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    Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance
    Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance
    Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance
    Audiobook11 hours

    Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance

    Written by Jennieke Cohen

    Narrated by Morag Sims

    3.5/5

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    The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Jane Austen in this witty, winking historical romance with a dash of mystery!

    Lady Victoria Aston has everything she could want: an older sister happily wed, the future of her family estate secure, and ample opportunity to while her time away in the fields around her home.

    But now Vicky must marry—or find herself and her family destitute. Armed only with the wisdom she has gained from her beloved novels by Jane Austen, she enters society’s treacherous season.

    Sadly, Miss Austen has little to say about Vicky’s exact circumstances: whether the roguish Mr. Carmichael is indeed a scoundrel, if her former best friend, Tom Sherborne, is out for her dowry or for her heart, or even how to fend off the attentions of the foppish Mr. Silby, he of the unfortunate fashion sensibility.

    Most unfortunately of all, Vicky’s books are silent on the topic of the mysterious accidents cropping up around her…ones that could prevent her from surviving until her wedding day.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateDec 3, 2019
    ISBN9780062964748
    Author

    Jennieke Cohen

    A lifelong lover of history and literature, Jennieke Cohen studied English history at Cambridge University before receiving her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Davis. After interning with a literary agent and at Prima Games (an imprint of Penguin Random House), she entered the Master of Professional Writing program at the University of Southern California. Cohen has worked as a writing consultant and as a ghostwriter and has written prescriptive nonfiction. She is a member of SCBWI, Romance Writers of America, and the Jane Austen Society of North America. When not writing or reading, Cohen can be found watching classic movies, drinking tea, singing opera and musical theater, and planning her next trip to England. She lives in California. You can visit her online at www.jenniekecohen.com, and find her on Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.

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    • 2/5
      This was disappointing to say the least. Vicky, the Jane Austen enthusiast who one day hopes to find her very own Mr. Darcy was dull along with being too childish for my taste to believe she could follow in Lizzy footsteps from "Pride and Prejudice" to solve all her problems and the barely speaking hero who I've often times forgot was the actual hero, Tom, was forgettable and lacked any depth. Honestly it would've been better just to cut him out of the equation and leave out dear Mr. Carmichael to take the lead, who left me far more intrigued than anything else I have read from this historical romance novel inspired by the English novelist Jane Austen. Furthermore the 'romance' between Vicky and Tom was near non-existent and I could barely fathom how they ended up together since their encounters were bare minimum until the last quarter of the book. There was by far more chemistry between Vicky and Mr. Carmichael that it nearly floored me when he was push aside for the Mr. Darcy wannabe Tom stepped in and win her heart. Ha! Otherwise there's not much to rave about. It was mediocre at best and it failed to meet any expectations. What a shame.

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    • 4/5
      Everything you want in a regency romance novel! It plays homage to Jane Austen novels in the best dramatic way.
    • 5/5
      Lady Victoria Aston has what looks like an ideal life. She has a happily wed older sister and doting parents. However, things are not quite as they seem. When she is rescued from an attack by a childhood friend she hasn't seen since they were young, it appears that trouble is coming her way. And then her older sister arrives home on the run from her abusive husband. The only way to prevent her husband - Lord Dain - from eventually owning her family's estate is for Vicky to marry. She and her family travel to London to take part in the social events which could lead to her finding a suitable husband. Her father is championing Mr. Carmichael who is untitled but a wealthy man who has had business dealings with him. She likes him but isn't in love and isn't sure that he can be trusted.Meanwhile, the childhood friend Tom has become Lord Halworth after inheriting the estate of the abusive father who threw him out as a teenager and who has left the estate deeply in debt. Tom has been working in an uncle's posh hotel in Switzerland and wants to begin such a hotel in London if he can find backers. Shame because of his father's behavior has kept him from telling Vicky about his past which has broken their friendship.But Tom and Vicky keep running into each other in London, often when he is saving her from some sort of accident, and the two are becoming friends again. But Mr. Carmichael is definitely opposed to Tom and feels he's taking advantage of Vicky's former friendship.While Vicky is a devoted fan of Miss Jane Austen and wishes to live her life like Miss Austen's characters, it seems that her life is becoming a lot more like the more melodramatic and sensational novel of Mrs. Radcliffe. The story was entertaining and well written. The characters were interesting people and the romance builds nicely. I liked the mystery aspects of the story.
    • 2/5
      Argh, what a frustrating book!

      I don't know if it's that I do read a lot of historical romance, or that I have read a lot of Austen but this thing was neither fish nor fowl. Either: write a regency based novel that is actually historically accurate (uh, no, gently bred young women are not wearing breeches and repairing sheepfold walls on behalf of their father in this time period) OR write a book that gives basic lip-service to the trappings of the times and tells a great story regardless (*cough* gail carriger, julie quinn). This one got bogged down trying to do both, and honestly I just didn't like the characters very much or believe their motivations.

      There's some cool modern feminist stuff going on in here, so if that's your jam, you might dig this. It just didn't do it for me.
    • 4/5
      Lady Victoria Aston has the life she wants to lead. Her sister is happily married and she helps to direct the famiy estate. Then everything changes when her sister flees to be with her family.from the man who turns out to be an abuser. Now to save the family Victoria has to marry and has to change the plans for her future.Tom Sherborne left home to escape his abusive father and now he's back, trying to repair his relationship with his brother, create a relationship with the only illegitimate sister he knows about and find a way to make some money. His ambition is to create an exclusiveb hotel like the one he worked in on the continent with his uncle but he has to find some sort of setup money.When Tom and Vicky were younger they were friends but they fell out later in their youth just before he left but now they're older and attracted and the people pursuing her are not savory, she's still angry with him but trying to follow advice from Jane Austen at the same time.The Jane Austen parts almost got in the way of the story but it was funny to see several men reading and enjoying the stories. The accidents seemd to be a little over the top but by the end I was really hoping that the two characters would get together and get a good life. It was a good read and fun characters and I would read more by this author.
    • 5/5
      If you're a fan of regency novels, Jane Austen, and teenage romance you will eat this book up! Set early in the nineteenth century; this novel follows Vicky, a young well off lady who is disheartened that her life isn't more like a Jane Austen novel. She wants the romance and intrigue; instead she gets herself in laughably dangerous situations and her former childhood friend (now sworn enemy) seems to keep showing up at the right moment to rescue her. She can take care of herself, thank you very much! To make matters more complicated, her older sister is seeking a separation from her husband and in order to protect the family estate from her bully husband, Vicky must get married and do so quickly. Witty, charming, over the top, and so much fun. I hope the author writes more just like this.
    • 3/5
      The book moves along quickly but there aren't any real suprises.