When mysterious strangers come searching for her in Spindle Cove, Kate Taylor finds an unexpected ally in Corporal Thorne, a militia commander who, posing as her fiance to save her from danger, makes her feel safe in his arms.
By a Lady
โ Scribed by Amanda Elyot
- Publisher
- Crown
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 233 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0307345327
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โฆ Synopsis
A tale of time travel, true love, and Jane Austen
New York actress C.J. Welles, a die-hard Jane Austen fan, is on the verge of landing her dream role: portraying her idol in a Broadway play. But during her final audition, she is mysteriously transported to Bath, England, in the year 1801. And Georgian England, with its rigid and unforgiving social structure and limited hygienic facilities, is not quite the picturesque costume drama C.J. had always imagined.
Just as she wishes she could click her heels together and return to Manhattan, C.J. meets the delightfully eccentric Lady Dalrymple, a widowed countess who takes C.J. into her home, introducing her as a poor relation to Georgian society--including the dashing Earl of Darlington and his cousin, Jane Austen!
When a crisis develops, C.J.--in a race against time--becomes torn between two centuries. An attempt to return to her own era might mean forfeiting her blossoming romance with the irresistible...
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