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Not Exactly Mr. Darcy: Volume 1

by Carolyn Miller

A Pemberley connection, with a different kind of hero

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A Pemberley connection, with a different kind of hero

After losing her teaching contract, history-loving Olivia Bennett goes to a small English village to care for her ailing grandmother and takes a job at Hartbury Hall, a country house associated with a filmed adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. There she meets Liam Browne, the head gardener, whose manner contrasts with the gentlemanly ideal Olivia might expect from Austen. The description links their developing relationship to family grief, an inherited legacy, and questions of truth and honor, while framing the story around second chances and the limits of judging by appearances. The Austen reference gives this contemporary romance a clear point of connection, but the central relationship and family circumstances belong to Olivia and Liam’s own story.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy contemporary romance with an English country-house setting.
  • Readers interested in Pride and Prejudice references and stories about second chances.
  • Readers who enjoy romantic plots involving family history and caregiving.

Themes

Second chancesAppearances and characterFamily legacy and griefTruth and honor

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Book overview

Pride, Pemberley, and Second Chances

When history-loving Olivia Bennett's teaching contract isn't renewed, she is considered her family's logical choice to care for her ailing grandmother in a tiny English village. While there, she soon finds additional work at nearby Hartbury Hall--one of England's great houses once used as Pemberley in a filmed production of Pride and Prejudice. The head gardener there, however, proves to be anything but the gentlemanly hero of that famous book. Little does she know that behind Liam Browne's brusque exterior is both a family tragedy and a legacy that demands truth and honor, creating a crisis that only Liv's vivacious determination can resolve. Along the way, she may just learn that appearances count for naught. . .and that love can be found in unexpected ways.
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