Marylebone, the sequel to the No. 1 on-line best-selling Dunnottar, flits back and forth between London and the Scottish highlands during the regency era. Handsome young James Keith, wanting to remain anonymous, visits ?
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Janet Elaine Smith lives in Grand Forks, ND, with Her husband, Ivan. They have three adult children. They were missionaries in Venezuela, S.A. for several years before establishing a HELP's mission in Grand Forks. Janet is a widely known writer whose magazine articles have appeared internationally in such magazines as Heritage Quest and Minn-Dakota Memories and Mysteries, where she is the associate editor, as well as many others. Her books, which are constantly gaining in popularity, delve from the world of reality into fiction, making her readers say "We loved the book! Which of the characters were real, and which ones were fictional?" After reading Dunnottar, a Keith remarked, "We felt so badly that they weren't all a member of the clan, we held a wake for the fictional characters."
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Janet Elaine Smith has been a successful, well-known magazine writer for over 30 years. She now has 21 successful books published, in 6 genres, which all reveal her delightful sense of humor. She also has e non-fiction books available: Promo Paks (marketing tips for authors), Rebel With a Cause her memoirs), and The Flood of the Millennium (her role in the devastating flood in Grand Forks ND in 1997).
After losing her husband, Ivan, of 42 years, she moved to Northeast Wisconsin, where she is pursuing not only her writing, but has become a popular inspirational speaker throughout the area.
On of the most fun things she has discovered is that John Grisham seems to be writing her life in his books, as she details on her website.
She travels the world in her novels, and you can find almost anything in them--romance, intrigue, mystery, adventure, humor--but you will never find one that doesn't have a happily-ever-after ending.
Janet admits that her favorite book is A Christmas Dream, which she says "Makes you feel warm and fuzzy--from the inside out." Her favorite characters are Patrick and Grace, from their own mystery series.
She loves hearing from her readers, but they keep asking for her minor characters to have a book of their own. There are only so many hours in a day! But hey, a gal's gotta do what a gal's gotta do, so she's working on them! If you have a favorite minor character of your own from one of her books, please let her know who it is.
She has at least another 100 books in her head, so don't worry--there's more to come!
After losing her husband, Ivan, of 42 years, she moved to Northeast Wisconsin, where she is pursuing not only her writing, but has become a popular inspirational speaker throughout the area.
On of the most fun things she has discovered is that John Grisham seems to be writing her life in his books, as she details on her website.
She travels the world in her novels, and you can find almost anything in them--romance, intrigue, mystery, adventure, humor--but you will never find one that doesn't have a happily-ever-after ending.
Janet admits that her favorite book is A Christmas Dream, which she says "Makes you feel warm and fuzzy--from the inside out." Her favorite characters are Patrick and Grace, from their own mystery series.
She loves hearing from her readers, but they keep asking for her minor characters to have a book of their own. There are only so many hours in a day! But hey, a gal's gotta do what a gal's gotta do, so she's working on them! If you have a favorite minor character of your own from one of her books, please let her know who it is.
She has at least another 100 books in her head, so don't worry--there's more to come!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Romantic intrigue, engaging characters, historical accuracy.,
By Nina M. Osier (Randolph, ME USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Marylebone (Paperback)
Vivacious and beautiful Caroline Kent, daughter of an earl in Regency England, bursts into a "gentlemen only" area (that is, into a gaming room!) during a social outing. She takes one look at perfect stranger there, and falls madly in love with him. Okay, so far we're reading a romance novel set in a very popular era. One of many such novels...ho hum.Nothing could be further from the truth, though. The man who has captured Caroline's heart is a Keith of Dunnottar, a Scottish nobleman who's in London on a mission that must come before all else in his life right now. As James Keith pursues that mission (keeping his true identity concealed, even from Caroline, through much of the book!), he discovers secrets from an earlier era in his own family's history - and some rather more recent ones in Caroline's. "Marylebone" is going to make you smile, and it's also pretty likely to bring tears to your eyes in some places. It's a very different book than its prequel, "Dunnottar," but it is every bit as well worth reading!
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Marylebone: The Keith Trilogy, Book 2,
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This review is from: Marylebone (Paperback)
As a member of Clan Keith and having completed a solid genealogical trace as far back as Ol'Hervius circa 1080-1130, I am perhaps too critical of Smith's work. I greatly enjoyed the re-telling and historical novel approach of the first book - Dunnottar. It was splended how Smith incorporated a vast bank of history into this story. The second volume deviated significantly from the historical facts but still had some insight of the times and was a worthy read. The 3 book was simply entirely fiction and although ripe with harlenquinesque romance, was an odd sequence to the first two. While the 1st book should be a must-read for all Keiths, the 3rd would be of only entertainment value. In summary, the series rates a 5, 3, and 1 , respectively. To be fair, I would delete the 3rd book of this series and rate Smith's overall treatment as a solid 4. - Trellan
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