I have a new favorite author. Her name is Sarah M. Eden. I love her books so much that I finish them in one sitting! I even stayed up until 4:30 in the blessed a.m. to finish the book. Her books are written in the Victorian Era and are similar to Jane Austen's but much easier to understand. Her first book,
Seeking Persephone, has a Beauty and the Beast feel to it. The second book,
Courting Miss Lancaster, is about a few of the characters in the first book. It was so light and fun to read and you just wanted to shake the girl and say, "look, look! There he is!!" The third book was actually the first of hers that I read for book club. {this was the book I stayed up all night to read!} It's called
The Kiss of a Stranger and it is just so interesting how things can turn out! Reading these books has made me want to live in that era when gentlemen were true and being a lady was glamorous. I tried to be more "lady like" and found that it's very difficult to do in this day and age. I still want to work on it though. Be more proper and have impeccable manners. I don't like the arranged marriage thing or the social classes but the values are great...and so are the clothes! I think it was the romancing that really got me though. Courting is so different in the day and age and so is marriage. I wish my husband would read these books so he would know how to treat me like a lady and behave like a gentleman :) I have yet to read her newest book
Friends and Foes. I'm number 7 on the waiting list at the library but I hope to find another copy of it soon.
Anyway, give Sarah Eden a try. I promise you won't be disappointed!
**Update- I just finished reading Friends and Foes and like her other books I read it one night! This one is probably one of my favorites. It made me chuckle, made me cry, made me want to shake the two characters and slap them silly! I loved it!!**
