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The Viscount's Rose (The Farthingale Series Book 5) Kindle Edition

by Meara Platt (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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He’s just saved his sister’s best friend. She is now determined to repay the favor...even if it means abducting him.

Enjoy this hilarious, bestselling Regency series.
London is never the same once the Farthingales move onto Chipping Way, one of the loveliest streets in Mayfair. With five beautiful daughters in residence, the street has become a trap for unwary bachelors. Who will be next to fall?

When Rose Farthingale is saved from the rubble of her pottery workshop, she knows that she must repay this debt to her handsome rescuer by abducting him (at his family’s desperate urging) in order to save him from the clutches of the scheming woman he is presently courting and intends to marry. But Rose never expects to be abducted with him, or to fall in love with him over the course of their captivity.

Viscount Julian Emory is a secret agent of the Crown on an important mission to destroy the spy ring Napoleon has established in London. The woman he’s pretending to court is one of Napoleon’s most important spies, for only she knows the identity of the traitor within the royal inner circle. He’s purposely encouraged the courtship and marriage rumors in the hope she will make a slip and disclose the traitor’s identity, but his meddlesome family has just ruined his plans. By forcing him into close quarters with Rose Farthingale, they've put both his mission and this delectable innocent in danger. Can he keep himself from falling in love with Rose long enough to bring down Napoleon’s spy organization?

Enjoy the entire series:
The Viscount’s Rose
A Midsummer’s Kiss
Rules for Reforming a Rake
My Fair Lily
The Duke I’m Going To Marry
Earl of Hearts
Capturing the Heart of a Cameron
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"Meara Platt infuses toe-curling romance with just the right touch of intrigue and humor." -- Patricia Ryan, USA Today Bestselling Author Medieval and Contemporary Romance

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Enjoy this interview with author Meara Platt!

Q: What makes the Farthingale series special?
The warmth and humor infused through each story. These are joyful stories not only of romantic love, but love of family, as imperfect and meddlesome as they may be.

Q: How do I know if I'll enjoy this book?
Be warned, if you love to laugh and feel good about yourself, then these enchantingly romantic stories are for you.

Q: What's the Chipping Way Curse about?
The Chipping Way Curse is a running gag throughout the series. The Farthingales have moved onto Chipping Way with five beautiful daughters about to make their Society debuts. Each unsuspecting hero walks down the street and BANG! he runs into the Farthingale sister who's meant for him. So the joke becomes, which bachelor is going to walk down the street next? And which sister is going to run into him?

Q: What makes Rose and Julian unique?
The Viscount's Rose is an introduction to the lovable and meddlesome Farthingale family. Rose is a talented artist and the eldest Farthingale sister. Each sister has a distinct personality and a unique strength that makes her a perfect fit for her hero. All of the girls appear in this story and the fun is watching each of them grow up over the course of these books. Rose is the first to stumble her way into true love. Her hero, viscount Julian, is on a secret mission for the Crown and is only pretending to court a horrid woman he believes is at the center of a spy ring he's been trying to destroy. Of course, I had to have Rose accidentally undermine his undercover work by trying to "save" him (at his family's desperate urging) from marrying this evil temptress. Be prepared to laugh as you fall in love with the Farthingale family. You'll finish the stories with a smile on your face.
 
Q: What order should I read the books in?
The actual Farthingale series order is:
The Viscount's Rose (Rose) book 5
A Midsummer's Kiss (Laurel) book 4
Rules For Reforming A Rake (Daisy) book 3
My Fair Lily (Lily) book 1
The Duke I'm Going To Marry (Daffodil) book 2
 
Lily and Daffodil were shouting in my head to write their stories. The identical twin Farthingales were so popular that I wrote all the sisters, hence out of order but they are all stand alone romances and can be read front to back (book 5,4,3,1,2) or back to front (book 2,1,3,4,5) or in any order that strikes your fancy. Readers have enjoyed reading them all ways!

