Julie Klassen is back!

This review is for "The Dancing Master" by Julie Klassen.

I don't know about you guys but I get super excited when I see that Julie has a new novel it! She is one of my top favorite authors and I look forward to her new novels so much and eagerly agreed to review this one!

Once again she did not disappoint! One of the things that I love about her work, besides that they are Regency fiction is the fact of how long her books are. I love picking up that thick book and cracking open the first page on one of the new adventures that she has penned for us all.

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Julia Midwinters life is full of secrets. She knows it but doesn't know what to do about it.
A mother whose lips are sealed and a feeling of restlessness and generally not belonging in the lifestyle she is forced to lead has Julia feeling out-of-sorts.

When Alec Valcourt shows up in town with his mother and sister, his presence promises to shake things up in a very small town.

For Alec is a dancing master and dancing has long been banned in the sleepy town of Devonshire.

Julia would love to learn to dance but a big problem stands in her way. Her mother, the town matriarch, is the very one who banned the dancing in the first place.
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Will love win out in the end of this story or will Julia and Alec's past both hold far to many terrible secrets to make their love feasible. Will Alec's love of dancing be able to survive the restrictions unfairly placed on his new town? Will Julia ever learn the secrets that cause her sadness?

You will have to read it to find out!

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What did you think of the book?
Jenny




 Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for a review. I am not required to post a positive one. All opinions expressed are my own and they are sincere.

The Tutor's Daughter

This book review is for the novel "The Tutor's Daughter" by Julie Klassen.

I have to start out by admitting to being a super fan of Julie's books! As soon as I saw the email for this one and knew that she had a new book coming out I REALLY wanted to read it and very eagerly waited for the package containing this lovely new adventure to arrive in the mail.

Her books remind me so much of Jane Austin while definitely having her own unique spin on this lovely time period. The only annoying thing about this book is when you finish reading it and want so much more of the story or at least a new next book to dive into!

I cannot highly recommend The Tutor's Daughter enough. Even if you have never read one of Julie's books before I really believe that you will become just as a much of a fan of her work as I am almost as soon as you crack the cover!

She did such an amazing job keeping you guessing with this story line throughout almost the entire book. While reading I would find myself turning over the mystery in my mind trying to figure it the heck out.
I had many theories which all proved to be wrong but was still an excellent conclusion.

The great thing about Julie's books are how she so totally pulls you into the world that she has so lovingly crafted and you don't even realize how much you have concentrated so solely on the story until you come up for air or maybe a food break ;)


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Emma Smallwood has found herself at a loss for how to deal with her father's seemingly endless sad moods since her mother passed away.

He is an excellent tutor, whom she assists, at running a boarding school for boys.

With their last pupil leaving to go on with the next level of his education they have no more students lined up to take his place and her father shows no interest in getting more students to fill the gaping holes in their lively hood.

Emma takes matters into her own hands and prevails upon herself to write a letter to the father of two of their previous students whom she happens to know has two younger sons who have never been sent to their school.

She has quite the shock when the baronet writes back inviting her father to be a tutor in residence so that his sons don't have to leave their mothers home.

Emma accompanies her father on this new quest but has no idea the mystery that shrouds the forbidden mansion that rises imposingly above the jagged cliffs or the old feeling that would be stirred for the Weston boys who did attend her fathers school.
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Once again I have to highly recommend this novel and almost feel like reading it again myself!


Jenny




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Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for a review. I am not required to post a positive one. All opinions expressed are my own and they are sincere.

*The Maid Of Fairbourne Hall* Blog Tour

This book review is for the novel "The Maid of Fairbourne Hall" by Julie Klassen.

I have never made it a secret that I am a huge fan of Julie's work and I have to say she has more than done it again!

If you even remotely love Regency set novels then you will love this book! I almost liked this better than her previous book "Girl In The Gatehouse".

Julie always manages to keep you invested in her characters and anxious to find out what happens but at the same time you don't want the story to end.

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Margaret Macy stands to be a very wealthy woman upon her next birthday. Her stepfather, however, has a great many plans for the fortune about to befall his step-daughter. The only thing he needs to make his plan come to fruition is for her to marry his nephew. And he plans on getting her to that by any means necessary.

