{"id":25476,"date":"2025-10-27T19:31:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T23:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=25476"},"modified":"2025-10-31T19:40:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:40:57","slug":"nearly-a-lady-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25476","title":{"rendered":"Nearly a Lady"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Nearly a Lady<\/em> (2011) <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/romance\/Johnson_Alissa.php\">Alissa Johnson<\/a> (Haverston Family #1)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/nearly-a-lady.jpg?resize=188%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nearly a Lady\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9324\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;He needs something to do. Something to accomplish.\u201d Something, the marquess thought, that might lighten the shadows his brother attempted to hide behind a cheerful wit and careless smile.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Being knocked unconscious by two small women was a degree better than being knocked unconscious by just the one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>What the devil would I do with a London season?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFind a husband, I imagine,\u201d was Gideon\u2019s reply. It only served to mystify her further. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the devil would I do with a husband?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cObtain long-term financial stability,\u201d Lilly told her. \u201cSomething more reliable than sheep that can fall ill or crops that can fail.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOf course she\u2019s ill,\u201d Lilly said pleasantly. \u201cYou sent those custard-filled pastries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas something wrong with them?\u201d Bloody hell, he\u2019d poisoned the woman. \u201cCan a person get sick from eating a stale pastry?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Lilly assured him. \u201cBut a person can get sick from eating six fresh ones.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Characters<\/strong>: Characters: Lucien Marquess of Engsly, Kincaid, Lord Gideon Haverston, Miss Winnefred Blythe, Lilly Ilestone, Claire, Mr. and Mrs. Howard, Bess, Peter, Connor, Mr. Ronald Clarkson, Mr. Holloway, Thomas Brown, Michael Birch, Mr. Gregory O\u2019Malley, Mr. McKeen, Lady Gwen, Rebecca, Lord Gratley<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 10\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly a Lady (2011) Alissa Johnson (Haverston Family #1) &#8220;He needs something to do. Something to accomplish.\u201d Something, the marquess thought, that might lighten the shadows his brother attempted to hide behind a cheerful wit and careless smile. Being knocked unconscious by two small women was a degree better than being knocked unconscious by just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,30,668,292,33,207,742,41,26,56],"tags":[156,50,670,212,548],"class_list":["post-25476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10-10","category-british","category-comfort-read","category-ebook","category-historical","category-mental-health-rep","category-physical-health","category-reread","category-romance","category-sexual-content","tag-alissa-johnson","tag-boinking","tag-haverston-family","tag-ptsd","tag-regency"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-6CU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23586,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/23586","url_meta":{"origin":25476,"position":0},"title":"Nearly a Lady","author":"Michelle","date":"May 19, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Nearly a Lady (2011) Alissa Johnson (Haverston Family) Set in England and Scotland during the regency, after the wars with Napoleon. 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