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MY REVIEW:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh my! Jen Turano has done it again. Somehow she always manages to combine a truly memorable romance with one hilarious, witty scene after another, as well as inject just the right amount of mystery. I love her characters with the delightfully quaint names given the heroine and other females. Heroes are always swoon-worthy and readers will usually find at least one thoroughly detestable person in the mix. The addition of charming children and rambunctious pets sends the story over the top.<\/p>\n

I loved everything about Flights of Fancy<\/strong><\/em>. It was such fun observing pampered heiress Isadora pretend to be a housekeeper. As readers can imagine, her chores were filled with mostly humorous mishaps that were often witnessed by the handsome hero Ian. Witnessing Isadora\u2019s transformation from a spoiled, self-absorbed lady to one who cared about others and learned to depend on the Lord was very gratifying.<\/p>\n

Flights of Fancy<\/strong><\/em> is a fun, romantic tale devoid of objectionable scenes or language. I would not hesitate to allow a teen daughter to read it.<\/p>\n

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I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book provided by Celebrate Lit. A favorable review was not required. All views expressed are my own.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Title: <\/strong>Flights of Fancy<\/p>\n

Author: <\/strong>Jen Turano
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Genre: <\/strong>Christian Historical Romance, Gilded Age<\/p>\n

Release date: <\/strong>January 1, 2019<\/p>\n

Publisher: <\/strong>Bethany House<\/td>\n

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Miss Isadora Delafield may be an heiress, but her life is far from carefree. When her mother begins pressuring her to marry an elderly and uncouth duke, she escapes from the high society world she\u2019s always known and finds herself to be an unlikely candidate for a housekeeper position in rural Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Mr. Ian MacKenzie is known for his savvy business sense and has built his reputation and fortune completely on his own merits. But when his adopted parents are in need of a new housekeeper and Isadora is thrown into his path, he\u2019s unexpectedly charmed by her unconventional manner.<\/p>\n

Neither Isadora nor Ian expected to find the other so intriguing, but when mysterious incidents on the farm and the truth of Isadora\u2019s secret threaten those they love, they\u2019ll have to set aside everything they thought they wanted for a chance at happy-ever-after.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Named One of the Funniest Voices in Inspirational Romance<\/em> by Booklist, Jen Turano is a USA Today Best-Selling Author, known for penning quirky historical romances set in the Gilded Age. Her books have earned Publisher Weekly and Booklist starred reviews, top picks from Romantic Times, and praise from Library Journal. She\u2019s been a finalist twice for the RT Reviewers\u2019 Choice Awards and had two of her books listed in the top 100 romances of the past decade from Booklist. When she\u2019s not writing, she spends her time outside of Denver, CO.<\/p>\n

GUEST POST FROM JEN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Q & A With Jen Turano<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFlights of Fancy\u201d is the first book in the American Heiress Series. What inspired you to write this series?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The inspiration for this entire series started off with a What If? All of my proposals for new series start off that way, and this time it was \u2013 What if Consuelo Vanderbilt had balked when her mother insisted she marry the Duke of Marlborough \u2013 and then that led to \u2013 What if she\u2019d run away until her mother came to her senses? Just like that, an entire series was born \u2013 a bit of a different take on American heiresses because in all three books, my heiresses might decide to go a tad\u2026rogue. We start off with Miss Isadora Delafield \u2013 who does run off to avoid marriage to a duke, then we get to meet Miss Poppy Garrison, who is an unexpected heiress but who can\u2019t quite seem to get a handle on the expected social decorum of the day, and then the final book revolves around Miss Beatrix Waterbury \u2013 who gets banished to Chicago after she annoys her mother one too many times, and once there, well, gets up to a bit of mischief. <\/em><\/p>\n

