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After a Fashion (A Class of Their Own Book #1) Kindle Edition

by Jen Turano (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Miss Harriet Peabody dreams of the day she can open up a shop selling refashioned gowns to independent working women like herself. Unfortunately, when an errand for her millinery shop job goes sadly awry due to a difficult customer, she finds herself out of an income.

Mr. Oliver Addleshaw is on the verge of his biggest business deal yet when he learns his potential partner prefers to deal with men who are settled down and wed. When Oliver witnesses his ex not-quite-fiance cause the hapless Harriet to lose her job, he tries to make it up to her by enlisting her help in making a good impression on his business partner.

Harriet quickly finds her love of fashion can't make her fashionable. She'll never truly fit into Oliver's world, but just as she's ready to call off the fake relationship, fancy dinners, and elegant balls, a threat from her past forces both Oliver and Harriet to discover that love can come in the most surprising packages.

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	After a Fashion	In Good Company	Playing the Part	Diamond in the Rough	Storing Up Trouble	Flights of Fancy

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Nancy Peterson loves to weave a great story with her words. With over twenty-five years of experience in theater, television, film, commercial voiceover, and audiobook narration, she brings depth, passion, and nuance to every project, capturing the heart of each of them.

Jen Turano is the author of over eight books and two novellas. A graduate of the University of Akron, she has a degree in clothing and textiles, is a member of ACFW, and lives in Denver, Colorado. For more information, visit her at www.jenturano.com.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00MBTYF5E
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bethany House Publishers (February 24, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 24, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 7702 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 354 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0764212753

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Named One of the Funniest Voices in Inspirational Romance by Booklist, Jen Turano is a USA Today Best-Selling Author, known for penning quirky historical romances set in the Gilded Age. Her books have earned Publisher Weekly and Booklist starred reviews, top picks from Romantic Times, and praise from Library Journal. She’s been a finalist twice for the RT Reviewers’ Choice Awards and had two of her books listed in the top 100 romances of the past decade from Booklist. When she’s not writing, she spends her time outside of Denver, CO. She can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jenturanoauthor/ or visit her on the web at www.jenturano.com. She is represented by the Natasha Kern Literary Agency.

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Just Commonly

FUNNY!

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2017

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"After a Fashion" by Jen Turano is the first of the series, "A Class of Their Own". After Ms. Turano's first series, "Ladies of Distinction" (several of whom I've reviewed), I was looking forward to diving into After a Fashion. I won't go into details about her first series (which each book can be a standalone book). With After a Fashion, we encounter Miss Harriet Peabody. What a name?! The name itself gives me a smile. Through comedic circumstances, Harriet and one of the wealthiest man in town, Mr. Oliver Addleshaw comes together to put on a show for the elite and tongue-wagging society of New York City.

If you know Ms. Turano's works, you know she brings a sense of humor to her novels. The imagery of how vivid a scenario in her books just makes you laugh out loud. That is the case with Harriet's and Oliver's very first encounter. With a mentally unstable "lady", a shocked gentleman (Oliver) and a no-nonsense hat girl (Harriet), the first meeting was one of chaos and delightful dialogue. How does the author come up with this stuff?!!

The rest of the plot was intriguing and full of fun and also chaotic personalities and scenes, it just keeps you reading and reading until you realize it was the end. Ms. Turano builds her characters with the use of other supporting characters, which gives you a sense of fullness when it comes to her characters' development. The various twists in the storyline also gives you a strong picture of what After a Fashion is about and will elude to. Give this one a read. Just look at the vivacious colors of her cover, you will see how "fashionable" After a Fashion is and will continue to be.

NOTE: I won a copy of this book through a sweepstakes. A review was not mandatory.

