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Grace Burrowes started writing as an antidote to empty nest and soon found it an antidote to life in general. She is the sixth out of seven children, raised in the rural surrounds of central Pennsylvania. Early in life she spent a lot of time reading romance novels and practicing the piano. Her first career was as a technical writer and editor in the Washington, DC, area, a busy job that nonetheless left enough time to read a lot of romance novels.
It also left enough time to grab a law degree through an evening program, produce Beloved Offspring (only one, but she is a lion), and eventually move to the lovely Maryland countryside.
While reading yet still more romance novels, Grace opened her own law practice, acquired a master's degree in Conflict Transformation (she had a teenage daughter by then) and started thinking about writing.... romance novels. This aim was realized when Beloved Offspring struck out into the Big World a few years ago. ("Mom, why doesn't anybody tell you being a grown-up is hard?")
Grace eventually got up the courage to start pitching her manuscripts to agents and editors. The query letter that resulted in "the call" started out: "I am the buffoon in the bar at the RWA retreat who could not keep her heroines straight, could not look you in the eye, and could not stop blushing--and if that doesn't narrow down the possibilities, your job is even harder than I thought." (The dear lady bought the book anyway.)
To contact Grace, email her at graceburrowes@yahoo.com.
It also left enough time to grab a law degree through an evening program, produce Beloved Offspring (only one, but she is a lion), and eventually move to the lovely Maryland countryside.
While reading yet still more romance novels, Grace opened her own law practice, acquired a master's degree in Conflict Transformation (she had a teenage daughter by then) and started thinking about writing.... romance novels. This aim was realized when Beloved Offspring struck out into the Big World a few years ago. ("Mom, why doesn't anybody tell you being a grown-up is hard?")
Grace eventually got up the courage to start pitching her manuscripts to agents and editors. The query letter that resulted in "the call" started out: "I am the buffoon in the bar at the RWA retreat who could not keep her heroines straight, could not look you in the eye, and could not stop blushing--and if that doesn't narrow down the possibilities, your job is even harder than I thought." (The dear lady bought the book anyway.)
To contact Grace, email her at graceburrowes@yahoo.com.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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Penny Black
on May 14, 2014
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I could wax poetic over Worth for hours: he is intelligent, tenderhearted, responsible, patient, honorable, reliable, in short, he is everything dreams are made of. Case in point, as the story unfolded, I've lost count of the number of people, for whom he took responsibility in one way or another. Whether it was taking in his orphaned niece, whom he brought home after his sister died in Paris, or his half-sister, about whom he knew nothing until she was being sent down from school where their brother, the earl, had left her. Or, giving sanctuary and means to support a family for an opera dancer, who found herself in an interesting condition and the eldest of seven siblings, and a tired sailor, who'd brought news of Worth's missing ship, but looked like a beggar. So, if you love beta heroes as much as I do, you will adore him.
My only quibble? Along with Worth, I had trouble with the reason why the heroine repeatedly refused to marry him. As if returning to the life of unpaid chatelaine for her brother was a better alternative to having a family of her own, especially with Worth for a husband. For a fiercely capable and smart woman, she was remarkably slow on the uptake. But she worked it out eventually, and the final scene was everything I could have wished for.
One last thing that merits a mention is that this might very well be the only "standalone" book Ms. Burrowes has written so far. Even though chronologically, it happens sometime after Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal (Windham Series), if I were new to the world of Grace Burrowes, I would start with this one.
My only quibble? Along with Worth, I had trouble with the reason why the heroine repeatedly refused to marry him. As if returning to the life of unpaid chatelaine for her brother was a better alternative to having a family of her own, especially with Worth for a husband. For a fiercely capable and smart woman, she was remarkably slow on the uptake. But she worked it out eventually, and the final scene was everything I could have wished for.
One last thing that merits a mention is that this might very well be the only "standalone" book Ms. Burrowes has written so far. Even though chronologically, it happens sometime after Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal (Windham Series), if I were new to the world of Grace Burrowes, I would start with this one.
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on May 17, 2014
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While Worth was not as strong a story for me as the other Lonely Lords, it is still a satisfying read. Worth appears in several of the other LL stories in his role as a solicitor who is smart and ruthless to achieve the goals of his clients. Don't misunderstand me, he is ruthless in the way of any legal practitioner is and at times uses unsavory facts to overcome the threats to his clients. I would have liked to have read more of his machinations of his very high risk shipping venture as it had to have been nerve wracking. The heroine's reason for resisting marriage does not quite work for me but Ms. Burrowes' skill with storytelling gets me. She is one of my very favorite authors.
