A Fashionable Affair by Caroline Linden is a fantastic historical romance. Ms. Linden has given readers a well-written book furnished with amazing characters. Felicity finally gets control of the family dress shop. Evan, Earl of Carmarthen, has plans to demolish all the buildings on the street where Felicity’s shop sits. Felicity and Evan’s story is loaded with drama, humor and sizzle. I enjoyed reading A Fashionable Affair and look forward to reading more from Caroline Linden in the future. This is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.
Author
rose
3 years ago
Evan Hewes, Earl of Carmarthen has big plans to tear down all the old buildings on Vine Street and rebuild everything all modern and new. Felicity Dawkins has lived and worked in her mother’s modiste shop Madame Follette’s on Vine street since she was born. Felicity’s mother was the last of the shop owners left on the block who refused to sell to Evan. Unaware of the changes coming to Vine Street and Evan’s offer to buy from her mother, Felicity sends her mother on a trip. During her mother’s absence, Felicity hopes to modernize the shop and the dresses they sell. This is the point where Evan and Felicity first meet and he comes to convince her to sell the shop to him.
I loved the immediate attraction between Evan & Felicity. It was fun to watch their romance blossom and for them to realize that although they came from different worlds, they had many things in common.
My favorite line from the book; “He let out a breath of relief even as he recognized the danger he was in. God help him. She was in trade. His mother wanted to employ her. But in trade or not, she was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen. She made him laugh, she challenged him—and won—and she made him think, as the gas lamps were lowered and the performance began, that if he did nothing and she disappeared from his world, he might spend the rest of his life searching for another glimpse of her.”
Such a great story from author Caroline Linden! Highly recommend!
Author
peggyc151
3 years ago
Just when Felicity Dawkins begins to bring Madame Follette’s back from the brink of failure, she learns that Vine Street will be torn down around her. She doesn’t know her mother has received offers to buy the building or that all the other buildings on the street are already sold. Evan Hewes, the Earl of Carmarthen, is behind the moves on Vine Street. He plans to tear down the old buildings, widen the street and rebuild, modernizing the business area. Felicity is devastated. Evan agrees to find her a shop that she can afford and will bring in the kind of clientele to continue the shop’s improving status and finances. In their effort to find suitable space for Felicity’s shop, two things happen. Evan falls in love with her, and he discovers secrets about her family that he is determined to keep. Things get more complicated when Sophie-Louise come to town to set everything and everybody straight. Can Evan and Felicity find a solution to this dilemma? Will they find a way to be together? Evan and Felicity are great together, strong and intelligent, adamant about their goals and confident in the outcome. The story presents the characters with a challenge that keeps the reader’s attention.
Author
marj
3 years ago
Short but complete. Strong and lovable characters. Some great humor as well.
Author
fdarlene491
3 years ago
A Fashionable Affair is a novella originally published in 2017 as part of the anthology Dress To Kiss. I’m not overly fond of this story. The characters are ok but not memorable. I found the timeline to be off, was she gone for a few months or a year? Has to be one or the other but not both. Our heroine loves her shop & wants to save it. She feels an obligation to her employees and customers. I can understand that very well. Our hero, Evan, is a man who likes to tear down the old and build the new. I don’t appreciate that at all. That attitude has ruined so many pieces of history, it makes me sad. Anyway, these 2 are ok and you also get a small portion of her brother from No Accounting For Love. book 2. Sometimes novellas miss the mark on backstory or a good ending. This one has both. The ending is very unexpected and not well played out.
A Fashionable Affair by Caroline Linden is a fantastic historical romance. Ms. Linden has given readers a well-written book furnished with amazing characters. Felicity finally gets control of the family dress shop. Evan, Earl of Carmarthen, has plans to demolish all the buildings on the street where Felicity’s shop sits. Felicity and Evan’s story is loaded with drama, humor and sizzle. I enjoyed reading A Fashionable Affair and look forward to reading more from Caroline Linden in the future. This is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.
Evan Hewes, Earl of Carmarthen has big plans to tear down all the old buildings on Vine Street and rebuild everything all modern and new. Felicity Dawkins has lived and worked in her mother’s modiste shop Madame Follette’s on Vine street since she was born. Felicity’s mother was the last of the shop owners left on the block who refused to sell to Evan. Unaware of the changes coming to Vine Street and Evan’s offer to buy from her mother, Felicity sends her mother on a trip. During her mother’s absence, Felicity hopes to modernize the shop and the dresses they sell. This is the point where Evan and Felicity first meet and he comes to convince her to sell the shop to him.
I loved the immediate attraction between Evan & Felicity. It was fun to watch their romance blossom and for them to realize that although they came from different worlds, they had many things in common.
My favorite line from the book; “He let out a breath of relief even as he recognized the danger he was in. God help him. She was in trade. His mother wanted to employ her. But in trade or not, she was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen. She made him laugh, she challenged him—and won—and she made him think, as the gas lamps were lowered and the performance began, that if he did nothing and she disappeared from his world, he might spend the rest of his life searching for another glimpse of her.”
Such a great story from author Caroline Linden! Highly recommend!
Just when Felicity Dawkins begins to bring Madame Follette’s back from the brink of failure, she learns that Vine Street will be torn down around her. She doesn’t know her mother has received offers to buy the building or that all the other buildings on the street are already sold. Evan Hewes, the Earl of Carmarthen, is behind the moves on Vine Street. He plans to tear down the old buildings, widen the street and rebuild, modernizing the business area. Felicity is devastated. Evan agrees to find her a shop that she can afford and will bring in the kind of clientele to continue the shop’s improving status and finances. In their effort to find suitable space for Felicity’s shop, two things happen. Evan falls in love with her, and he discovers secrets about her family that he is determined to keep. Things get more complicated when Sophie-Louise come to town to set everything and everybody straight. Can Evan and Felicity find a solution to this dilemma? Will they find a way to be together? Evan and Felicity are great together, strong and intelligent, adamant about their goals and confident in the outcome. The story presents the characters with a challenge that keeps the reader’s attention.
Short but complete. Strong and lovable characters. Some great humor as well.
A Fashionable Affair is a novella originally published in 2017 as part of the anthology Dress To Kiss. I’m not overly fond of this story. The characters are ok but not memorable. I found the timeline to be off, was she gone for a few months or a year? Has to be one or the other but not both. Our heroine loves her shop & wants to save it. She feels an obligation to her employees and customers. I can understand that very well. Our hero, Evan, is a man who likes to tear down the old and build the new. I don’t appreciate that at all. That attitude has ruined so many pieces of history, it makes me sad. Anyway, these 2 are ok and you also get a small portion of her brother from No Accounting For Love. book 2. Sometimes novellas miss the mark on backstory or a good ending. This one has both. The ending is very unexpected and not well played out.
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