Katie Fforde
Paperback | Pages: 384 pages Rating: 3.77 | 3876 Users | 220 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Stately Pursuits |
| ISBN: | 0099446685 (ISBN13: 9780099446682) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Alternate cover for ISBN13: 9780099446682 here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...'I don't suppose you'd care to house-sit for a while...'
Hetty Longden's mother thinks that looking after Great Uncle Samuel's crumbling stately home will be just the thing for Hetty's broken heart. Hetty doesn't mind; at least she can be miserable in private. But 'private' is a relative term in a village which revolves around the big house. Particularly when you are expected to thwart Great Uncle Samuel's awful heir, and his nefarious plans for his inheritance.
Pitchforked into the community's fight to save the manor, Hetty has no time to wallow. And once she has shared her troubles with one neighbour (Caroline: a very understanding shoulder, despite her glamorous appearance and impossibly long legs), and cast an appreciative eye over another (Peter: equally long-legged, but offering rather more practical help), she wonders if her heart is irretrievably broken after all...
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| Title | : | Stately Pursuits |
| Author | : | Katie Fforde |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 384 pages |
| Published | : | November 6th 2003 by Arrow (first published 1997) |
| Categories | : | Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Romance. Fiction. Contemporary Romance |
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Ratings: 3.77 From 3876 Users | 220 ReviewsRate Regarding Books Stately Pursuits
I have read this book quite a few times, but I feel a bit like it should be more adult for its market. I love the tension between Hetty and 'Conan the barbarian' and it kept me glued and made the book impossible to put down. I also loved the fight to keep the house in order. However a lot of talk about virginity and safe sex made me feel like I was back doing sex ed at school, and made the more racier Scenes a bit unrealistic.This was a fun & light book about a young woman (Hetty) who is recruited to house-sit an old, historic country house for an elderly uncle who has to go undergo surgery. The uncle's heir (Connor), a civil engineer who is often out of the country for his job, is the other main character. Hetty falls in love with the house and attempting to restore it gives her a new purpose in life after being heartbroken by a relationship that ended badly. Connor, who knows that the house could be the
I enjoyed the setting of this book and I liked the main characters. Very important in a romance to like the main character. I did have an issue with Hetty's boss/beau breaking up with her by allowing her to find him in bed with another woman. (not really a spoiler because it happens so early in the book). It seemed unusually cruel and not believable. It was probably a device to gain sympathy for Hetty, but, as readers, we don't want to have to suspend disbelief too much. I guess my other issue
Really didn't like the love interest in this one - I get liking the gruff/silent but strong type, but this guy has lousy communication skills and insults the heroine without ever apologizing to her later. So much of romance is about escapism, and by escapism I mean putting yourself into that story, and I wouldn't like to be talked to or treated like that.
Sometimes, I open one book after another, old favorites or new novels, and nothing works. Yesterday was one of those days. I couldnt get into one book a good mystery and closed it after a few chapters. Started another a new fantasy Ive been waiting for and couldnt read past chapter three. Ill return to them both but I wanted something light and fluffy, charming and mindless, and I found it all in this book. I finished it in one sitting, read it all night and enjoyed it. I smiled almost the
Wasn't sure what to expect, I don't often read chick-lit. I didn't think it was going to hold my attention. I borrowed it online as an audiobook because I needed something to listen to while bored at work... I ended up really loving it. **SLIGHT Spoiler alert** It has a Pride & Prejudice/ Bridget Jones-ish parallel when it comes to the romantic storyline. I picture a Clive Owen type for Connor and Déborah François from the French movie Populaire as Hetty... It was a fun read. Would like to
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