- Paperback: 348 pages
- Publisher: Harvest House Publishers (Dec 1 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0736925511
- ISBN-13: 978-0736925518
- Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 13.8 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 318 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #364,802 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In her debut novel of what she calls spirited romance for the Jane Austen soul, author Linore Rose Burkard tells the intriguing story of Miss Ariana Forsythe, a young woman caught between her love for a man who doesnt share her faith and her resolution to marry only a fellow believer in Christ. Trouble at home sends the young woman to her aunts townhome in the fashionable Mayfair district of London. There she finds worse troubles than those that prompted her flight from home. Ariana is soon neck-deep in high society and at odds with Mr. Phillip Mornay, Londons current darling rogue. Then a scandal changes Ariana forever. Her heart, her faith, and her future are all at stake in an unexpected adventure that gains even the Prince Regents attention. Will Arianas faith survive this test? And what about her heart? For its Arianas heart that most threatens to betray the truths she has always believed in. When she finds herself backed against a wall, betrothed to the wrong young man, how can it ever turn out right? Jane Austen readers and fans of Regency romances everywhere will love Before the Season Ends.
About the Author
Linore Rose Burkard lives with her husband and five children in a town full of antique stores and gift shops in southwestern Ohio. Raised in New York, she graduated magna cum laude from the City University of New York with a BA in English literature. A longtime fan of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer, Linore delights in bringing Regency England to life for today's reader.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
before the season ends,
By a book lover (sask. canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Before the Season Ends (Paperback)
I loved this book. Could hardly put it down. Great characters, humor, romance, I wished the book was longer.
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enjoyable,
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This review is from: Before the Season Ends (Paperback)
I really enjoyed this sweet historical romance. I found the storyline to be engaging and the main characters were delightful. I tend to find the requisite "conversion" scenes in Christian romances to be a tad overdone but Burkhard did a good job of keeping this one rather less annoying than some. I found Burkhard's descriptive scenes easy to imagine and I felt drawn into the story. This is an easy read and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good Christian romance.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Ms. Burkard knows the Regency,
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This review is from: Before the Season Ends (Paperback)
You'll no longer be dependent on your local Jane Austen book club. This author portrays everything from the snobbery towards those of `shabby gentility' to those ever-so-important connexions that one needs in that world. It's an old world, with the speech patterns of that era, and all the foibles that can trip one up and bring ruin so that one may not put one's face in polite society ever again.Yet I felt the characters--Miss Ariana Forsythe and Mr. Phillip Mornay--to be as alive as my family sitting in my living room. From the moment of their first awkward meeting--her stuck in a tree--to his anger and her embarrassment much later on when she wears too sophisticated a gown for his tastes, you can't help but long for them to be together. But not too quickly, because their adventures along the perilous road to steadfast love made me smile, and even laugh. I was certainly not the least out of countenance! The conversation in this Regency novel speeds along like an open curricle led by a pair of dappled grays in Hyde Park, so that for a few days I felt as though I lived in that world. Each character's speech sparkles and scintillates so much, I daresay even Mr. Bennet of Pride and Prejudice would be exceedingly diverted. As for me, I was delighted. It's been a long time in coming--an author with NEW Regency stories that will entertain and gently affirm us in our Christian faith in a way that Jane Austen would be proud. This is a book you'll share with your mother, your aunt, your daughter, your best friend. Check out my interview of Linore Rose Burkard on my blog www.christinelindsay.com
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