About this title: In her Simply novels, Balogh has woven irresistibly enthralling tales of four close friends--teachers at the genteel Miss Martin's School for Girls in Regency England. Now, in this final novel, Balogh turns her attention to the owner and headmistress of the school, Miss Claudia Martin herself.
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 2008-12-30
ISBN-13:9780440241997ISBN:0440241995
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780440241997ISBN:0440241995
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Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780440241997ISBN:0440241995
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780385338240ISBN:0385338244
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780385338240ISBN:0385338244
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"I read the whole series this week and I really enjoyed it. The characters were wonderful and the story lines interesting and fun. At the beginning of each book I was slightly overwhelmed by all the characters and trying to keep them straight. I probably would have had no chance if I didn't read one book right after the other."
"Loved the very strong, independent, businesswoman lead character, and how all the characters of the earlier 3 books as well as the Bewcastles of the earlier "Slightly" series came together in this volume."
"I'm a sucker for Regency Romances and Mary Balough is one of a few people writing good ones right now. Unfortunately her series are so similar in their titles, that I cannot always remember if I read one or not."
"By the time Balogh got to the fourth book in this series devoted to Bath school teachers I was kind of over the whole theme. Thankfully, while the theme of the novel was still very much there, the characters were a departure for the series.
Claudia Martin is what society would deem a spinster - she's old, she's set in her ways and she knows who she is. Thankfully, Joseph - the Marquess of Attingsborough - is no young pup, still wet behind the years. He too is a bit long in the tooth and much to his family's dismay, unwed. At first I thought his reasons were going to be the same old "I don't want to get married because I don't want to be tied down and dammit to hell society for trying to make me find a wife when I'm really not ready even though I should have been married already ten years over." If they were, I might have stopped reading.
Thankfully, he had another reason that marriage wasn't a good idea and thank goodness Lizzie wasn't a mistress b/c that would have been a very bad idea. No, Lizzie is a blind, precocious bastard child and a cute and smart one at that. While Joseph finds himself drawn to Claudia's personality, undoubtedly his real interest lies in what she might be able to do for Lizzie - and thus, the two are thrown together in what should surely be something as innocent and teacher and parent but the pull is too strong, their desire for one another too great.
Of course, there's all the old obstacles that any romance novelist will throw our way - the ton, societal responsibilities, old hurts and old lovers ... but in the end, love conquers all. Of course it did, and I was glad of it.
(Oh, and did I mention that I stayed up until 3:30 a.m. reading this one? Yeah, it was that good.)"
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