{"id":231,"date":"2018-07-16T15:00:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/?page_id=231"},"modified":"2021-03-12T16:12:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:12:56","slug":"lively-st-lemeston","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/bookshelf\/lively-st-lemeston\/","title":{"rendered":"Lively St. Lemeston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Complete Series<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#00b8b6;color:#00b8b6\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/06-300x148.png?resize=300%2C148\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/06.png?resize=300%2C148&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/06.png?w=439&ssl=1 439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This is the complete boxed set of the Lively St. Lemeston series: three full-length books and an erotic novella for the price of just two books!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BoxedSet3D.png?resize=400%2C459&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3959\" width=\"400\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BoxedSet3D.png?w=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BoxedSet3D.png?resize=261%2C300&ssl=1 261w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BoxedSet3D.png?resize=768%2C881&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"buylinks\">ebook: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2tdlO0b\" target=\"_blank\">kindle<\/a> \u00b7 <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/lslkobo\" target=\"_blank\">kobo<\/a> \u00b7 <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/lslnook\" target=\"_blank\">nook<\/a> \u00b7 <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/lslibooks\" target=\"_blank\">apple<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"mainblurb\">\u201cLerner sketches a vibrant small-town Regency community with clear-eyed affection.\u201d<br>\u2014Cecilia Grant<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"about\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#00b8b6;color:#00b8b6\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><i>Contains elections, confections, and a number of erections…<\/i><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/11.png?resize=150%2C27&ssl=1\" alt=\"divider\" class=\"wp-image-3176\" width=\"150\" height=\"27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/11.png?resize=300%2C53&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/11.png?w=480&ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:16% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Sweet-Disorder-flower_800_gray.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3174 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Sweet-Disorder-flower_800_gray.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Sweet-Disorder-flower_800_gray.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Sweet-Disorder-flower_800_gray.jpg?resize=45%2C45&ssl=1 45w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Sweet-Disorder-flower_800_gray.jpg?w=500&ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>Sweet Disorder<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Prickly newspaperman\u2019s widow Phoebe Sparks has vowed never to marry again. Unfortunately, the election in Lively St. Lemeston is hotly contested, and the little town\u2019s charter gives Phoebe the right to make her husband a voter\u2014if she had one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicholas Dymond, his leg and self-confidence both shattered in the war, is determined to prove to his titled parents that he\u2019s not useless. He\u2019s got to help his little brother win this election, and that means marrying Phoebe off to <em>somebody<\/em> before the polls open…<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:16% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/true-pretenses-flower.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3167 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/true-pretenses-flower.png?w=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/true-pretenses-flower.png?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/true-pretenses-flower.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/true-pretenses-flower.png?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/true-pretenses-flower.png?resize=45%2C45&ssl=1 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 85vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>True Pretenses<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ash Cohen raised himself and his younger brother Rafe out of the London slums and made them the best confidence men in England. Then Rafe decides he wants an honest life\u2014and Ash resolves to steal one for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Ash meets captivating, lonely Lydia Reeve, a small-town heiress scrambling to get her hands on the dowry held in trust for when she marries, he knows all he has to do is con her and Rafe into falling in love. But did Ash choose the perfect wife for his brother\u2026or for himself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:16% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Listen-to-the-Moon-flower.png?resize=840%2C840&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3922 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Listen-to-the-Moon-flower.png?w=978&ssl=1 978w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Listen-to-the-Moon-flower.png?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Listen-to-the-Moon-flower.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Listen-to-the-Moon-flower.png?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Listen-to-the-Moon-flower.png?resize=45%2C45&ssl=1 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>Listen to the Moon<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>John Toogood prides himself on being the perfect gentleman\u2019s gentleman: skilled, discreet, and professional. But now he finds himself laid off and blacklisted, desperate for a job. <em>Any<\/em> job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His instant attraction to his happy-go-lucky maid Sukey Grimes couldn\u2019t come at a worse time. Her manners are provincial, her respect for authority nonexistent, and her outdated cleaning methods…well, the less said about them, the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then John learns that the town vicar needs a butler\u2014but the job is only for a respectable married man…<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:16% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AToH-flower.