At nineteen, Rick Wentworth found the love of his life. Or so he thought. Dumped because he wasn’t good enough for her high-and-mighty family, Rick left, swearing he’d never return. Eight years later, he’s an Acquisition Manager for the prestigious Pemberley Estates Corporation, traveling the world and loving his life. Then he accidentally runs into his old love and feelings he thought were long … were long gone come rushing back. But he’s determined to resist. She dumped him once; he won’t let her the chance to do it again, no matter how badly his heart wants to be hers.
“Persuading Her” is a stand-alone, clean/sweet, second-chance romance with a guaranteed happily ever after.
In the world of Pemberley Estates, Jane Austen’s characters mingle with each other in a modern setting. Check out the rest of the series and see where your favorite character pops up:
Persuasion
Persuading Him – Anne’s Side
Persuading Her – Rick’s Side
Sense And Sensibility
Sense Without Sensibility – Elinor’s Side
Smitten With Sense – Edward’s Side (Coming Soon)
Sensibility Without Sense – Marianne’s Side (Coming Soon)
Surrendering to Sensibility – Brandon’s Side (Coming Soon)
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After reading Persuading Him, I was a little apprehensive about reading Persuading Her, but I was pleasantly surprised. This book seemed to have a better flow, and since I had read Anna’s side of the story, I already knew what was coming, and anticipated to hear Rick’s side of the story. Hearing both sides gives you the whole picture, which made reading this book a breeze, and an enjoyable read.
Hearing Rick describe seeing Anna for the first time was beautifully written, and I knew from the first few pages that I was going to enjoy hearing Rick’s side of certain events. What I adored about Rick’s story was getting to know his sister and brother-in-law Sophy and Al better. They are definitely the brightest star in Rick’s story and by far my favorite characters.
I really am pleased with Persuading Her and anticipate what modern classic Keena Richins decides to twist next.
*I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest, unbiased review. All opinions are my own
3.5*. I like having his and her POV in books. When I was reading Persuading Him, I kept wishing for Rick’s POV. I’m glad we got a book for him, but I really wish it had just been one book. First, it’s been a little while since I read Persuading Him, so I struggled to jog my memory at times, but there was also a lot of repetition because of the two books. These should definitely be read close together so you get the whole story. Again, I am glad to have Rick’s story and know what he was thinking, but I would have preferred it all in one book.
I’d give this book 3 1/2 stars. This is a modern retelling of Persuasion set in the United States. While Persuading Him (the companion novel) told the story from the traditional viewpoint of Anne, this one tells the same story from Rick Wentworth’s point of view. My biggest complaint with the book was that I didn’t like Rick portrayed with such anger issues. I’ve always imagined Wentworth as sad, but accepting, so this was hard for me to follow. The plot was fine, and I liked seeing his view and actions when he’s not near Anne. One thing I did like a lot is how she’s weaving in all of Jane Austen’s characters into one connected world. I’m looking forward to what she does with them in future books because I think some of those have real potential to be very good.
I received an ARC of this book, but my opinions are entirely my own.
I liked there was a his/her’s book each with their point of view of things. That was a nice twist. I liked how the book stayed true to the orginal feel of the orginal Jane Austen book. What was hard for me was the overuse of “those chocolate eyes” and “that old anger”. I think if different ways to describe his feeling for her or his resentment were used I’d rate it higher. This has a YA novel feel to it. That isn’t bad or good. That’s a matter of opinion. It had a good capture your interest first scene.
A story of teenage love that had stood the test of time. A really well written story line that shows that sometimes a mere misunderstanding can cost you the one you love and can’t get out of your mind. It also shows that fate can sometimes lead you right back to that person after several years and you can both see with your maturity that you each made mistakes, but that your love for each other proved you were true soul mates and was ready to take the second chance you both have been given for love.
A clean written story full of romance, suspense and a twist of mystery. I was given a a copy of this book and this is my honest review.
