{"id":5903,"date":"2016-06-09T20:37:14","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T00:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5903"},"modified":"2025-05-06T17:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T21:47:55","slug":"family-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5903","title":{"rendered":"Family Plot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Family Plot<\/a><\/em> (2014) Sheri Cobb South<\/p>\n

\"Family<\/a>Set in Scotland ~1808<\/p>\n

Lady Fieldhurst has once again embarrassed her in-laws, and so she is sent to the country with the sons of the new Lord Fieldhurst. (The boys who discovered they were now bastards, as their father was a bigamist, yet still allowed to inherit the viscountcy.)<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd George is not just any man, but the seventh Viscount Fieldhurst. A title, as you must know, covers a multitude of sins.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cHow very fortunate for him, for he has certainly committed a multitude of them,\u201d Julia muttered.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Because the boys are so unhappy, Julia makes an impulsive decision to change their plans and go to Scotland, so the boys can see the sea. And because Harold, the eldest, is still suffering from his discovered bastardy, they decided to travel under and assumed name–Mrs Pickett and her nephews.<\/p>\n

I quite like the nephews. They’re entertaining.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan you recall her position?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI can!\u201d Edward piped up. \u201cI\u2019m the one who found her. She was lying like this.\u201d Without further ado, he flopped down onto the shingle, his head resting on his outstretched arm. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not right, Ned,\u201d Harold told his brother. \u201cIt was her left arm that was stretched out, not her right. And her face was hidden, until I turned her over.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd she didn\u2019t have a ridiculous grin on her face,\u201d Robert added, poking Edward in the ribs with the toe of his shoe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I quite like that, in the end, the boys get something back, after the misery brought down upon them by their father.<\/p>\n

At the mention of their mother, the Bertram boys were stunned to see their father\u2019s ill temper give way to shame-faced guilt. With dawning glee, they realized they might exploit this useful tool to gain almost anything their hearts desired.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Good for them!<\/p>\n

As for the mystery, I quite enjoyed that as well, even though I saw where it was going.<\/p>\n

What irritated me, however, was the last chapter, where the relationship between John Pickett and Julia Fieldhurst is fundamentally changed and yet we are left hanging. <\/p>\n

Very, very annoying. I want to read the next book in a series because I enjoyed the previous book, not because we are left with a cliff-hanger.
\nRating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Five Star Publishing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Family Plot (2014) Sheri Cobb South Set in Scotland ~1808 Lady Fieldhurst has once again embarrassed her in-laws, and so she is sent to the country with the sons of the new Lord Fieldhurst. (The boys who discovered they were now bastards, as their father was a bigamist, yet still allowed to inherit the viscountcy.) 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