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Girls Before Earls
Girls Before Earls | Anna Bennett
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Girls Before Earls is the delightful first novel in a brand-new series from Anna Bennett. WHAT A GIRL WANTS To survive her difficult childhood, Miss Hazel Lively relied on two things: a tough outer shell and a love of books. Now, at the age of twenty-eight, shes finally realized her life-long dream of opening a school for girls. Shes hoping that the wealthy families who flock to the shore for the summer will entrust their daughters to Bellehaven Academyand help pay the way for less fortunate students. All Hazel must do is maintain a flawless reputation and raise a good deal of money. Its a foolproof plan...till a sinfully handsome earl strides into her office. WHAT AN EARL NEEDS Gabriel Beckett, Earl of Bladenton, has had a monstrous headache since the day his teenaged niece became his ward. Shes been expelled from two London boarding schools and is doing her damnedest to scare off his potential fiance. But Blade has a plan of his ownenroll his niece at Bellehaven Academy, where shell be out of town and out of his hair. He just needs to convince the buttoned-up headmistress with the soulful brown eyes to take on his niece. LEAD TO AN IRRESISTIBLE DEAL When Blade makes a generous offer to the school, its impossible for Hazel to refuse. But she has one non-negotiable condition: the earl must visit his niece every other week. Soon, Blade discovers theres much more to Hazel than meticulous lesson plans. In moonlit seaside coves and candlelit ballrooms, their sparring leads to flirtation...and something altogether deeper. But the passion that flares between them poses a threat to Hazels school and Blades battered heart. They say a good thing cant last forever, but true love? Well, it just might...
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MeganAnn
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Finished Girls before Earls today! Hazel is a delightful, bookish heroine trying to build a successful school for girls. Blade enrolls his niece, Kitty, who has lost her parents & is sent to live with her uncle. Hazel agrees to take Kitty in if Blade comes to visit here every fortnight. I loved how she has the girls best interests at heart. This is very steamy while also being a heartwarming book about love, support and finding family. 💖💖💖💖💖

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robinb
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This title though. 😂😂❤️
Hazel, the headmistress of her own academy for girls, grew up as an orphan in another academy. She has had to develop a tough shell to protect herself from any future heartbreak. The Earl of Bladenton is also protecting himself from serious relationships due to a past betrayal. He meets Hazel when he enrolls his niece at her academy. They are drawn to each other and slowly begin to break down emotional barriers. 🔻

robinb This book‘s plot had a lot of eerily similarities to Jane Austen‘s Sanditon (or at least the miniseries I‘ve seen of the book)…seaside resort, a bit of a social class disparity between the leads, even a cricket match on the beach. There was also a reminder of Cinderella‘s fairy godmother and her transformation. 🔻 3y
robinb While the book was fine, I didn‘t get all of the feels that I normally get, and I think it was because I didn‘t connect as well with the characters…I felt they needed a little more depth. I really would rank it between a pick and a so-so. 3.5/5⭐️ 3y
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