Loved this book! It’s one of my favorites of Jane Austen’s and the author does an amazing job recreating Anne and Frederick’s story. I loved the way she kept to Jane Austen’s original, yet made it all brand new. I finished this in less than 24 hours! It was especially interesting getting into Rick’s head. Hearing his point of view shows so much of why they didn’t get back together. His backstory was tragic yet explained so much. Highly recommend.
I really liked this classical Austen story told from Rick’s perspective. I could understand his emotions and fears, his apprehension and insecurities. In a way I even liked his point of view of the story more than Anne’s – maybe because it was somehow different than the original book.
Although this is said to be a stand alone, I think it would be better if the reader has previously read its companion book Persuading Her. And a overall familiarity with the other Austen books will help immensely with understanding the whole concept of the Pemberley Corporation, since there are many other Austen characters sprinkled in the book. 🙂
Can’t wait for the next book in the series – the Epilogue hinted that a mystery will be solved…
Sensuality: squeaky clean
Religion: none
Narrative: 3rd person, following Rick
Reading this modernized Persuasion from his point of view was an interesting change. (I haven’t read the 1st book yet). It basically followed the original but changed things that made the situation work in a modern setting.
I liked seeing Rick’s pov and that he began to see Anne’s behavior in a new light. He could see that she could be strong and maybe her willingness to let other things go was just an effort to be the peacemaker. He spent a lot of time misinterpreting people through the whole book. It felt like everything evolved around him and his insecurities.
I thought there was a lot of repetition about Rick’s past and his feelings of inadequacy. I think as a reader I could have felt the frustration without being told repeatedly. The “old anger resurfaced” had to be the most overused phrase in the book. And in my opinion, the most inaccurate one. It wasn’t the “old” anger. It was the current anger. He definitely had anger issues that had never really improved as he grew up. Old anger might have been remembering how he felt in his younger years but he wasn’t just remembering. He was just plain angry. And hearing about it so much became irritating to me.
My other thing with this book was wondering about the authors choice to combine characters from multiple Austen books. I guess it is a concept to make the series unique but I was distracted by reading about P&P or Emma characters in the middle of a Persuasion novel. Perhaps it becomes more obvious farther into the series why it was written this way but it just seemed like this novel could have had its own inclusive characters without borrowing from other novels.
No sex, language or violence
I really enjoyed getting Rick’s point of view. It added a lot to the story I already knew from reading Persuading Him. There were some proofreading errors, but I read a review copy, so hopefully those were caught before the book was published. I so look forward to reading more stories in this series and getting to know better the other Jane Austen based characters as well as meet others.
Content: clean
Source: review copy
I love the modern retellings. As with others, this one had the potential to be outstanding. I just had a few hang ups with it. First of all…Where was the editor?! There were sooo many typos. For example: Whoa spelled Woah. Multiple times. There was also an issue with subject/verb agreement and switching between past and present tense. I also felt like the author tried to bring in some regency period language to tie it into Jane Austin’s novel, but it just came out sounding strange because people don’t talk that formally these days. Finally, Rick got really annoying. He didn’t seem to mature in the eight years since he saw Anne. His temper was way out of control and we heard about it over and over again. Enough.
Now for what I did like. It stuck to the original novel well, but in a modernized way with some twists. It was ingenious the way the author included almost all of the main characters or antagonists from all of Jane Austin’s novels. That made for the ability to create more modern retellings of her books in the future. I really liked that it was from Rick’s POV.
I am interested in book 1 of this series and would be interested to see if future books by this author are cleaned up editing wise a little bit. It was clean. I received this book in exchange for an honest review.
I really liked the story through Rick’s point of view. On top of that it was nice to see Keena take liberties on his character and develop him more. As excited as I was to read his side of the story, the similarities made it repetitious. As I imagine more novels will come in this series I will most likely be inclined toward reading the male perspective versus the typical Jane Austin female driven storyline.
I love getting both sides of the story. I read Persuading Him and was always wondering what Rick was thinking. The story is enough different from his point of view that it is not like reading the same story twice. I really enjoyed it and would highly recommend both books!