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A Harvest Passion: A Sweet Regency Romance (Seasons of Love Book 6) Kindle Edition

by Emily Murdoch (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

3.7 97 ratings

Book 6 of 6: Seasons of Love

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Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you…

When teacher Leo Tyndale moves to the small English town of Sandercombe after five years in India, he does not expect that his time at the local school will be a long one.

But a brief encounter with the beautiful -and fiercely independent – Hestia Royce soon has him changing his mind.

As he settles in to his new position, Leo finds that his mind increasingly wanders to Hestia.

She is known by his pupils as ‘the strange woman’, who left Sandercombe to be married, Hestia returned without a husband to a town rife with rumours.
Leo can’t help wondering what happened…

Soon his feelings for her grow, though she is reluctant and soon the rumours about their supposed relationship swirl around Sandercombe.

Leo knows Hestia feels the same.

Will they ever be able to admit it to each other?

Or will Leo return to India forever?

A Harvest Passion is a charming regency romance novella about the acceptance of unlikely love.

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Emily Murdoch is a medieval historian and writer who has worked at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, the Yorkshire Museum and as part of the National Trust. She has a degree in History and English, and a Masters in Medieval Studies, both from the University of York. Emily is also the author of Conquests, Love Letters and Captives, as well as the seasonal regency romances 'A Christmas Surprise', 'A Valentine Secret', and 'A June Wedding'.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07TYZ7BSM
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (July 3, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 3, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2162 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 96 pages

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USA Today Bestselling author, Emily E K Murdoch, is read in multiple languages all over the world. You can enjoy my sweet romances written as Emily Murdoch, and my steamy romances as Emily E K Murdoch.

I am a historian and writer, and have a varied career to date: from examining medieval manuscripts to designing museum exhibitions, to working as a researcher for the BBC to working for the National Trust.

My books range from England 1050 to Texas 1848, and I can't wait for you to fall in love with my heroes and heroines!

Follow me on social media @emilyekmurdoch and read my blog at www.emilyekmurdoch.com

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iread

Captivating

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2017

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I loved this book. It was a fairly quick read. The characters are well written with many layers. It shows life in a small English village and the constraints put on women during that period. Very engaging. Another must read

Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2023

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Hestia Royce was left at the altar. Leo has just returned to England to teach school. Both feel like outsiders. The townspeople start a lot of rumors questioning their friendship.
A Harvest Passion is a well-written short story. Emily Murdoch has the ability to capture your interest and tie up the story very neatly.

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Belle

Ridiculous story and dull characters

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2017

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This book just does not feel right to me. The setting (Regency) and the way the characters comported and spoke just clashed. There is hardly any story development, and the supposed romance felt like instant soup. No development there at all. They never were formally introduced, yet the hero up and went to visit her in her big house, where she apparently lived alone, no servants at all as she even had to open the front door herself. For a wealthy lady, this is very odd for even someone with so much less had at least a housekeeper. I wonder how the heroine managed without any help. Who would have done the cooking, the washing of her gowns, or the upkeep of such a big house among others? Her family was a respected one, so she must have been raised in all comforts with enough servants to do her bidding as was the norm of the time. Anyway, that visit was observed, and so of course it was like adding salt to the injury of her seemingly tattered reputation and tongues were wagging everywhere. Not done at all.

The hero arrives in a small town to teach, but it seems he never really bothered except for the mention of algebra and letters. Either they were cleaning the schoolroom, or the hero was asking questions about the town's inhabitants, or the hero's mind starts wandering with thoughts of a "certain beautiful lady". Each time he proceeds to dismiss the boys to "help with the harvest". One time they were interrupted by the arrival of the heroine who wanted to talk to the hero and the students were dismissed again. The hero lets her in the classroom and proceeds to lock them in. Later, when the heroine did not like the way the conversation was going, she opened the schoolroom window and clambered out, then running away through the fields. What? That is just absolutely ridiculous! I have a hard time believing or even to simply picture this scene happening. Unless the window is below knee level, but then again, with the dainty slippers or shoes and the kind of dresses or gowns they wear in the period, i can only imagine this a difficult feat for a lady to manage, and yet, the hero was not able to detain her? How is that possible? And would a lady be really acting so, even if she is considered ruined?

Another act by the heroine that bothered me was when she walked through town (which she never did ever since coming back) to go to the lodgings of the hero, unchaperoned, for every man drinking there to see, and proceeded to climb up to the hero's room where she was then alone with him. She used the excuse of discussing business about the school, but of course she never breathed a word about it to the hero. In fact there was no previous indication that she had plans towards the school's improvement at all. She just seem stupid and reckless.

I really could not like any of the characters. Hestia does not exhibit any trait to commend her. In fact, she was always being forward or rude in her speech, even towards a gentleman she only just met. She was also forever turning her back or running away when confronted with things or subjects that she did not like, instead of clearing things for good. Leo was no better. He seemed quite content and happy to settle back in England, and the next he talks of "harvests of souls" being better in India. Argh! If a missionary nowadays behaves like he does, the way he kept putting the heroine in compromising situations without any immediate honourable intentions I guess he'd be charged with sexual assault before long.