Q: Are there more Farthingales available?
Capturing the Heart of a Cameron is available now, and contains three Farthingale novellas. This has been such an amazing and fun series for me, you never know what I'll write next in it.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01KK7YKJ4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (September 19, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 19, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3355 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 254 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars 1,374

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You can download a free Farthingale novella, If You Kissed Me, when you visit www.mearaplatt.com

Meara Platt is a USA Today bestselling, award winning author, and an Amazon UK All Star. Her Regency romances are infused with humor and heart, and her fantasy/paranormal stories add just enough darkness to keep her readers intrigued. For Meara, romance is a journey of enchantment, so whether you are looking for funny, uplifting escapes in her Farthingales series and Book of Love series, or wish to be transported into edgier, Fae/dragon other worlds (Dark Gardens series), or somewhere inbetween (Braydens series) take the journey and enjoy!

For more about Meara's books, visit her website at www.mearaplatt.com and visit Dragonblade Publishing's Amazon store at: https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/241C295A-DB7C-4845-BB5C-02A257241AF9.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect love story
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2024
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The book was suspenseful and exciting as Rose and her Viscount went through some crazy times! It is a must read!
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Sheila M
4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet and Gentle Romance
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2016
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FINAL DECISION: A sweet story that doesn't have much emotional drama but rather external factors keeping the hero and heroine apart. Funny and gentle and sweet. This is an enjoyable finish to the Farthingale sisters stories.

THE STORY: Rose Farthingale, the oldest of five daughters, is saved from an explosion in her pottery workshop by Justin Emory. The brother of Rose's dearest friend, Justin is a viscount and rumor says he is almost ready to propose to a woman that his family detests. In order to save Justin from himself, Rose helps his family concoct a scheme to separate him from that woman. What Rose doesn't expect is Justin's family throwing them together at every opportunity resulting in her getting abducted along with him.

Justin, himself, has a secret. He is working for the crown wooing a woman to try and find out information on a French spy ring. His family's machinations threaten his mission but an even greater threat is Justin's own attraction to Rose.

OPINION: This book is so sweet. Rose and Justin are a cute and uncomplicated couple. These are both oldest siblings who have several younger siblings. Family is important to both of them. They both have family legacies of falling in love only once. They are simply adorable.

This is a book without intense emotional unrest. Instead, what keeps these two apart are Justin's work and the necessity of deception. While the premise of this book has certainly been done before, I liked Platt's take on the story. Rather than focusing on angst, this book focuses on Rose's continued trust in Justin despite all appearances.

There is less drama in this book, but I love sweet, uncomplicated stories sometimes too. Likeable characters, a fun premise and lots of love and family hi-jinks.

WORTH MENTIONING: I still love how Platt manages to make telling the story of these five sisters in reverse work. This is truly a series that can be read forwards and backwards.

CONNECTED BOOKS: THE VISCOUNT'S ROSE is book 5 in the Farthingale series. It can be read as a standalone as it occurs prior to the other books in the series.

STAR RATING: I give this book 4 stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Viscount's Rose is bright, charming, intelligent, and sweet.
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2016
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Rose is an honest force of nature when it comes to love because she puts her everything into loving that someone special. That someone special turns out to be none other than, Lord Julian Emory, Viscount Chatham.
Unfortunately, for her, the Viscount was on the Crown's business and she couldn't know that. With the Crown's intrigue stalling love at every turn that was leaving Rose hopeless and yet, still throwing every last ounce of her love at, Lord Chatham.

As with all Farthingale series, you still get part of the entire family. Like all big families, someone tends to be running in and out with the comings and goings, which makes this book even more delightful, and introduces new characters full of warmth in the Viscount's family. These new characters helped highlight their strength and willingness at how far that they would go for the love of their family as well.

Meara Platt always leaves me wanting more! Each sister in the Farthingale series is unique, and yet they each share certain family traits, such as being courageous, innocent, fresh, and full of love. Meara Platt also gives the females brains, such as scientific, animal husbandry to rival any man's, artistic abilities competing in a man's world, etc.,

I have been addicted to Meara Platt's, The Farthingale series since I read the very first one, My Fair Lily. The reason is in the telling/ writing of the story's. Meara does not disappoint in this latest one either!

