After a Fashion

By Jen Turano

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764212753
• ISBN13: 9780764212758
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

Excellent!

Such a good book. Funny and cleverly written with a great surprise ending!

This is now one of my favorite characters/books!

Such a fun read with great characters & some surprises. Definitely a keeper to be again in the future.

Consume with tea

WARNING: Reading After a Fashion may cause the following side effects: -sleepless nights -depression (you will never be as witty as Jen Turano...face it.) -random bursts of emotion -belly-aching laughter -fangirling (with side effects of it's own due to squealing, obsessing over fictional characters, etc.) -frequent use of large words- whether you know their meaning or not -sudden urges to jump out of moving carriages or join a circus -a dazed look that may alarm your acquaintances (but not your friends- they'll simply demand to know what book you've just finished, and your closest will probably ask to borrow it.) -a desire to give your pets names like Peabody and Oliver -aggression towards some rather nasty and slimy villains -perhaps not-so-unrealistic expectations about riding into the sunset with your happily-ever-after -a compelling desire to hibernate and be unsocial until side effects wear off (be further warned that afore-mentioned side effects do not wear off quickly.) -an excessive happiness and satisfaction ...until you discover that there is more to come in the not so distant future, whereupon discovering this you will not rest easy until you've secured those as well. Take with tea and an open- or flexible- schedule. After a Fashion will hold you spellbound with it's vivid setting and colorful cast of characters. A must read for all historical fiction readers who love to (or need to) laugh! Jen's novels always take precedence on my to-read pile, and they never disappoint with their incredible wit and totally unexpected plot twists. You can't miss out on this wild ride through New York city- from the slums to Delmonico's!