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Always the Bluestocking (Never the Bride Book 6) Kindle Edition

by Emily E K Murdoch (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Always the bluestocking and never the bride - not that any woman should have to choose…

Book 6 in the bestselling series Never the Bride is now Available! Read FREE in Kindle Unlimited.

Miss Mariah Wynn was adopted and has spent her life attempting to prove herself worthy. Intelligent and witty, it's nonetheless not a good idea to let a gentleman know you actually have brains. After all, no one marries the bluestocking, even if she is beautiful and but twenty one.

One man who laughs in the face of bluestockings is Patrick O'Leary, Viscount Donal. He knows the woman's place, and that is most certainly in the home.

Until, that is, he sees Mariah attending a lecture at his alma mater. A woman - at university. He's determined she won’t get an education. She's ready to face down any ignorant man, title or no. A battle of intellect storms while a battle of desire fights under the surface.

Will Mariah and Patrick have enough focus to argue while every bone in their bodies wants to make love?

This full length novel is a steamy Regency romance with a happily ever after, no cliffhangers, and is part of a series that can be read in any order.

Never the Bride
Never the Bride Series
Always the Bridesmaid
Always the Chaperone
Always the Courtesan
Always the Best Friend
Always the Wallflower
Always the Bluestocking
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08FYTM8Z5
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.; 1st edition (September 10, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 10, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3280 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1953455085
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Emily E K Murdoch

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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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The Bluestocking and the Irish Viscount
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The Bluestocking and the Irish Viscount
Always the Bluestocking (Never the Bride Book 6) by Emily E K Murdoch is an interesting Tudor Historical Fiction. Can be read as a stand alone.An interesting storyline with flawed characters that at times makes you want to throw something at them. It was hard to get into the story at times, but when you do, it's a solid story.A story of Women's rights for education and their rights to vote. Great premise, if not a bit off putting at times. It does include funny dialogs between the heroine and the hero.An enjoyable experience and read.#NetGalley, #Alwaysthe BluestockingNever the Bride Book 6, #DragonbladeRating: 4Heat rating: SweetReviewer: AprilR
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Élodie Nicoli
5.0 out of 5 stars A tale of reaching higher...
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2020
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Will he see past her need for knowledge and his view of women ...

Mariah is not an easy lady to like, she can be quite dismissive and she is not one to back down when challenged. But her battle is also a legitimate one.
I was unsure about Patrick, I liked his flaws and his charming personality. Behind closed doors he is able to do great things for Mariah but once in public, he wrongs her but staying silent, never really standing up for her.
When they meet, Patrick has a very narrowed view of a woman’s intellect. He, like his peers, is unable to understand women are not all fragile ornaments, that their brain is not only entranced by the prospect of purchasing their next gown. And while she proves him again and again she is not whimpering miss but someone with a will of steel and a hunger for knowledge, he has difficulties to see past her charms and the attraction he feels for her. Even when he knows she is so much more her appearance and that her bluestocking side is only one of her persona trait. But will he be able to accept her in whole and support her, be the shoulder she might need in dire time.

This new installment is first a feminist talk but also one about the right for everyone to be allowed education.
5 stars

I was granted an advance copy by the publisher Dragonblade Publishing, here is my true and unbiased opinion.
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sandymill
4.0 out of 5 stars A good story
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2023
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I enjoyed this story with all the characters within. The main character were Miss Mariah Wynn and Patrick O'Leary Viscount Donal.

Miss Mariah Wynn was adopted had has spent her life attempting to prove herself worthy. She is smart and witty. Most gentleman don't talk to her because she tell them what she thinks. After talking to a guy that want to dance but really doesn't at her brother's wedding she see another guy watching her and smiling. She is interested in this guy and would like to meet him.

Patrick O'Leary Viscount Donal is attending a friend of a friend's wedding party. While there he see a woman that is telling a guy off. He find out she is the sister of the man that is have the party. But he doesn't talk to her there but later when he see her again. But this time she is trying to see the lecture that he at. The lecture is only for men.

This was a fun story to read. It had action and drama throughout. It had a few giggles within.

