Emily goes to Exeter
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A dead employer's legacy of five thousand pounds allows spinster Hannah Pym to resign from housekeeping and find adventure travelling the English countryside by stagecoach. But adventure soon finds Miss Pym in the form of Miss Emily Freemantle, a spoilt violet-eyed beauty fleeing an arranged marriage to a rake she has never met.
When the girl's darkly handsome betrothed boards their stage, Miss Pym is certain Emily was rash to bolt from this aristocratic catch! And so as soon as the travellers repair to an inn, Miss Pym begins her matchmaking. and although Lord Ranger Harley complains he'll not marry an ungrateful minx, Miss Pym suspects once she's marshalled the couple into sharing intimate household chores, all romantic knots will be untangled!
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I rather liked it, though there are some problems with the historical accuracy... I am 100% certain that NO English lady would wear a la Grecienne in the middle of the winter as day dress how ever “fashionable” it was. And... how common was it for a kitchen maid to rise to become a housekeeper? Especially in a household that seemingly didn't have a butler. And would a single lord keep a household without a butler, but with a housekeeper? Also, the guests would leave tips whether they knew the servant had inherited or not, because that's what you did. And the lord was a bit too comfy in the kitchen with the ladies. But - who cares. It was entertaining, very entertaining. They even managed to wind in a murder mystery! (Or murder attempt mystery, to be precise :-D) The romancing wasn't too heavy either, so I don't think this counts as a romance novel either... hmm... cozy mystery?