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Polinu

Enjoyable, and leaves me wanting to read more by Jen Turano

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2016

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Why did I enjoy this book? Because it was worth my time reading, which has not been the case with most lately. Some unexpected twists, lots of humor, genuine emotion, almost-believable characters (sign of a good author - you're willing to leave until afterward the doubt that some situations are unlikely). It got into my very limited 'keep list', which means I'll reread it at least once a year not delete it straight away (or not get rid of it if it was a paper copy), and motivates me to look for other books by the same author. It's not claiming to be highbrow literature, but as 'a good read' brought me enjoyment.

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Erin L

Laugh-out-loud funny!

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2022

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After the past several suspense novels, I was in the mood for something that would make me laugh and so even though I have other books that have a deadline for reading, I was craving a Jen Turano book. So I pulled this one from my TBR stack, and it was everything that I needed! This book was so much fun - with great characters, witty banter, hilarious antics, a fun dog, a solid plot line, and a couple of bonus twists! I enjoyed the character development and had several laugh out loud moments. In a busy stressful week, this was just the escape I needed!

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PegFlint

One of the most ORIGINAL and DELIGHTFUL (and FUNNY) books I've ever read!

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2015

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What a delightful book! I was 10% of the way through the book when I found myself laughing so hard that my stomach hurt and at times, I had tears about to run down my cheeks. I couldn't put my kindle down except to rest my eyes for a bit and then I had to pick up the kindle and finish the book before going to sleep because I just couldn't go to sleep without knowing how it ended. The amazing part was that the big climax...where we find out something major about the heroine - was a total shock to me! I literally didn't see it coming.

Let me share a bit about the story though. Miss Harriet Peabody is a hat-girl. Mr. Oliver Addleshaw is a very rich man who wants to continue to grow richer. He is getting ready for a major business deal but what he needs is an attractive woman on his arm as he goes to events. After seeing Harriet deal with a difficult customer, he sees something in her that makes him realize she could be an asset to his business and he offers her a deal because he realizes she just lost her job partly due to him. Basically, for the next few weeks, she is to attend dinners with him and meet that social need for a partner. But things escalate from there. Within days, she becomes his "fiancee'" - even if it is fake and the more Oliver tries to do things to please Harriet, the more he displeases her. As the book continues, things go from bad to worse, and yet the reader can't help but laugh as things go more and more wrong.

Normally, I don't read many books from this time period, so that was something new for me. But between the characters, the dog, and the situations that the heroine found herself in ... I simply couldn't stop reading.

I've never read a book by this author before but I can guarantee that I am going to seek out some of her books now.

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Robin E Mason

A quirky story, entertaining characters, this story is cute and entertaining.

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2019

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Oh! the quirkiness of this story!! I adore reading Ms. Turano’s books for the snarky and sparkling dialogue, and the witty and loveable characters.
A quirky story, entertaining characters, this story is cute and entertaining.
Harriet Peabody was a spunky lady, a survivor in a string of cruelties life had dealt her. Behavior and attitude not conforming to the social norms of the day, Harriet landed herself in one predicament after another.
Oliver Addleshaw (love these names!) was intent on business, and besting Cornelius Vanderbilt in amassing wealth.
Thrown together by quirky circumstances, Harriet and Oliver have no intention of crossing paths again. Ms. Turano tosses more quirky situations, throwing them together in one twist after another.
I laughed and I gasped and I cheered them on to the final twist and the last page.

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FGG

Simply delightful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 28, 2020

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I enjoyed reading this book as it kept my imagination ticking over. I simple could not put it down as it was awesome

sunny

delightful

Reviewed in Canada on February 28, 2015

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One of the things I love most about Jen Turano's books is the characters. They each have a clever, quirky and unique personality that delights me. They are complex and complicated and I am always in awe as to how she creates such a masterpiece. When I begin her books, it does take me awhile to get used to the heavy reliance on dialogue and the way the characters get distracted and lose focus. But that's probably what makes them so endearing, they are like real people, they are like me. I can't wait for the next book in this series to come out....so excited that I may need to go back and re-read some of her previous books.

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