Mailbox Monday February 8, 2010

This Meme starts with Marcia
at The Printed Page

These are the other two books from a week ago.



I won The Country House Courtship by Linore Rose Burkard at Butterfly Blessings. Thank you to Lee and Linore!

Product Description

Linore Burkard’s fans devoured her first two Regency novels Before the Season Ends and The House in Grosvenor Square. Now, as her third novel opens, the year is 1818 and Miss Beatrice Forsythe is determined to marry well. After all, her sister, Ariana, married The Paragon, Mr. Phillip Mornay, five years earlier--which all but guarantees that she, Beatrice, can also make a famous match to a wealthy man.
But her sister and husband have disappeared from high society as they raise a family at their country estate. Can Beatrice persuade them to chaperone her in London?  And what about Beatrice's business with the curate, Mr. O’Brien, whom she rashly promised to marry years earlier. At seventeen now, she has no wish to marry a mere clergyman—despite his agreeable countenance and gentle, understanding ways. 
When Mr. Tristan Barton becomes the tenant of the Manor House, Beatrice's hopes seem to have found their object. But when Ariana falls gravely ill, secrets come to light, motives are revealed, and the pretenses that are easy to keep up in the darkness begin to crumble. Hearts are bared, truths uncovered, and when all is said and done, a country house courtship like no other has occurred!      
As always, Linore Burkard delivers “spirited romance for the Jane Austen soul.”

Coinage of Commitment by R. Costelloe from Jamie at The Polka Dot Banner.
Thank you Jamie and R. Costelloe!

Product Description

Are there people who experience love at a higher plane than the rest of us? One, lofty enough, that it must have a thinking basis, as well as an emotional one? If so, what kind of drama would their love story make? Wouldn't they have unique challenges to overcome in scaling the zenith they seek, and in keeping it vibrant through time? Coinage of Commitment is the love story that establishes a new sub-genre in telling such an account.