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Seeing Miss Heartstone Kindle Edition

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***Whitney Award Winner for Best Historical Romance 2018***

Miss Belle Heartstone—heiress and savvy businesswoman—needs a husband. Immediately. As in, yesterday would not have been soon enough. Her mother’s attempts at matchmaking have been disastrous. So Belle decides to solve the problem her way—survey the market and purchase the best groom available.

Colin Radcliffe, Marquess of Blake—debt-ridden and penniless—needs a large infusion of cash. Desperately. Preferably cash that does not come with a wife attached. It is no surprise, then, when he receives Miss Heartstone’s brazen proposal—her cash, his title, their marriage—that he politely declines.

But before he leaves her, Blake suggests something truly radical: Maybe before finding a husband, Belle should find herself.
His simple words send them both on an unexpected journey, spanning continents and years, entwining their lives in ways neither could have foreseen. Can two lonely souls move past societal expectations and forge a unique life together?

Please note: The basic storyline of Seeing Miss Heartstone was originally published as a novella titled, An Invisible Heiress, in the Spring in Hyde Park anthology. This current novel is a greatly expanded version of that plot, adding over 200 pages of text and creating a more robust, well-developed story.

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About the Author

Nichole Van is a writer, photographer, designer, and generally disorganized crazy person. Though originally from Utah, she currently lives on the coast of Scotland with three similarly crazy children and one sane, very patient husband who puts up with all of them. In her free time, she enjoys long walks along the Scottish lochs and braes. She does not, however, enjoy haggis.

Cat Gould grew up in Sydney, Australia, and after extensive travel moved to the United States in 1990. A classically trained actress with a BFA from Southern Oregon University, she has performed in many regional productions.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07HY5RFD2
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fiorenza Publishing (November 1, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 1, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3755 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 315 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #49,001 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #809 in Victorian Historical Romance (Kindle Store)
- #841 in Victorian Historical Romance (Books)
- #1,217 in Regency Historical Romance

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Nichole Van is a writer, photographer, designer and generally disorganized crazy person. Though originally from Utah, she currently lives on the coast of Scotland with three similarly crazy children and one sane, very patient husband who puts up with all of them. In her free time, she enjoys long walks along the Scottish lochs and braes. She does not, however, enjoy haggis.

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An international bestselling author, Nichole Van is an artist who feels life is too short to only have one obsession. In former lives, she has been a contemporary dancer, pianist, art historian, choreographer, culinary artist and English professor.

Most notably, however, Nichole is an acclaimed photographer, winning over thirty international accolades for her work, including Portrait of the Year from WPPI in 2007. (Think Oscars for wedding and portrait photographers.) Her unique photography style has been featured in many magazines, including Rangefinder and Professional Photographer. She is also the creative mind behind the popular website Flourish Emporium which provides resources for photographers.

All that said, Nichole has always been a writer at heart. With an MA in English, she taught technical writing at Brigham Young University for ten years and has written more technical manuals than she can quickly count. She decided in late 2013 to start writing fiction and has since become an Amazon #1 bestselling author. Additionally, she has won a RONE award, as well as been a Whitney Award Finalist several years running. Her late 2018 release, Seeing Miss Heartstone, won the Whitney Award for Best Historical Romance.

In February 2017, Nichole, her husband and three crazy children moved from the Rocky Mountains in the USA to Scotland. They currently live near the coast of eastern Scotland in an eighteenth century country house. Nichole loves her pastoral country views while writing and enjoys long walks through fields and along beaches. She does not, however, have a fondness for haggis.

She is known as NicholeVan all over the web: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, etc. Visit http://www.NicholeVan.com to sign up for her author newsletter and be notified of new book releases. Additionally, you can see her photographic work at http://photography.nicholeV.com and http://www.nicholeV.com

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SL K(The Flipped Page)

Lovely urgency romance

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 21, 2023

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Romance, sweet, regency; series but stand alone read
Belle and Collins story waa beautifully drawn. Two honest hearts, lovely supporting characters, and lush setting. Told from alternating points of view, with such deep emotions and beautiful conclusion. Always a fan of NV.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 7, 2022

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I loved that Belle was so intelligent and independent. I could also understand why she didn’t reveal who she was for so long. Their correspondence together made for a lasting relationship, even though he didn’t know her true identity. And Colin was such a good person. Clean sweet romance.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 23, 2022

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Oh, my word. Just when I think I can't love Nichole Van's books any more than I already do! I seriously have no words to describe how much I adore her writing. I was completely immersed in this regency romance from the first page and absolutely could NOT put it down!

Belle, a savvy businesswoman with a large inheritance, decides to propose marriage to the Marquess of Blake to avoid having her mother pick her husband. Blake politely declines but gives Belle some advice that changes her life trajectory and sends them both on an unexpected path that intertwines their lives and spans the course of years.

Oh, my friends, the romance between Colin and Belle is enough to give you some serious heart palpitations. I have so many favorite scenes - The boat ride! The letters! The library! The carriage! The lake!

Am I using too many exclamation points? I think not. Trust me, this book deserves them all.

This book gave me all the feels and the only thing I didn't like about it was that it ended.

