The author advertises Jane Austen-inspired sweet historical romance, so when I started reading her new release, Proper Attire, I was expecting a Pride and Prejudice-like story. Let me tell you, this is not your Grandma's Jane Austen story. Imagine if Jane refused to marry a wealthy old man she did not love, was sent away to the West Indies, attacked by pirates, rescued by a handsome, mysterious stranger she doesn't know if she can trust and then shipwrecked.
This is a story that hooked me from page one, it was at least Chapter Five before I felt like I should really put the book down for a minute to take a break. It's a clean romance that Austen would adore, but it also has a healthy dose of adventure and excitement. Proper Attire is a cute name for it. There are so many types of clothes in the story. Julia and her handsome rescuer go through a lot of wardrobe changes and it will really make you think about how the clothes people wear influence our impressions of them. She sees the man she knows only as "John Smith" in dirty, pirate-like apparel, scantily clad clothing the island natives deem as 'proper' in their culture, and then, once she finally reaches her destination in Antigua, she sees him again differently. Smith dons the professional clothes of a business man and even formal attire for a ball. Needless to say, neither Julia nor the reader can figure out who he really is for quite some time. What we know for sure, he won't let pirates, island natives or an ambitious suitor keep him away from Julia. This book won't leave you feeling disappointed.
- File Size: 1926 KB
- Print Length: 160 pages
- Publisher: Kindle Direct Publishing (September 25, 2014)
- Publication Date: September 25, 2014
- Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00NX7LKMO
- Text-to-Speech:
Enabled
- Word Wise: Enabled
- Lending: Not Enabled
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#337,900 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #2139 in Historical Christian Romance
- #1311 in Historical Christian Romance Fiction
- #5518 in Religious Romance (Kindle Store)
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