The author again intrigues me with her dialogues because they sound so ordinary compared to other romances. I have gone back to earlier Burrowes' stories lately and feel that Ms. Burrowes has honed this aspect of her writing very nicely in the LL series. She occasionally throws in some small detail that doesn't influence necessarily the story line but nonetheless adds a quirkiness that is so enjoyable for me. For example, in Worth, she introduces a group of brothers who have been named for trees "... Willow, Ash, Oak, Hawthorne, Valerian and a sapling by the name of Sycamore." Gotta love it. Ms. Burrowes scatters these little gems in the stories every so often and it just adds to the enjoyment of reading for me.
The author again intrigues me with her dialogues because they sound so ordinary compared to other romances. I have gone back to earlier Burrowes' stories lately and feel that Ms. Burrowes has honed this aspect of her writing very nicely in the LL series. She occasionally throws in some small detail that doesn't influence necessarily the story line but nonetheless adds a quirkiness that is so enjoyable for me. For example, in Worth, she introduces a group of brothers who have been named for trees "... Willow, Ash, Oak, Hawthorne, Valerian and a sapling by the name of Sycamore." Gotta love it. Ms. Burrowes scatters these little gems in the stories every so often and it just adds to the enjoyment of reading for me.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Elizabeth Bennet
on May 24, 2014
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When I started reading this book I was pulled in from the start. Hidden family secrets and past disputes are told. Worth was a very loveable character. He was sensitive, compassionate and adored the heroin. He had the perfect personality and I just wish he would have had a more exciting story to accommodate him.
Jacaranda (hated the name) was likeable as well except for her name. Every time I came across I was pulled out of the story to pronounce it right in my head. I kept wanting to pronounce it Jacinda. Finally I gave up and went with it. Her indecisiveness about who she was was just annoying.
I loved the book about 50% of the book but than it just became tedious for me. Nothing happened. It was like the movie Groundhog Day where the same thing kept reoccurring day after day. Worth would leave but first he would try to get Jacaranda to admit she'd miss him. He'd leave come back they'd have a secret night tryst.
I am in agreement with Book Lover. Her review sums up my feelings in a nutshell. The book seemed like it would never end. On a personnel note the authors phrases were hard to get use to. She used phrases like God's toothbrush...ugh! It just was not my cup of tea. Sorry Grace Burrowes fans I just couldn't stay awake long enough to stay involved in the story. I finished it but it wasn't easy.
I did love Avery and her missing Manka that smelled like her mama. Worth was so sweet with her.
Jacaranda (hated the name) was likeable as well except for her name. Every time I came across I was pulled out of the story to pronounce it right in my head. I kept wanting to pronounce it Jacinda. Finally I gave up and went with it. Her indecisiveness about who she was was just annoying.
I loved the book about 50% of the book but than it just became tedious for me. Nothing happened. It was like the movie Groundhog Day where the same thing kept reoccurring day after day. Worth would leave but first he would try to get Jacaranda to admit she'd miss him. He'd leave come back they'd have a secret night tryst.
I am in agreement with Book Lover. Her review sums up my feelings in a nutshell. The book seemed like it would never end. On a personnel note the authors phrases were hard to get use to. She used phrases like God's toothbrush...ugh! It just was not my cup of tea. Sorry Grace Burrowes fans I just couldn't stay awake long enough to stay involved in the story. I finished it but it wasn't easy.
I did love Avery and her missing Manka that smelled like her mama. Worth was so sweet with her.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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on May 26, 2014
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This is the second book of Grace Burrowes that I just couldn't bring myself to finish. When I reached a point of complete boredom I looked at where I was and realized I was only 48% done! The characters are nice enough and the story could be interesting I suppose. (That's why it gets two stars - I didn't hate it.) The problems seem to be with the writing. There is far too much repetitive introspection and there really are a limited number of ways to say the same thing over and over. Apparently, the author is paid by the word. Either that or she needs a really good tough editor. The use of language is clunky and jarring. In an effort, I suppose, to sound authentic to the period the descriptive word choices are often annoyingly pretentious ("cogitate" instead of "think" or "consider" for heaven's sake!) Mind you this is what the author is saying, not the characters themselves which makes it worse. The heroine's name, Jacaranda, is apparently an effort to sound creative but also ends up being clunky and unwieldy. I had already grown sick of the amount of time Burrowes' characters spend in the kitchen in just about every book of hers I have read, preparing food, eating food and cleaning up meals. Actually, her characters are always eating somewhere - in parlors, libraries, sitting rooms, outdoors. These people must be huge by the time they are thirty! There really are other activities and places to have meaningful discussions. Given her hard work to evoke a 19th century feel with her writing style, the 21st century sensitivity and egalitarian nature of her heroes leaves the relationship interactions off balance and, once again, inauthentic and tedious. I skipped most of the Lonely Lords series for very similar reasons and decided to give it another try. I'm sorry I did. Nothing has changed.
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