Hareton Hall: Richard and Rose, Book 6 [Kindle Edition]

Lynne Connolly (Author)

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Secrets can destroy you—and the one you love most.

Richard and Rose, Book 6

As Richard returns with Rose to her childhood home of Darkwater for two weddings, romance is in the air—but so is trouble. It begins with Rose’s stolen watch. Tensions rise when they learn their old adversaries, the Drurys, have taken a house nearby. A series of attacks on those they love, plus a rise in smuggling activity, only add to the threat of violence.

Then illness strikes at the worst possible time, threatening everyone in the district—especially the children. Questions abound: Was the infection deliberate? Is someone striking at Richard through Rose, or are their enemies targeting Rose for information she possesses?

Richard calls on his resources, public and private, to counter an enemy that threatens to destroy his beloved Rose. Rose is no helpless victim, however, and refuses to let anyone—even Richard—take away her independence. She finds ways to fight that aren’t in his armoury. Whether he likes it or not…

Warning: When Richard uses a topaz necklace to give Rose hot shivers, it might give you ideas, so keep a man handy to experiment on. But you can’t have Richard.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 959 KB
• Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (July 20, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003OUXEHE
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,972 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Lynne Connolly writes historical romance, paranormal romance and contemporary romance. She loves the conflicts and complications that come about if someone lives their life to the full.
She has her own blog, but she also blogs for The Good, The Bad and The Unread, the UK Regency/Georgian writers' blog and The Raven Happy Hour.
She lives in the UK with her family and her mews, a cat called Jack. She also enjoys making and decorating dolls' houses. She visits the US at least once a year, attends conferences and has a great time.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC GEORGIAN ROMANCE (AND SERIES), July 21, 2010

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Mary "Pacific Northwest Gardener" (Boise, ID, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hareton Hall: Richard and Rose, Book 6 (Kindle Edition)

I read the first of the Richard and Rose series by accident and fell in love. I had been reading Regency romances and didn't know what I was missing.

Lynne Connolly speaks with a true English / Georgian voice. I haven't noticed one anachronism that took me out of the time period. These are true romances (with a bit of mystery/who-done-it thrown in) with well defined characters that you come to know and love. There's too much already written by other reviewers so I won't tell all here, but I do urge you to give Richard and Rose a try. I find them eminently satisfying and will be quite sad when the series ends.

Yorkshire: Richard and Rose, Book 1
Devonshire: Richard and Rose, Book 2
Venice: Richard and Rose, Book 3
Harley Street: Richard and Rose, Book 4
Eyton: Richard and Rose, Book 5
Hareton Hall: Richard and Rose, Book 6

4.0 out of 5 stars Hareton Hall, September 12, 2011

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L. Curtis "Lynette's Two Cents Reviews" (Kalamazoo, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hareton Hall: Richard and Rose, Book 6 (Kindle Edition)

Rose's favorite sister is getting married, and so is her best friend. Richard and Rose return to Rose's childhood home HARETON HALL. A lot has changed since she last seen it. She's married now, a member of the peerage and a mother. Her brother, now a member of the peerage himself has renovated the hall and it looks little like what she remembers from her childhood. Now as she tries to reacclimatize with her neighbors and her new status as a mother, weird things keep happening. She and Richards arch enemies have rented a home in the neighborhood, a thief has entered the neighborhood, a rival smuggler gang has appeared on scene and the two fractions are feuding, and her other sister has a suitor. Is he all that he appears to be? It's up to Richard and Rose to use their connections to find out. If they'll live through it, because it appears that someone wants Rose dead.

Ms. Connolly is an excellent writer who writes with great historical detail. It's a given when you pick up on of Ms. Connolly's books that it won't be a waste of your time. Having said that, I can't help but think this series (which I have read each installment so that should tell you something there as I don't always do that) or at least this installment in this series seems to have lost its edge.

I do not know if I would be feeling the same way if I hadn't read all the other books, but for me at least it's lost some of the wonder that drew me to the awesome love story between Rose and Richard. The first three books in the series are some of my favorites. I actually wish I had print copies of them instead of just e-book versions.

Because it's a given that Ms. Connolly is an awesome writer (well at least to me she is), I'm just going to talk about what I didn't like about the book. And highly recommend that if you haven't read the series that you do so immediately.

At this point Richard and Rose have been married for two years and have a daughter who is several months old. They're relationship is as strong as ever and I enjoyed catching up and seeing what they've been up to since the last book. What frequently pulled me out of the story was how Rose mentioned things she's mentioned in the last several books. By this I mean, she's constantly talks about how she used to be a wallflower, that if it wasn't for Richard her life would have been so different and the girls who made her life miserable would've continued to do so. That now she's a peer and she's gotten good at being a lady. All this is fine, but she does it a lot and she did it a lot in the previous installments, so it got old for me personally.

Another thing that I thought was a throw away was who the villain was. It could've been just me, but I kinda figured it out right away. I don't know if it's because I was looking for this person everywhere since I had read the previous installments and it appeared this was the only loose end that needed to be tied up in the series. I wish more drama and action would've been added between one of the main characters and this person. Yes, I know I'm being absurdly vague, but to expound on the topic will be full of spoilers and I really hope that if you haven't begun reading this series that you do so, if anything to see what a great historical writer Ms. Connolly is.

Bottom line is that I love her writing, but I didn't love this book. Of course, I will still rush out and get the next installment in the series, but I won't be rushing to get it the minute it comes out.

Review courtesy of CK2S Kwips and Kritiques