I received a complimentary copy via Netgalley. This is my honest unbiased opinions.
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5.0 out of 5 stars She'd never truly considered marriage!
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2021
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Mariah has had only one goal during her life,; learning, not only for herself, but for every woman! During a time when men's educations were limited to the rich, a woman's need for knowledge wasn't even considered to be reasonable! The general thought was that women, unlike men, did not have the capacity for deep thought and learning.
Patrick has returned to Oxford for a reunion of sorts that has taken on a life of its own, having had numerous activities and speeches added to its original agenda, making what had seemed a brief visit into an extended one. When he meets Mariah, he finds himself out of his depth. She has made a spectacle of herself by attempting to attend a lecture by an eminent scientist. Though she was quiet and respectful, disturbing no one, she finds herself being dragged from her seat and thrown out of the university lecture hall.
What a way to meet! A tantalizingly good book with many unexpected twists and an unusual road to romance. I highly recommend it!
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Texas Daughter
3.0 out of 5 stars Patrick's Bluestocking Bride
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2020
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Mariah Wynn has been given another moniker-that as a “blue stocking”. As a very intelligent female, she finds it demeaning and frustrating that women are not perceived past their looks and ability to breed heirs. Patrick O’Leary believes that women have their place and it is not at a facility for higher learning. The two meet and clash, with their passion for being correct in their thoughts turning to passion for each other. Patrick’s overbearing attitude makes him a difficult person to like, much less love, but the tale is woven in a way to eventually allow Mariah to forgive his archaic beliefs.
I have read all the books in this series and was hoping this book would solve the underlying anger and mistrust between Mariah and her brother, Edward. However, it does not and leaves the story line unfinished.
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Kim Moye
5.0 out of 5 stars Can be enjoyed as stand alone
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2023
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While part of a series, this book can easily be enjoyed on its own. The story of a woman wanting to learn topics that are reserved for men lead her to be an outcast. Mariah is independent and determined. Patrick is a man of his times who finds himself drawn to Mariah although he doesn't believe that women should be allowed the same opportunities as men.
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Cynthia L. Bogner
4.0 out of 5 stars Good with caveats
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2021
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My husband made chili the other night. No matter what he tried, he just couldn’t make it taste quite right. That’s how this book is for me. Not bad, tasty even, but not quite...there.

I don’t know if the characters are too real (disappointingly common) or not nuanced enough. Patrick really did let Mariah down, and for what? He was only there for a school reunion, not because he had a great love of the university. He wasn’t in danger of losing anything if he publicly stood beside her. Both the Provost and Patrick actually came off as having set her up. It really was a turn off.

But perhaps the biggest disappointment is that we never learned what happened in Mariah’s family. If I’m not much mistaken, there were hints that something happened around the time of her come out ball and that her brother was sent away for a while. I also got the impression that there WAS a family resemblance between the two. In fact, I was positive we were to learn that Mariah’s mother actually had her by another man and her husband made her leave her with another family until they died and she was begrudgingly “adopted” by her mother. But it’s like that foreshadowing went nowhere. Again, it felt like some madcap editor with hedge clippers Willy nilly cut out hundreds of pages.
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nicola 14332
5.0 out of 5 stars Mariah and Patrick’s Love Story.
Reviewed in Germany on February 24, 2024
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I really enjoyed this book. I loved the theme and was surprised by all the twists and turns. A great love story that leaves a smile on your face.
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Avidreadersbc
5.0 out of 5 stars A very very successful experiment indeed
Reviewed in India on January 30, 2022
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I am awed by the challenges so many women faced in that era just to be allowed the chance to have an education. It is due to women like Mariah who initiated change and started the revolution that has led women to the place we are now. And that is precisely why no matter how much I love the idea of balls and fripperies in that era I am a million times glad I was born in the 21st century. It takes time to change centuries of beliefs and even though Donal did not support the idea of women's education at first, ultimately, he came around in the end. The chemistry between them burned hotter than fire and here's wishing a lifetime of successful experiments to them. 🔭
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nini
1.0 out of 5 stars Banal
Reviewed in France on August 3, 2021
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Waste of time for a very silly book. I thought there would be more to it. Thought better of the author.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Education for women Great!!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2020
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Thanks to these wonderful women we eventually got to Oxford University Hurrah!!,and how lovely for Mariah she got her lover to the church too!.
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Ele
3.0 out of 5 stars Good old fashioned romp but irritating in parts
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 11, 2020
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I'm finding this series addictive but quite frustrating and this book is the worst so far.
I have a lot of questions like; why are most of their parents dead? Did they all die in a tragic accident? What happened?! I know it wouldn't be half as fun if the characters weren't called Duke this or Earl that, but coin a phrase from Oscar Wilde, “To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.” Or in the author's case it looks like laziness. The only parents remaining don't seem to appear very often or accompany their children anywhere.
This brings me to my next point about this series which is; historical inaccuracies. For an author who says that she's a historian, her work is littered with things that don't seem historical accurate. Why, other than in the book about the chaperone, do none of the women seem to be chaperoned?
This particular book is frustrating me, because the author has given eye dialect a go. Unfortunately, she's managed to end up with Scottish eye dialect rather than Irish. "Ach" is stereotypically a Scottish phrase, so when you start every eye dialect sentence with it, my brain immediately thinks it in a Scottish rather than Irish accent. At least there have been no Americanisms.
However, if you don't think too hard about these criticisms whilst reading these books then you'll be in for a good old fashioned romp.
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