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The Ladies of Ivy Cottage

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In the confines of Ivy Cottage, friendships thrive, romances blossom, and mysteries await! Gentlewoman Rachel Ashford has moved into Ivy Cottage with the two Miss Groves, where she discovers mysteries hidden among her books. Together with her one-time love Sir Timothy, she searches for answers—and is forced to face her true feelings. Return to Ivy Hill in The Ladies of Ivy Cottage as friendships deepen, romances blossom, and mysteries unfold. Living with the two Miss Groves in Ivy Cottage, impoverished gentlewoman Rachel Ashford is determined to earn her own livelihood . . . somehow. When the village women encourage her to open a subscription library with the many books she has inherited or acquired through donations, Rachel discovers two mysteries hidden among them. A man who once broke her heart helps her search for clues, but will both find more than they bargained for? Rachel's friend and hostess, Mercy Grove, has given up thoughts of suitors and fills her days managing her girls' school. So when several men take an interest in Ivy Cottage, she assumes pretty Miss Ashford is the cause. Exactly what—or who—has captured each man's attention? The truth may surprise them all. Meanwhile, life has improved at the coaching inn and Jane Bell is ready to put grief behind her. Now if only the man she misses would return—but where is he? As the women of Ivy Hill search for answers about the past and hope for the future, might they find love along the way?
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      December 18, 2017
      Klassen’s sweet and gentle second Tales from Ivy Hill novel (after The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill) returns readers to the bucolic Regency-era small English town. The story follows several women as they become accustomed to their changing circumstances: Rachel, a gentlewoman who has fallen on difficult times; Mercy, the headmistress of the girls’ school at Ivy Cottage dealing with a new group of unruly students; and Jane, a recently widowed woman working hard to keep her inn afloat. Each woman faces her new challenges with grace and faith. Rachel is the primary focus of this installment: her family has fallen on difficult times after the death of her father led to a distant cousin inheriting her childhood home, and she is forced to rely on the assistance of the ladies of Ivy Cottage. When Rachel flounders at Ivy Cottage after Mercy hires her to teach, the three women hit upon the idea of Rachel opening the town’s first circulating library, using the books left to her by her father. While meandering in places, this story will please fans who like happy endings. However, it doesn’t stand well alone, and readers will be best served reading the first book first. Agent: Wendy Lawton, Books & Such.

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