Margaret is more desperate for escape from him and his evil plans than even he knows or plans for, though.

Even though her escape plan involved posing as a maid instead of a well-to-do young women, she never actually planned on having to do the grueling work of a maid. What makes her new life even more shocking is the fact that she is now a maid in the home of two former suitors. If that doesn't make her life there precarious enough, her stepfather is hunting her every step, trying to force her out into the open so he can make sure she marries his nephew before her birthday comes and she is free of him.
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This book is so funny is some places and so hold your breathe anxious in others that you just really have to read it for yourself to even begin to imagine how great it really is!

Julie always manages to re-create this period of time perfectly and this book is no exception!

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Jenny




*Note* I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review. I am not required to post a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own and they are sincere.

Love for Lady of Milkweed Manor

This book review is for "Lady of Milkweed Manor" by Julie Klassen.

I am a huge fan of Jane Austin and that is what Julie Klassen's novels remind me of. Which of course means that I love them! Even in saying, however, that they remind me of Jane Austin, rest assured that Julie definitely has her own style! I cannot say enough about her work and how she pulls you into the story. I sat down to read this and ended up finishing it in one setting. You just want to keep turning the next page to find out what is going to happen.


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Charlotte Lamb is the daughter of a, quite proper, Vicar. She has one sister and her mother is long dead. Being a Vicar's daughter, however, does not mean that one won't fall. And Charlotte will end up paying the ultimate price for her indiscretion.

Sent away in shame, Charlotte is sentenced to while away at the dreaded Milkweed Manor. Shunned from her family and her heart lost, she comes face to face with an old potential suitor who has more than enough problems of his own.

Charlotte is inevitably faced with one of the hardest decision she can be asked to make. Painful as her life may be, will she find the good in what is left of her circumstances?
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The book has some amazing details of what life was like for women back in this era so you feel like you are learning something as well as enjoying a wonderfully done story! It also helps to remind us that no matter the person or circumstance, no one is immune to sin or to making a mistake.

Kudos to Julie!

Hope you all are having a fabulous week!
Jenny





*Note* I received this book for free from the Bethany House in exchange for a review about it. I am not required to post a positive review. Any opinions expressed are my own and they are sincere.

Beautiful Book! ~The girl in the gatehouse~

This review is for "The Girl In The Gatehouse" by Julie Klassen.

This novel is phenomenal! I read the blurb on it and loved the cover..it just looked so mysterious and interesting. I couldn't wait to get the book in the mail and started reading it right away.

The back of the book says that the author loves all things Jane, from Jane Eyre to Jane Austin. And reading the book you can definitely tell. I am a huge fan of Jane Austin and this book greatly reminded me of her books which is another reason I loved it so much!

It was really interesting the details that go into the book from the way quill pens were made to the huge scandals things back then could become. Julie has woven a classic Regency-set novel with just the right touch of mystery and intrigue. It is one of those books you can't wait to get to the end just to find out what happens but at the same time you don't want it to end because it is so good! I also love the way that Mariah, our main character, is a writer and she weaves the scenes of what happened with Mariah through her book that she is writing. So instead of a weird flashback scene, we get to read scenes from her novel, which is actually written from what happened to herself. I thought it was a great way to let you know what happened and why she ends up in the gatehouse without having to do flashbacks.


Our main lady, Mariah Aubrey has been banished from the only home she has ever known. She has but one loyal servant who goes with her and lives on the good graces of her Aunt in a somewhat rundown gatehouse on the extensive property her Aunt resides on. Although shamed and mostly alone in the world, Mariah's days soon become filled with many interested people including children from across the road that live the local poorhouse. Add to that a 'crazy' man who walks along the poorhouse roof, a servant with a missing hand, an old maid companion and a handsome Captain who leases the estate and Mariah has her hands full.


I have nothing but lovely things to say about this novel and eagerly anticipate reading more by this author. It has a fully engaging, colorful, interesting cast of characters and enough mysteries to it to keep you guessing. I also love the quotes at the beginning of every chapter.
Love, love, love it!!!! Huge thumbs up to Julie Klassen!



I hope you are all enjoying this week!
Jenny




*Note* I received this book for free from Bethany House Publishers in exchange for a review about it. I am not required to post a positive review. Any opinions expressed are my own and they are sincere.