A Gentlewoman Scholar

Timeless Victorian Collection, Book 6

By: Sarah M. Eden, Michele Paige Holmes, Nancy Campbell Allen

Narrated by: Kim Bretton

Three women scholars. Three lives changed. And a dash of romance.

Blessing in Disguise by Sarah M. Eden
1858, Dublin

Fred Fitzsimmons will soon graduate Trinity College. With only a few weeks, he must continue safeguarding the enormous secret he’s been keeping throughout his time in Dublin: that he is actually Winnifred, a woman in disguise. The medical degree she is a breath away from claiming would allow her to save her beloved village. But having her secret revealed would land her in jail. So when Liam Rafferty, a fellow student with a reputation for unravelling even the most complicated of mysteries, grows suspicious of “Fred”, more lives than merely hers hang in the balance.

An Unexpected Education by Michele Paige Holmes
Nineteen-year-old Esther Sessions has survived the slums of Liverpool, and her abusive home, by holding onto a promise she made to her dying mother long ago - to keep reading. When a factory explosion frees her from her oppressive life and provides an opportunity to attend Bedford Women's College in London, Esther determines to succeed at school, knowing her education will ensure a future in which she might provide for herself and never be dependent upon any man. From the first moments of her arrival, Professor John Lind begins challenging her beliefs about everything from classical literature to algebra to - men. His kindness is something she has never encountered in a man before, and the generosity of his heart might just reach through the barriers surrounding Esther's.

Good Heir Hunting by Nancy Campbell Allen
Ellie Perkins has achieved her dream of establishing her own Kindergarten school to serve the needs of Liverpool's orphans. As a woman who has graduated from college and pursued a career, she has faced opposition and contention from all sides. Her first year is a success, however, and as she begins the second, she is caught by surprise when her newest hire marries and moves away, leaving a class of orphans without a teacher. Solicitor Graham Lucas, meanwhile, appears on her school doorstep, having narrowed a search for his employer's heir to one of the students in the now teacher-less class. Ellie sees a temporary fix to her problem that will benefit both her and the handsome solicitor. Graham will substitute the kindergarten class, while Ellie searches for a replacement. Unbeknownst to them all, however, is the lurking presence of a jealous relative who covets the young heir's position, and who will stop at nothing to take his place. Also at risk is Ellie's heart and hard-won career. Can she truly take a chance on a handsome substitute teacher bent on winning her love?

Timeless Victorian Collections:
Summer Holiday
a Grand Tour
the Orient Express
the Queen's Ball
a Note of Change
a Gentlewoman Scholar

Timeless Regency Collections:
Autumn Masquerade
A Midwinter Ball
Spring in Hyde Park
Summer House Party
A Country Christmas
A Season in London
Falling for A Duke
A Night in Grosvenor Square
Road to Gretna Green
Wedding Wagers
An Evening at Almack's
To Love a Governess
Widows of Somerset

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It’ll leave you cheering!

Hearing the stories of three women, triumphant with education as their weapon was awesome. It’s a mix of fun, romance, and women, being their own heroes, with the help of others. Another good one from some of my favorite authors.

A Wonderful Selection

These stories hit all the right notes that had me swooning and cheering! The selection of authors produced stories that felt complete for only being novellas. They were also very entertaining and fun with lovable characters. The narrator did each reading justice and kept me engaged with her inflection and voices. This one will be a keeper for me.

Another Amazing addition to the series!

Gentlewoman Scholar (5 stars)

Blessing in Disguise by Sarah M. Eden (5 stars)

I don’t usually enjoy stories where one of the people is lying to the other. But this one was so different! Winnifred has a whole village who have paid for her deception and who are counting on her. It really made a difference to me.

Liam is a good man torn by the things he has figured out about “Fred” and uncertain about what to do with his knowledge. How to be honest, but kind. I love that he went to his da to get advice.

Thank goodness for Liam’s da, who saves the day. Twice!

An excellent writer delivers again!

An Unexpected Education by Michelle Paige Holmes (5 stars)

A wonderfully strong and resilient heroine, Esther, stars in this romance. She is able to escape poverty because her mother taught her to read and because of a kind older gentlewoman.

John, our intrepid hero, has to fight his feelings for Esther because he is her professor of Literature. But he also has to fight her extreme prejudice against all men.

This was a wonderful novella and took its time to allow attitudes to slowly change and circumstances to develop that would bring our protagonists together.

There is one hugely unbelievable coincidence.

Also, I’d have liked a plan set into motion regarding Esther’s finishing her education and John’s employment. Those loose ends took away from the HEA for me.

But, all in all, I loved this story and it was very well-written!

Good Heir Hunting by Nancy Allen Campbell (5 stars)

Such a unique premise! A search among orphans to find the true heir to a Baronacy.

A beautiful, but resigned-to-her-fate-of-spinsterhood school owner and a lawyer turned spontaneous-kindergarten-teacher and their attraction and romance.

Truly enjoyable story by another of my favorite authors!

Narration: 5 stars

Kim Breton has a plethora of voices and accents at her disposal! She reads very well and her male voices sound male. She also does elderly voices quite convincingly! She’s a wonderful voice actress!

*poor, **ok, ***good, ****very good, *****something special

So good!

Lovely short stories brought alive by excellent narration. Kim Bretton is now my favorite narrator.

MORE OF THESE, PLEASE

THESE WRITERS ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITES! I really like hearing about real down to Earth people with real jobs and real life situations. Such a nice change from the usual lords and ladies parading through ballrooms.
Lovely narration too.