{"id":5643,"date":"2016-01-30T15:53:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T20:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5643"},"modified":"2022-10-30T19:41:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T23:41:34","slug":"rightfully-his-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5643","title":{"rendered":"Rightfully His"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B006MN8Y16\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B006MN8Y16&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=randomreading-20&#038;linkId=SPGWG4SUW74XKHTM\">Rightfully His<\/a><\/em> (1998) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/romance\/grant_teresa.php\">Tracy Grant<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B006MN8Y16\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B006MN8Y16&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=randomreading-20&amp;linkId=SPGWG4SUW74XKHTM\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5644\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rightfully-His.jpg?resize=179%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rightfully-His\" width=\"179\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5644\" \/><\/a>Set in London, December 1822<\/p>\n<p>The final book in the Lescaut Quartet picks up the story of Charlotte, the daughter of Daniel, the Marquis de Ribard, and the man who had been his secretary, Francis Storbridge, who had been in love with Charlie since he first laid eyes on her.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll admit that I dislike the title of this book. I understand it, but I don&#8217;t care for it.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, the &#8220;His&#8221; of the title is a decent man. After his wife died in childbirth and her father himself died, he took on her siblings, caring for them, despite the hostility of the older boys.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Frank set down his wineglass. &#8220;You&#8217;ve forgot the first lesson of dining in polite society, Serena.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Serena wrinkled her nose. &#8220;Never say what you&#8217;re really thinking?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Precisely.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There is, as in the previous books, a good deal of intrigue and mystery, to even out the boinking.<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published by by NYLA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rightfully His (1998) Tracy Grant Set in London, December 1822 The final book in the Lescaut Quartet picks up the story of Charlotte, the daughter of Daniel, the Marquis de Ribard, and the man who had been his secretary, Francis Storbridge, who had been in love with Charlie since he first laid eyes on her. 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But when their governess is accused of murder--found on the scene in fact, they hope the tenuous peace\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;8\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/the-mayfair-affair.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4939,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4939","url_meta":{"origin":5643,"position":5},"title":"Beneath a Silent Moon","author":"Michelle","date":"November 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Beneath a Silent Moon (2003) Tracy Grant This series is somewhat confusing, as the author has published it under two different names (Tracy Grant \/ Teresa Grant) and the main characters have two different names (Charles & Melanie Fraser \/ Malcom & Suzanne Rannoch). It is, however, the same series.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;8.5\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"8.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Beneath-a-Silent-Moon","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Beneath-a-Silent-Moon.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}