­people, and dogs. Spellbinding, magical and utterly original, With This Kiss is one love story you will never forget. Thankfully, things are straightened out in part three, as Colin finally tells Grace about his reasons for not writing to her and for proposing to Lily; everything is straightened out and yes, Colin makes up for his previous mistake and proceeds to show Grace exactly what all the fuss is about. *wink*No maids will come, Colin said, with another moan. Nanny McGillycuddy is old. She’s too old to get out of bed. Grace puts on a brave face and supports her sister and Colin, both of them very dear to her and whose happiness is of paramount importance to her -- but she cannot help the gnawing ache when she sees how very happy Colin is with Lily. Except Colin isn't truly happy with Lily -- it takes him some time to figure out who it is he really loves -- the question is, will Grace wait for Colin? A five-star read . . . Fun, enjoyable, funny and sweet with characters I absolutely loved' NetGalley Reviewer,