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3170 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AToH-flower.png?w=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AToH-flower.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AToH-flower.png?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AToH-flower.png?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 85vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>A Taste of Honey<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Moon spent his last penny to open his beloved Honey Moon Confectionery. Facing bankruptcy and debtor\u2019s prison, he jumps at the chance to cater a local ball, even if it means closing the bakery for a week and asking his lovely shop-girl for help in the kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Betsy Piper has spent the last year trying to make her single-minded boss look up from his pastries and notice that she would be the perfect wife. With just seven days to make him fall in love with her, she\u2019d better get this seduction started…<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"seriesorder\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#00b8b6;color:#00b8b6\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center seriesname\"><em> Individual titles in the<\/em> <em>series<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SweetDisorder_Recover_Digital_Large.jpg?resize=432%2C648&ssl=1\" alt=\"Sweet Disorder cover\" data-id=\"173\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SweetDisorder_Recover_Digital_Large.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/bookshelf\/sweetdisorder_recover_digital_large\/\" class=\"wp-image-173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SweetDisorder_Recover_Digital_Large.jpg?w=432&ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SweetDisorder_Recover_Digital_Large.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 85vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TruePretenses_Recover_Digital_Large.jpg?resize=432%2C648&ssl=1\" alt=\"True Pretenses\" data-id=\"171\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TruePretenses_Recover_Digital_Large.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/bookshelf\/truepretenses_recover_digital_large\/\" class=\"wp-image-171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TruePretenses_Recover_Digital_Large.jpg?w=432&ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TruePretenses_Recover_Digital_Large.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 85vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ListenToTheMoon_Recover_Digital_Large.jpg?resize=432%2C648&ssl=1\" alt=\"Listen to the Moon\" data-id=\"170\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ListenToTheMoon_Recover_Digital_Large.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/bookshelf\/listentothemoon_recover_digital_large\/\" class=\"wp-image-170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ListenToTheMoon_Recover_Digital_Large.jpg?w=432&ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ListenToTheMoon_Recover_Digital_Large.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 85vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ATasteOfHoney_Recover_Digital_Large.jpg?resize=432%2C648&ssl=1\" alt=\"A Taste of Honey cover\" data-id=\"168\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ATasteOfHoney_Recover_Digital_Large.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/bookshelf\/atasteofhoney_recover_digital_large\/\" class=\"wp-image-168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ATasteOfHoney_Recover_Digital_Large.jpg?w=432&ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ATasteOfHoney_Recover_Digital_Large.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 85vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#00b8b6;color:#00b8b6\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/bookshelf\/the-wife-in-the-attic\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wife_both_300-1.jpg?resize=528%2C300&ssl=1\" alt=\"wife in the attic cover\" class=\"wp-image-17148 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wife_both_300-1.jpg?w=528&ssl=1 528w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wife_both_300-1.jpg?resize=300%2C170&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 85vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>And the first in a related series of f\/f Gothics, <em>The Wife in the Attic<\/em>, is out now! Lady Tassell gets one of Miss Humphrey’s boarders a job as governess in lonely, far-off Rye Bay\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/The-Wife-in-the-Attic-Audiobook\/B08W2P8GZN?asin=B08W2P8GZN&source_code=AUDOR2220211219TST\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/smarturl.it\/wifeaudible\">Listen<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/bookshelf\/the-wife-in-the-attic\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"10866\">learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#00b8b6;color:#00b8b6\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"chapterone\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Complete Series This is the complete boxed set of the Lively St. Lemeston series: three full-length books and an erotic novella for the price of just two books! ebook: kindle \u00b7 kobo \u00b7 nook \u00b7 apple \u201cLerner sketches a vibrant small-town Regency community with clear-eyed affection.\u201d\u2014Cecilia Grant Contains elections, confections, and a number of … <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/bookshelf\/lively-st-lemeston\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> “Lively St. Lemeston”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":72,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-no-sidebar.php","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-231","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8y8dM-3J","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11949,"href":"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231\/revisions\/11949"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roselerner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}