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Where Hearts Meet (Jasmine Cottage Book 1) by [Maureen Driscoll]

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From the author of the Kellington and Emerson sagas of Regency Romance novels, comes the first book in a new series set in the early Victorian era.

Arabella Warren has been trying to find employment as a governess for several months. But after having to leave numerous households for unsavory reasons, she has found it next to impossible to attain a position in a decent home. Then she sees an advertisement in the newspaper for a widower seeking a wife to help care for his two children. She sets out to convince the man that he needs a governess, not a wife, and that she would be the perfect lady for the job.

Jonathan Graves still grieves the loss of his wife, even as he tries to create a happy home for his five-year-old twins. Knowing he will never love again, he believes the best solution is to enter into a marriage of convenience. His children will have a stepmother and he can go on loving the woman who passed away. But he is not prepared to meet the lady who will change all their lives forever.

WHERE HEARTS MEET is a love story about loss, love and starting over. It contains explicit language and graphic sex scenes. It also gives hope to anyone who wonders if it's possible to love again.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XTGNP8F
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 23, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2457 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 242 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #41,017 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #691 in Victorian Historical Romance (Kindle Store)
- #708 in Victorian Historical Romance (Books)
- #2,811 in Romantic Comedy (Kindle Store)

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Danielle Fishel calls Maureen Driscoll her "most favorite author of all things naughty and delicious."

Maureen Driscoll is an Emmy-nominated writer-producer in Los Angeles whose credits include "MADtv," "Jimmy Kimmel Live," and Nickelodeon's "BrainSurge." She was also a recipient of a Walt Disney Studios screenwriting fellowship, where she wrote a romantic comedy based on her rather painful divorce. The script didn't make it to the big screen, but it did teach her a few things about happily ever after.

Maureen has written two Regency romance series, following the members of the Kellington and Emerson families, and one set in the early Victorian era, about the residents of Jasmine Cottage. She is also the author of the Remington Mansion cozy mystery trilogy and a contemporary romance series about the wealthy Carmichael family in Los Angeles, as well as the Christmas novella, PART-TIME ELVES.

She is also the author of FRACKED, a serialized novel on Amazon's Vella platform, which is also being released as a four-book set on Kindle. It's a paranormal romance where demons are rising up through a fracking field near an over-55 community, and the only people standing in their way are two former Black Panthers, a Vietnam vet, a retired teacher and a recent divorcee.

She is waiting for a Mr. Darcy to show up in her own life and plans on scolding him soundly for being so late when he does.

Maureen loves hearing from her readers on Facebook at Maureen Driscoll Author, Twitter, Goodreads and MaureenDriscollRomance.Wordpress.com. She is also extremely grateful to Mayhem Cover Creations for the book covers and Brandin Photography for the featured author photo.

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Lingering love

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 20, 2023

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This was a quick read for me, as are most books that I enjoy like this one. I was unsure where the second story played into it, but I think I got the idea behind the blue stocking and the author but was unsure how it fit into the story other than Emma was one of her friends. Perhaps there is a future story line there somewhere?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 20, 2023

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I enjoyed reading this book because it was a well written story and felt I knew the characters personally but also because she showed us a little of life at that time!

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diana jaycox (my friends call me DJ)

I wish to be one of the Ladies of Jasmine Cottage!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 25, 2022

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Where Hearts Meet is a captivating first read for me, by Maureen Driscoll. The novel is a Victorian era historical romance with a timeless feel. It is second chance love story between a noble and a commoner governess in settings reminiscent of Victorian England but the sharp, witty repartee between the characters reflects an age old theme of women's place in a patriarchal society.
As much as I loved the romance, I adored the five women who live in Jasmine Cottage more.
Ms. Driscoll has developed five female characters, while fictional, I would consider them my kindred spirits! Arabella, Emma, Grace, Daphne and Lily are free-spirited and intelligent woman I would love to have afternoon tea daily! Though it is hard to imagine Victorian women being that outspoken in public, I could see them feeling free to discuss the idiocy of the times in their own home, in a small country town like Ms. Driscoll created. I could easily see them as very involved in tackling the injutices that class differences, poverty and politics caused. I also found the children in the book to be endearing if again not what I have heard Victorian children were allowed to act.

The romance was delightfully entertaining. Jonathan's affection for Arabella developed slowly with lots of verbal foreplay that made the whole thing heated and sexy. This is not my mother's historical romance! The bedroom scenes are much more explicit than you would get with Georgette Heyer or Barbara Cartland! I like a little spice in my romance.
I have no doubt I will read more of this series soon.