If you have not experienced a Nichole Van book, you are truly missing out! This one will be sitting on my favorites shelf but will definitely not be gathering any dust. I cannot recommend it enough!!

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K Beach

Good writing, but I didn't love the hero

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 5, 2022

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Slight spoilers ahead.
Good writing, yet I have mixed feelings towards this book. It is broken into three sections. The first section I almost quit reading because it was hitting to close to home for an experience I lived. But I was intrigued by the plot and I felt it would be better to continue and get "closure" with a happy ending. But I was very close to quitting.

The book takes place over several years, which surprised me. Because of this time lapse, the main characters spend a lot of book separated from each other. They write letters, which were fun, but I like the face-to-face interactions.

The second section I really enjoyed because there were lots of cute romance scenes. The ending was happy and I liked it, but I felt like the hero didn't live up to my expectations. He gets hurt. Which makes him lose his temper (a couple of times). Although he kind of seeks forgiveness for his temper, I felt like his "I'm sorry" was weak. I felt like the heroine took too much blame for what happened. The weight of her error was too strong. So the ending was good, but lacked just that extra satisfaction. I feel like if the hero would have really sought to make it up to her for his angry temper then I would have liked it more. Overall, the story did hold my interest, but I didn't love the hero. He didn't redeem himself enough for his mistakes in the overall relationship.

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Language/profanity: multiple uses of mild swear words (I wish there wasn't any)
Sex/innuendo: sweet kisses
Gore/Violence: a dangerous/intense event, but mild in description
Dark/Creepy: none

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 20, 2021

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I loved that the main character is a savvy business woman with a mind for numbers and economics. Belle is a great regency heroine because she diverges from the norm. Women's standing in regency society is discussed in the novel, and I really enjoyed it. That's something that tends to bother me in Regency romances--the power imbalance often in play between the male and female leads. It's true to the time, sure, but it's so cringy to my modern sensibilities. That said, this book is true to Regency sensibilities--and challenges them, even in the male lead who is more "revolutionary" in this area--while being palatable to people who hate seeing such gross power imbalances in couples. Maybe it doesn't bother a lot of regency fans, but it's something that grates on me, depending on how it's handled, which is why I don't read in the genre as much as I used to.

Anywho, I loved this book. There characters are great and I loved the dynamic between Belle and Colin. The internal conflict is well done, while not being melodramatic. I definitely recommend this book to fans of clean regency romance, especially if you like regency, but with a bit of a different angle than usual.

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Letters from the edge

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 15, 2022

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Enjoyed the way the characters got to know each other through letters. Liked the length of time they were apart, growing closer. Liked it that Blake still wrote to her as LHF even after he knew who she was. Thought they'd never resolve.

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mercyferry

Poignant and perfect

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 17, 2019

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Bella Heartstone is mentioned briefly in Outshine, the 4th in the Hearts of Oak series. I kept wondering how her life would turn out, so gladly bought the Spring in Hyde Park anthology and really enjoyed the short story. When this was released I downloaded it straight away. I won’t go into the plot, it is well covered in other reviews, but some of the clunky devices such as the chess game were dropped and the story strengthened in other ways. Nichole has written Belle and Colin’s characters so well, and I was captivated by them and the storyline. I loved the ending, and have reread this several times now. It gave a happy ending to a standout minor character in an earlier book. I have loved Nichole’s books, but I suppose every writer has a dip, so I don’t like “Suffering the Scot”. I am eagerly awaiting a return to form like this.

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Elizabeth James

I don't normally do this...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 16, 2019

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I don't normally bother writing reviews but I loved this book so much I just had to. It's a bit longer than I normally choose as I generally tend to stick to shorter books for the commute so I don't get too lost in them that I miss my stop, and this would've definitely happened had I not been on holiday whilst reading this. It was nice to have a romance that built where the characters didn't just fall in love immediately and wed 2 weeks later. Also it's a refreshing change for a regency novel to be true to the era and not full of sex scenes and expletives. I would recommend this to everyone and anyone, and author to watch. I'm eagerly awaiting the next book

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Dutch Biker

concept is o.k. but needs editing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 28, 2021

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I might have given this 5 stars, but it needs editing. Too many typos, and in the Regency they used pennies, not cents. This example is just sloppy and should have been picked up by an editor, so that was one star gone. It's a pity because the basic idea is fine. Then towards the end, the emoting and hand-wringing gets repetitive and a bit boring, so another star gone. A good editor would have cut out chunks to pick up the pace. For example, I would not have missed the bit with the carriage in the river had it been cut.

Mrs Nicola Spence

another fantastic book from Nichole Van

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 26, 2022

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I’ve read all of Nichole Van’s books but this one is right up there as the best. Great story as always but the way all is resolved between Colin & Belle is really magical. Love that the Strattons are in the book from the House of Oak series. If you enjoy reading but want a really good story try Nichole Van’s books do yourself a favour.

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GYG

Excellent read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 6, 2021

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I loved this story the characters were forward in their thinking, experience in life loved Bella for being intelligent and strong, Blake was excellent in his forward thinking of women being more of a equal with men of this period. The book is interesting and romantic.

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