I am really sorry for being so critical about this book as i'm sure the author did spend time and effort for it. But i can't help being disappointed, especially after reading her bio. She is apparently a medieval historian and holds a degree in history. Yet this book lacks the proper detail. I am glad it is short and i hope i didn't pay for it, and even then i still feel cheated out of the time i spent reading it.

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Teri Donaldson

Wonderful!

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2017

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Hestia is lonely, bitter and shunned by the town. All for a life's event that she did not initiate, encourage or want. It would be helpful if you read A June Wedding first to understand what the event was.
My heart ached for Hestia. She is beautiful, once had dreams, but now just lives alone passing the minutes of every day surrounded only by her own thoughts.
Leo has spent the last five years in the exotic India. He fell in love with the people and culture. Although accepting a teaching position in Hestia's town, he know that his real passion is traveling the world.
When they meet at church for the first, it is not sparks, roses and love at first sight. Yet, Leo senses something about Hestia that he wants to explore.
It is a bumpy and confusing road for both of them. Sometimes, the heart knows what the mind does not and love always finds a way!

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phil

Possibly the next Julian Fellowes?

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2016

At the outset I have to confess this is not the type of book or genre (Regency Romance) I would normally read. Silly really, as I do enjoy period drama and I am a big fan of TV's 'Downton Abbey.' Emily Murdoch is possibly the next 'Julian Fellowes.'
Emily has degrees in History and English plus a Masters in Medieval Studies and it is clear she draws upon her academic training to strive for accuracy in the settings of this period piece. She does that with ease and paints a picture with words evocative of a bye-gone era.
Her characters Leo and Hestia come to life in this book and like all good authors she develops those two main characters so that the reader truly feels he/she has met a 'new friend.' I liked the way the book deals with issues of the day particularly the way the author underlines the 'inferior' role of women in that era in England. Ms Murdoch also captures the very essence of 'small-town' 'small-minded' little England in the way she writes about the gossip-mongers. The fictional village setting of the book has more 'loose tongues' than you can shake a stick at. The settings of the school house, church, Hestia's home, guest-house and harvest-time fields are all exquisitely interwoven with the characters.
The love story, because essentially that's what it is, is beautifully told through the feelings, actions and thoughts of both Leo and Hestia. I felt myself holding my breath as this relationship unfolded before my eyes.
Bravo! Ms Murdoch, for entertaining me and opening my mind to a new genre of books.

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This is the 5th book of Murdoch's I have read....she is on my "always get' list!

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2017

I read this book in the 4 book compendium, and loved all the books.....This book belonged in the compendium, because each heroine and hero were quirky and really did belong to each other....I liked the characters, and how they messed up so much before getting things right. It was amusing and liked the denouement. I love Murdoch's books, they are delightful, her main characters break the traditional Regency characters, but she gives us the silliness of the servants and their "betters", and somehow she has situations that would probably be unrealistic, but oh so much fun! I read this as the last story in the 4 book compendium, and I was sorry when the book finished.....I really should learn to slow down in my reading, but hey! I'm an old lady, so many books so little time!

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FireDancer

Poldark meets Taming of the Shrew.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2016

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Not a great lover of the Regency period - normally prefer medieval and neolithic, but I picked this one up on the recommendation of a friend. I confess to expecting the normal Bronte-esque claustrophobia of rule-bound etiquette and cerebral, smart-alec dialogue centering around drawing-rooms and ballrooms.

Imagine my delight on being accompanied through the tale by a strong, green-eyed "rough diamond" who had my heart aflutter with the memories of Ross Poldark. Ms Murdoch teases out his fascinating story, skilfully drip-feeding it into the story while maintaining the forward momentum of the troubled encounters with the inimitable Miss Royce. I've read comments about her lack of likability, but to me she is the embodiment of Katarina - my favourite shrew - and knowing the ridiculous rules of that period, her opinions and actions are perfectly justified.
Can't wait to see what other delights this clever series has to offer.

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Lovely Regency romance

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 29, 2016

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Really enjoyed this novella as a little distraction; read in one day on holiday. Very much a Regency period romance. Well written and a lovely story in many ways, although I do have one or two reservations about the plot and characters. Leo was an interesting character although I didn't find it entirely clear that he would want to return to England from India to teach at a little village school and why the school was advertised as such a wonderful place, yet was actually almost abandoned and filthy. Did I miss something? Hestia I didn't warm to although her back-story suggested the reasons why she was so cold and difficult. I'm not sure why Leo was so struck with her almost immediately except to find out why she was so off-putting! And he really needs to sort out that wretched cravat!

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A whiff of Middlemarch

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 14, 2016

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Emily Murdoch has a sure touch with the period and, for anyone who loved A June Wedding - as I did - you will find out what happened to poor Hestia, jilted at the altar, in this book. It isn't a long read but I found, once I'd started, I couldn't put it down and was quietly cheering the protagonists on as they battle the tight-lipped, gossipy, curtain-twitchers of this very English village. It has all the atmosphere of Jane Austen, plus some of the human passions as well. Brilliant as she was, I don't think Austen really managed to capture the erotic very well and Emily Murdoch makes up for this, in a subtle way. But then, if A June Wedding reminded me of Austen, A Harvest Passion carries more than a whiff of George Eliot's Middlemarch, and her heroine is a match for Dorothea. I really recommend it...

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