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Charming

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 18, 2019

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I love this author's style of writing and greatly enjoy the humorous touches in her story. Her characters are very well done. I often have a hard time relating to children in many stories as they never seem to match their age. The twins in this story stole my heart. They are loving and intelligent but have that spark of impishness and delight in the world around them that makes young children so special. (I really want to read a story some day of the grown-up Louisa!) The heroine is perfect. Although she is sweet and loving, she is far from spineless and stands up for those she loves. The hero (and father of the twins) was fairly well done, but I did want to shake him a few times. My only real complaint in the story (and thus, only 4 stars) was that Lady Cora, as the villain of the piece, was such a caricature that she was just boring. And, wow, she was so bad that when she discovered the father, twins, and governess in one bed that she didn't create a scene? That was unbelievable, for sure. Otherwise, I found this to be a charming, fast-paced read and look forward to reading more of the series.

Sexual situations (explicit) may offend some readers

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Too pretty!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 3, 2022

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Arabella has had a hard time keeping a job as governess. Her looks have, unfortunately, drawn the attentions of her lecherous employers. After three unacceptable placements, she has been let go by her job placement company and eventually finds a man advertising for a wife to care for his two young children. She goes to him to ask instead for a job as governess.
What a great jumping off point for a sweet and tender love story! I know you'll enjoy its wonderful cast of characters as much as I.

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Zena

An All-Round "Yes"!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 22, 2022

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I just loved the idea of friends looking out for each other and the unconditional support they offered in this story.
Then, too, there were Jonathan's twin children who took to Arabella and hated to be parted from her.
Jonathan was a man stuck in his past love for his deceased wife and things got pretty unbearable for him until he realised that Arabella was the sunshine he was missing in his life.
This all made the story such a romantic one filled with angst, passion, loving and caring where the good characters prosper and the bad ones don't.
I am enjoying Ms Driscoll's stories so very much and which, it seems to me, she writes from the heart!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 6, 2021

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I loved Jonathan’s and Arabella’s story. A wonderful beginning to a new series and I am glad Mr. Jonathan Graves got his own story. Jonathan who is a widower with twins once asked Anna Emerson, who is know married to Mark to marry him. Of course she turned him down since she was in love with someone else.
Jonathan knows he needs to find a new governess for his children but he advertise’s for a wife instead and meets Arabella in the process.
Arabella lives at Jasmine Cottage with several other woman and has been trying to find a governess position for months. When she sees Mr. Graves advertisement for a wife she decides to meet him and hopes to talk him in to hiring her as a governess instead.
A beautifully written story with a wonderful ending.

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Funny, Emotional, Lovely

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 8, 2022

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A lovely story about realistic people in a realistic situation, told with care about historical accuracy and emotional truths. Living on a small fixed income I depend on free boojs, but this is so good and the characters so engaging that I intend to purchase and read the complete series.

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Jane Page

Historical? Hardly

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 1, 2021

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This book had a modern feel from the very beginning, which annoys me in a historical setting, but when an Earl's grand-daughter referred to a man as an arse I gave up. Where do some writers get their language from? No-one of that era would use the word. Ladies of the 19th C middle and upper classes wouldn't even be aware of most swear words, they certainly wouldn't use them, and the working classes wouldn't say 'arse' because it is a modern expression. Why do people write 'historical' novels if they have no empathy with and apparently no knowledge of the period? And if they just like the idea of history because it is more 'romantic' then why do they make their heroines modern with bad language and free sex?

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Dislike females given contemporary characters

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 29, 2019

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Sorry but I could not feel the essence of the era. I dislike characters given a contemporary personality out of their time period and made to act and speak like a 21st century woman. Ladies of the era, no matter how forward thinking, did not go around saying they could 'kick a man in his bollocks' or 'arse' . The heroine was so out of character for her profession of governess, challenging her employer and discussing swear words with five year olds.
The addition of male characters simply to set up new books slowed the story down also. We now know who is going to be set up with which female characters next!

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Carol

Delightful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 5, 2021

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A well plotted story with well-rounded characters.
While the 2 lead characters are excellently drawn, the author has included 2 beautifully drawn children.
Engaging and compelling, I also like the way that certain characters from future books in the series are almost seamlessly included.
I heartily recommend you read this book.
I am off to get the rest in the series!

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Lovely

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 19, 2023

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Apart from the few villains the characters in this story are wonderful - so vibrant and kind and willing to love

MarybytheSea

Great Start to series to equal the Kellingtons and the Emersons

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 1, 2017

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Yet another great book from this author. It begins with five friends who share a cottage and not only follows the story of one of them but also describes the personalities of the other four thus setting the scene for the series. It has characters from the last Emerson book and one immediately feels at home. There are three established children which makes me hope that there will be a sixth book giving them their own Happy Ever After.

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