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Before the Season Ends (A Regency Inspirational Romance) | 
 enlarge | Author: Linore Rose Burkard
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 56141
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 348
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 0736925511
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780736925518
ASIN: 0736925511
Publication Date: December 1, 2008
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Product Description
In her debut novel of what she calls “spirited romance for the Jane Austen soul,” author Linore Rose Burkard tells the intriguing story of Miss Ariana Forsythe, a young woman caught between her love for a man who doesn’t share her faith and her resolution to marry only a fellow believer in Christ. Trouble at home sends the young woman to her aunt’s townhome in the fashionable Mayfair district of London. There she finds worse troubles than those that prompted her flight from home. Ariana is soon neck–deep in high society and at odds with Mr. Phillip Mornay, London’s current darling rogue. Then a scandal changes Ariana forever. Her heart, her faith, and her future are all at stake in an unexpected adventure that gains even the Prince Regent’s attention. Will Ariana’s faith survive this test? And what about her heart? For it’s Ariana’s heart that most threatens to betray the truths she has always believed in. When she finds herself backed against a wall, betrothed to the wrong young man, how can it ever turn out right? Jane Austen readers and fans of Regency romances everywhere will love Before the Season Ends.
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WOW!!! January 5, 2009
This is one of those books that is worthy of a past midnight reading frenzy! I loved it. The characters each had a unique purpose and the sweet tension between the two main leaders in the book was well written and thought out. The regency setting was perfect and the detailing of the person's costumes kept me entertained. I wouldn't hesitate to read it again and again.
A Great Christian Regency January 2, 2009
This is a delightful book that will sweep you away to Regency England until you are caught up in a sweet romance that inspires your faith. The characters are believable with a multi-dimensional depth that brings them alive to the reader. The story is compelling and keeps you reading to see how the hero and heroine will overcome their differences. Linore Burkhard has an excellent command of the Regency period and brings her readers into the time period as if they are living it.
Light, refreshing romance. December 30, 2008
This was a really enjoyable read. I read it in about two days. I am already looking forward to the second book. It was so fun to go and visit this time period, as I am a Jane Austen fan. My favorite part of the book was Ariana's ball. I also loved how the author would give us the views from some of the other characters about situations that happened. I recommend this book wholeheartedly.
Completely addictive December 25, 2008
Elements of Burkard's story certainly ring a familiar bell. An alternately dashing then meek heroine with sparkling, witty eyes; an antagonistic, wealthy debonair gentleman - yes we can certainly find common threads here with Austen's novels. Burkard's writing includes Regency turns of phrase, vocabulary and slang, and - being written from an outsider's point of view - details cultural practices in greater depth than those novels written during this period ever do. In fact a glossary of Regency terms is included for those just dipping their toe into the waters of this English era.
All that I have mentioned above is not surprising in and of itself. The component of this novel that blindsided me was the instantaneous addiction I experienced when I cracked the pages of Before the Season Ends. I have spent many late nights reading but I have never, ever read until such a late hour as I have with Burkard's first novel. Indeed - if I hadn't noticed the shocking hour (which I will not admit to in print) I believe I would have kept reading until I finished the novel or my family awoke. I will concede that it wouldn't have been long until either of these occurrences took place. After noticing the time I forced myself to set the book aside and finished it later that day.
I can't help but wonder if Linore Rose Burkard has somehow created the formula for inspirational romance crack-cocaine, or if her novel was just what I needed that long night. I suppose I will have to wait until her second Regency inspirational romance, The House in Grosvenor Square, is released in April 2009. If her second novel is as shockingly compelling as her first I imagine she can look forward to the creation of her very own inspirational romance empire.
enjoyable December 23, 2008
I really enjoyed this sweet historical romance. I found the storyline to be engaging and the main characters were delightful. I tend to find the requisite "conversion" scenes in Christian romances to be a tad overdone but Burkhard did a good job of keeping this one rather less annoying than some. I found Burkhard's descriptive scenes easy to imagine and I felt drawn into the story. This is an easy read and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good Christian romance.
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