How do you come up with the names of your characters?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I find most of my names as I research the New York Four-Hundred, although I normally take a first name here, a last name there so I\u2019m not stepping on any toes by writing about an actual historical figure \u2013 except for some of the main figures in New York society back then, such as Mr. Ward McAllister \u2013 who was the social arbiter of the day, or Mrs. William Astor, who was the queen of that society. What I don\u2019t do is simply make up names, no matter how outrageous they may appear. And, no matter how I may love a certain name, if the character decides it doesn\u2019t suit them, that\u2019s it, it\u2019s out and I\u2019m back to the drawing board. <\/em><\/p>\n

How do you picture your character? Do you use Pinterest, magazines, movies?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Odd as this may seem, I don\u2019t use pictures for my characters. They start off in my mind as a blurry figure, and then, they develop from there \u2013 I like to keep my descriptions of them somewhat vague on the pages so that the reader can imagine them exactly the way they\u2019d like them to be.<\/em><\/p>\n

What are some of your favorite resources for historical research?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been building up a research library over the past few years and now have over 200 books dedicated to the Gilded Age. My favorites are \u2013 \u201cA Season of Splendor\u201d by Greg King, \u201cSociety as I Have Found It\u201d by Ward McAllister, \u201cThe Gilded Age in New York \u2013 1870-1910\u201d by Esther Crain, and \u201c \u2018King Lehr\u2019 and the Gilded Age\u201d by Elizabeth Drexel Lehr.<\/em><\/p>\n

The setting for \u201cFlights of Fancy\u201d is a bit of a departure for you since it\u2019s set in and outside of Pittsburgh. Any reason for that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My mom was born in Pittsburgh, and unfortunately, her father, a prominent attorney back in the day, died when she was only four. I thought it would be cool to set a story in Pittsburgh, which would then allow me to really dive into some research. And get this \u2013 while I was doing that research, I found this obscure journal called \u201cMemoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. In that journal was a bit about my great-grandfather, Fred, his wife, Susie, my grandfather, and his brother and sister, but I\u2019d never heard about this brother, who apparently died quite young. One of the most fabulous research tidbits I\u2019ve uncovered to date.<\/em><\/p>\n

What are you working on now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve just recently turned in the content edits for the second book in this series, \u201cDiamond in the Rough,\u201d and I\u2019ve also turned in a novella about the Harvey Girls that will be coming out in a novella collection in Fall, 2019. With those out of the way, I\u2019m now starting the third and final book in the American Heiress series, Miss Beatrix Waterbury\u2019s story, but I\u2019m having a bit of a struggle with the hero at the moment \u2013 he was supposed to be Edward, but he doesn\u2019t want to be an Edward \u2013 I think he wants to be Norman \u2013 but, time will tell on that one \u2013 don\u2019t hold me to the name \u2013 it\u2019ll depend on if he changes his mind or not \u2013 pesky characters.<\/em><\/p>\n

You seem to enjoy adding animals in many of your stories. Will we find any animals in \u201cFlights of Fancy?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since Miss Isadora Delafield ends up on a farm, I do believe you will find a few animals, such as an adorable cow by the name of Buttercup, a few goats that seem to have a great liking for laundry, and\u2026there might be some chickens. <\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks for stopping by today, everyone! Always enjoy visiting with all of you \u2013 in fact, that\u2019s the best part of my job!<\/em><\/p>\n

All the best,<\/em><\/p>\n

~ Jen ~<\/em><\/p>\n

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Godly Book Reviews<\/span><\/a>, January 12<\/p>\n

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Rachel\u2019s Back Talk<\/span><\/a>, January 21<\/p>\n

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Raining Butterfly Kisses<\/span><\/a>, January 23<\/p>\n

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GIVEAWAY:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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To celebrate her tour, Jen is giving away a grand prize of a trunk filled with all of Jen\u2019s full-length novels released to date!!<\/p>\n

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/promosimple.com\/ps\/d8d1\/flights-of-fancy-celebration-tour-giveaway<\/a><\/p>\n

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