My Dearest Miss Fairfax by Jeanette Watts on March 14th, 2022 Pages: 278 Format: ARC Source: Reedsy Discovery Buy on Amazon Goodreads While Miss Emma Woodhouse is occupied with matchmaking among the residents of Highbury, Miss Jane Fairfax has much more serious problems. A secret engagement is one of the most unforgivable of sins in Surry, England in 1814. But Jane couldn’t resist Frank Churchill’s charms, and agreed to wait for him while he persuaded the rich aunt who controls his life to allow their marriage. Days stretched into weeks, weeks into months. The lovers are able to visit through the coincidence of Jane’s grandmother living in the same town as Frank’s father. But the necessary permission proves to be elusive. Meanwhile, their secret becomes harder and harder to conceal. Can their love survive the social pressures that threaten to tear them apart? Dearest Reader, Oh how I wish I had the skill of penmanship and the cunningness of Mrs. Whisteldown. Of course you know exactly who I am talking about. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall, or a kitten on the couch, to hear in what splendor she would have revealed the events happening […]