With all the suitable singles now in town, well, Jane Austen says it best: Vincent, a crotchety but talented artist of glamour. They’ve also enlisted the services of Mr. The wealthy family in town has brought back their nephew, Captain Livingston, a veteran of the war. Jane and Beth become fast friends, but a secret unrest lies under the surface. Dunkirk (who’s always had Jane’s eye), has brought his little sister, Beth, back from London. Still, Jane’s father so wants to see BOTH his daughters married well … and enjoy the grandchildren of such arrangements. Her little sister, Melody, is the beauty of the town and likely to land a wealthy suitor indeed.
(Gasp!) She’s talented in the magical art of glamour, but her looks fall flat. Jane Ellsworth is past her “marriage-able age.” She’s in her late 20’s. (Please don’t stone me.) In Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal wraps in a lovely fantasy novel into a Regency Romance (but leaves out the excruciating descriptions of attire). Confession: Parts of Jane Austen delighted me.
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