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The School for Heiresses | 
 enlarge | Authors: Sabrina Jeffries, Liz Carlyle, Julia London, Renee Bernard
Publisher: Pocket Star
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Pages: 416
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Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 1416516115
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781416516118
ASIN: 1416516115
Publication Date: December 26, 2006
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Inspired by New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries's School for Heiresses series, this delightful anthology features four young women who learn that there's nothing textbook about love. . . . "It is better not to marry at all than to marry badly." -- Mrs. Charlotte Harris, headmistress At the School for Heiresses, the lessons go far beyond etiquette and needlepoint. In addition to teaching her students how to avoid fortune hunters, headmistress and founder Charlotte Harris proposes the radical notion that women of means need not shackle themselves to men at all -- unless they find a suitable, desirable mate. So lessons in the fine art of acquiring a loving and passionate husband are part of the curriculum at this highly unusual school. And as the holidays approach, Mrs. Harris sends her young ladies home with personally tailored lessons to work on. Will they return any closer to finding the perfect husband? Join this dazzling roster of authors as they put their own spin on the School for Heiresses in four spirited tales of passion!
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 "The School for Troublemakers" October 21, 2007
This Anthology was good to an extent.It should have been named"School For Troublemakers"!This is a good quickie.All heroines in this story comes from the same school but written by different authors.I recommended for those who are Regency romance readers.
 An enjoyable Regency Anthology September 12, 2007
I always enjoy anthologies. They give you a chance to read favorite authors and try out new writers.
Ms Jefferies' "Ten Good Reasons" is fun and light. Eliza must get away from her uncle. Colin has just inherited catches her' borrowing' a horse. Colin must now give ten good reasons to marry him.
Ms Carlyle's "After Midnight" is a little darker. Her characters must find out about the past to face the future together. Martinique must come to terms with an uncle who sent her away after her parents died. Can Justin help her see through the past? Will his love be enough?
Ms London's story, "The Merchant's Gift" is a light lesson in living your own life. Grace, the only daughter of a rich merchant, has not yet landed a titled suitor after two seasons in London. On her way home she meets Barrett. Barrett's business is growing, but he is neither rich nor titled, is his "gift" enough?
Ms Bernard's "Mischief's Holiday" will make you laugh at windows, pugs, mud baths and loves bag of tricks. All Alyssa had to do was keep out of trouble for the holiday season. No misadventures or odd incidents, not to hard, right? Leland's first sight of Alyssa was unusual to say the very
least. How could she make him laugh in the most unusual circumstances? Come and spend the holidays with a slightly singed angel and a man who is looking for just a little peace and quite.
The School for Heiresses teaches how to be lady like without being shackled to some man. Ms Harris, the headmistress, has lessons for all her ladies this season. They will work to learn each lesson.
Reviewed by Michele Patrykus
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The School for Heiresses August 13, 2007
Ten Reasons To Stay by Sabrina Jeffries
The new Earl of Monteith, Colin Hunt, wants nothing more than to find some long sought after peace and a bride who will give him that. What he finds is the cloaked figure of a tempting woman trying to steal one of his horses. Eliza Crenshawe is Colin's mystery woman, and the tale she spins is unbelievable. When he finds out that she might be telling the truth, instead of sending her back, he finds himself giving her ten reasons to stay.
Ten Reasons To Stay is a lusty love story. It's romantic and mysterious as well. I like Colin and Eliza very much.
After Midnight by Liz Carlyle
Martinique is leaving The School For Heiresses to live with her uncle, Baron Rothewell. The Baron will undoubtedly try to find Martinique a suitable husband and fast, but what she wants is love and passion.
Justin St. Vrain is going through the motions of life with little expectation and desire until a mistaken and passionate encounter with Martinique has him slowly rethinking his life's shallow goals.
The romance was a bit dimmed for me when the hero intended to bed one woman then beds another in her place. I do so enjoy watching said rogue fall hard though. After Midnight is full of mystery and passion. It's a good story with fun characters.
The Merchant's Gift by Julia London
Grace Holcomb's father insists she marry a wealthy and titled gentleman. He has done everything in his power to mold Grace into the proper young lady, but she still lacks suitors. Barrett Adlaine is a merchant and unfortunately for Grace, he's the only man she is attracted to. Barrett wants Grace, but in order to have her he'll have to convince her that true love is worth more than a title.
Grace disappointed me in The Merchant's Gift. I thought she was weak and that she hurt poor Barrett's feelings knowing full well how it feels to be cast out of society. I did love Barrett though, and the ending is very romantic.
Mischief's Holiday by Renee Bernard
Alyssa Martin has gotten herself in trouble again. She seems to find it even when she is determined to stay away from it. When Leland Yates saves her from a carriage mishap, then turns out to be a guest at her father's home, Alyssa is sure her troubles are just beginning again, but she may be in for a surprise when sedate, quiet Leland decides that he likes the kind of trouble Alyssa brings to his life.
Mischief's Holiday is a very tender and romantic story. Alyssa is sweet and endearing and Leland is very sexy. I wished this had been a longer story. I wanted more!
The School for Heiresses has a good group of stories in it. There is romance, passion, and drama in each one. There is a common theme in the stories but they each stand alone nicely
Nannette reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed
SCHOOL FOR HEIRESSES gets A+! June 15, 2007
England 1800'S
The delightful four stories are wonderful and could have easily been made into four separate novels! Will definitely look for more from these authors!
Very Enjoyable!
2 out of 4 isn't too bad May 15, 2007
The concept of this anthology is strange to me. You have one author that has a series and then these other authors trying to write stories about the same series? Good in theory perhaps but I'm not sure it was a success. Only one of the authors pulled it off (besides Jefferies of course). I didn't hate it; however I am glad I bought it at a discount store. Two of the stories were really good. Jefferies' and Bernard's - the other two were lacking.
1 - Sabrina Jefferies' Ten Reasons to Stay - this was great. I really like her writing style and besides it was a continuation of characters we've already read about. I love series so it worked for me.
2 - Liz Carlyle's After Midnight. I didn't dislike it so much as I felt like I was missing something important. Like an entire book. I think I was suppose to know who all of those characters were but because I have not read Liz Carlyle (maybe I should?) I didn't. I thought there was too much story trying to be told in a short story format - maybe this was a tie in to one of her series?
3 - Julia London's The Merchants Gift - I don't think I've read any of her books but this story didn't do anything for me. The man I liked, hard working, strong, honest, and sexy - everything likeable in a hero. The woman on the other hand was a spineless silly twit. It was one of those stories where you think, wow he deserves so much better than her. What a shame they ended up together.
4 - Renee Bernard's Mischief's Holiday was a delight and I loved it. She should have had second billing in this book rather than Liz Carlyle. Of course Jefferies gets first, it's her series, but to be honest I think this was my favorite. I love writers that can make me laugh and really feel for the characters in the book and this is one of those, even in a short story format. She did a really good job tying it into the School for Heiresses idea as well. Besides all of that Bernard is a great new writer. If you have not read A Lady's Pleasure by her you are missing out. It's different and a really good read. I'm looking forward to Madame's Deception coming out in August 2007.
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