5 Stars) for another, Farthingale book I didn't want to end!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Viscount's Rose (The Farthingales Book 5) Meats Platt
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2023
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The Farthingales eldest daughter is an accomplished artist, but in the world dominated by men. Vicount Julian and his sister Nicholas are arriving at the house of the Farthingales in London, a loud explosion erupted with smoke. Someone had sabataged Rose's kiln. Julian help rescue Rose, his sister's best friend. He was amazed by her beauty and talent, but he was involved with the Crowns spy network, trying to find and capture all the French spies for Napoleon. Falling in love while trying to understand why Julian is acting distant at times and attentive at other times, while courting an icy Counters Valentina, as part of his spy work. All this is very confusing and frustrating for the family and Rose. Ah, true love does prevail even through intrigue, danger and attempts on Rose's life. Such a delightful book all will love to read, I highly recommend.
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Cely R Morales
3.0 out of 5 stars Cute
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2016
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Wanted to know what happened to the bad guys. Cute story line although sometimes I was confused. Quick to read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars I have read most of the Farthingale series. Ms. Platt is a very talented author and her stories flow well with well developed characters.
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2022
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I have read most of the Farthingale series. Ms. Platt is a very talented author and her stories flow well with well developed characters. I am a little disappointed that the series is so formulaic. Beautiful rich girl meets handsome brave titled man with a secret. The plots are extremely similar and need more variety. If you read one in the series you know the basic plot. I suggest she reads some books by Mary Jo Putney to see the wide variety of romance plots for inspiration. I actually met her once and she was very friendly.
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lisa
5.0 out of 5 stars Separated from the herd
Reviewed in Australia on July 9, 2018
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This is a great beginning to the Farthingale series with adventure, romance and very funny family members. The Farthingale sisters are a hoot, as they use natural science to guide the love life of the oldest sister Rose. To rescue handsome Viscount Chatham (Julian) they advise Rose to ‘separate him from the herd’ as predators do. Why? Rose is helping Julian’s family who are distraught over his Impending engagement.

While there is a spy subplot, this doesn’t dominate the story. Ther machinations of Rose, her plotting sisters and her debutant BFF lead the story along, with plenty of laughs along the way. While I love this author’s wit, there is a real warmth in her books. Rose values her loving family above all, and they have her back at every turn. Rose is totally unsophisticated compared to Julian’s lover Valentina, but this makes her very relatable. If you like very human romance with a lot of laughs you will enjoy this fun tale.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another great tale in a hit series.
Reviewed in Canada on September 21, 2016
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Another great story and wonderful characters that do not disappoint! I have follow this series from the first book and have loved all the stories. The family is enchanting and funny. You get very invested in each story and the latest episode is just wonderful. I hope there are more stories to come. This series was funny and exciting and romantic. I highly recommend it.
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Mrs R
5.0 out of 5 stars The Farthingales are back!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 20, 2016
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The Viscount's Rose is the story of the remaining Farthingale sister, Rose, who quickly falls in love with her best friend's brother, Julian Emory, Viscount Chatham. Rose is in fact the eldest sister and the first to marry. Although Julian is smitten with Rose, his mission on behalf of the Crown is incomplete and causes a number of complications before the couple can reach their happy ending. As always, the charm of the Farthingales and the love that surrounds this delightful family is heartwarming. Meara Platt is also able to give us situations and conversations filled with warmth and humour which make her books such fun to read. Very likeable characters are caught up in a series of dramatic situations, which may be a little far-fetched, but the writing is so enjoyable that we willingly suspend our disbelief until we reach the conclusion. Although the Farthingale sisters are now all married off, there will hopefully be opportunities to revisit them in future. (I received an advance copy of this book in return for an unbiased review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Loving a viscount who is courting another, or is he?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 2, 2024
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A steamy story. The Farthingale saga continues, this is Rose’s story. As I have mentioned before the 5 sisters marry in order of age, but here we are at book 5 with the oldest one marrying. The books start backwards so to speak, so you have the younger ones story with the older ones married, but you have not yet read their story! I think 5 books in I am getting used to this but it is odd.
I liked the story. There are occasional oddities - a couple of times governesses suddenly seem to appear to take off younger children. ie when Julian’s siblings and Rose are at a picnic, no mention of the governesses as they walk there, okay etc and suddenly the governesses take the youngest away for a nap. Again when they travel to the cottage from London, no mention I recall of them being in the carriages yet they seem to be at the cottage. And would there be multiple governesses? It does not spoil the story but is a bit odd. So again I liked it hence the score.
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Anne Marsh
5.0 out of 5 stars Well done for the series
Reviewed in Canada on January 8, 2019
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Interesting concept of starting near the end and working backwards essentially. Intrigue and family dynamics throughout.
Now I see there’s another to read... looking forward to it.
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