{"id":5873,"date":"2016-05-22T09:17:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T13:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5873"},"modified":"2026-09-13T10:14:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T14:14:58","slug":"a-pressing-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5873","title":{"rendered":"A Pressing Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1WKpCk1\">A Pressing Engagement<\/a><\/em> (2016) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/Huber_Anna-Lee.php\">Anna Lee Huber<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1WKpCk1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/a_pressing_engagement.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"a_pressing_engagement\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5874\" \/><\/a>Set in Edinburgh, Scotland in April 1831<\/p>\n<p>This short story is Lady Darby&#8217;s wedding to Sebastian Gage. Except it isn&#8217;t really a short story, as much as it would truly be an excerpt from either the end of the previous book or the start of the upcoming book.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve read the Lady Darby series, you&#8217;ll want to read this. But if you&#8217;ve not read any of the Lady Darby series, this is not a good place to start.<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published by InterMix <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Pressing Engagement (2016) Anna Lee Huber Set in Edinburgh, Scotland in April 1831 This short story is Lady Darby&#8217;s wedding to Sebastian Gage. Except it isn&#8217;t really a short story, as much as it would truly be an excerpt from either the end of the previous book or the start of the upcoming book. 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