From the New York Times bestselling author of The Saving Graces and Flight Lessons-a simply glorious Victorian novel now reissued in a beautiful trade edition.
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The last in the Wickerley trilogy (To Love and to Cherish and To Have and to Hold), Gaffney brings to life two more inhabitants of the quaint Victorian village in the south of England. When Sophie Deene's father dies, his last wish is for her to inherit Guelder, the family copper mine. Sophie works hard and is proud of her accomplishments-maybe a bit too proud. Conner Pendarvis is new in town, sent there by the Rhadamanthus Society to expose dangerous working conditions. His assignment: to go undercover to the Guelder mine. Bitter after losing most of his family to the mines, Conner still has his pride and a driving ambition to right all wrongs. An initial attraction between the two is dampened when Sophie discovers the handsome Cornishman is "only" a miner. This touching story, filled with sensual tension, runs the emotional gamut, culminating with love winning over pride and ambition.
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When I first picked this book up after reading the other two, I didn't know for sure if I'd like it. For starters, Sophie just wasn't my favorite person and I was disappointed when I found out it was about her. I quickly changed my mind. I loved it! I loved her and I loved Connor.
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Intelligent Romance
31. Januar 2000
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This is an amusing and witty book. I like all of Patricia Gaffney's books; they are well-researched and highly-entertaining. Unlike many books of this genre, the characters are not perfect. You want to applaud them on one page and then scold them on the next. Sophie is pretty but her beauty is not emphasized on every page to the point where it interrupts the flow of the story. Unlike heroines in, for example, Judith McNaught's books where the heroines lack irony and you suspect would be tiresome to be around in real life, you would welcome an acquaintance with Sophie by the end of the book after she goes through a positive character transformation. Connor, the hero, is also unlike most "rugged and handsome but loner" heroes with a lot of money that you find in other romance books. He's someone who is not always sure he's doing the right thing for the right reasons. This book is part of a trilogy but it can be read on its own. You might like reading all the books in the Wyckersley trilogy though because you'll enjoy reading about all the characters as their lives intertwine around the river Wyck (or Wick?) in England around the turn of the century. To Have and to Hold is a particularly different romance book. Sebastian, the "hero" is about as unlikable as a "hero" can get at the start of this book and it's absorbing to read how he turns his life around by the end of the book.
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A wonderful love story
16. April 1999
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When I first picked this book up after reading the other two, I didn't know for sure if I'd like it. For starters, Sophie just wasn't my favorite person and I was disappointed when I found out it was about her. I quickly changed my mind. I loved it! I loved her and I loved Connor.
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18. April 2003
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This is a wonderful book. I love the entire Wyckerley series. This is the 3rd and final in the series but it doesn't matter if you read them out of order. If you want to read a great romance novel that is completely original, read all three of the Wyckerley novels. They are all beautiful, unconventional stories.
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