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Every love story begins with once upon a time .

London, 1832 : Isabelle Lira may be in distress, but she's no damsel. Since her father’s death, his former partners have sought to oust her from their joint equity business. Her only choice is to marry—and fast —to a powerful ally outside the respected Berab family’s sphere of influence. Only finding the right spouse will require casting a wide net. So she’ll host a series of festivals, to which every eligible Jewish man is invited.

Once, Aaron Ellenberg longed to have a family of his own. But as the synagogue custodian, he is too poor for wishes and not foolish enough for dreams. Until the bold, beautiful Isabelle Lira presents him with an irresistible offer . . . if he ensures her favored suitors have no hidden loyalties to the Berabs, she will provide him with money for a new life.

Yet the transaction provides surprising temptation, as Aaron and Isabelle find caring and passion in the last person they each expected. Only a future for them is impossible—for heiresses don’t marry orphans, and love only conquers in children’s tales. But if Isabelle can find the courage to trust her heart, she'll discover anything is possible, if only she says yes.

Starting this tomorrow

Chapters 1-8 (view spoiler)[Not sure if it’s this book specifically or I’m not feeling historical romances right now. I can’t seem to get into this one, but hopefully it picks up. (hide spoiler)]

Chapters 9-16 (view spoiler)[Yeah right he isn’t the hero in her story… anyways this is kind of getting slightly more interesting. But still not really pulled into the story. (hide spoiler)]

Chapters 17-24 (view spoiler)[This is starting to get spicy now! I like both Isabella and Aaron's characters, I'm just not so sure I am loving the plot. Hopefully this ending picks up a ton. (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[Well, I'm actually really glad that he pushed her away and told her the truth about her pretty much using people as pawns. I'm also glad that the one guy is going to become an employee now. (hide spoiler)]

Will continue soon

Continuing soon

Will finish sometime

Starting soon

My hold at the library for the first book is finally ready for pickup so I should be able to get to this one next week.

Continuing soon

Hopefully getting to this one this month

I need to start this soon as my library book is due back in a couple weeks.

Updating this now since I’ll be on vacation the next few weeks.

Reading soon

I will read this sometime this week before my library copy is due back.

Planning to pick this up soon.

Finishing soon

Will read soon

I’ll get back to this soon

I’ll read this soon

I’ll read this in December

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RESTARTING DECEMBER 13TH, 2024

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Planning to pick up book 1 soon.

Just got my library copy so I'll read this in the next couple weeks.

I’ll get to this soon

Still planning to read this soon.

Chapters 1-8 (view spoiler)[ This is interesting so far. Hannah is definitely a unique character, especially having to go through everything she did and then wanting a better life for her sister. I don’t really like Sol’s brother yet. Especially since he is asking for him to pretend to be sick for so long. (hide spoiler)]

Chapters 9-16 (view spoiler)[Well I wasn’t expecting so much action from this book. I kind of thought it would be more of a lighter HR book. Either way, I hope he is okay from that fall and she finds out soon. I also like the struggle Hannah is going through with not being good enough for him and wanting to make sure he knows that he shouldn’t be around her really. (hide spoiler)]

Chapters 17-24 (view spoiler)[I still think it’s the brother that wants him dead. He seems pretty good at trying to convince people it was all Sol’s fault for getting into trouble. I’m still liking Hannah and Sol together, but not loving them. I just wish the plot would somehow develop further than what it has. (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[ Sad how he had to find out about his brother because he tried to feed him something he was allergic to. Allergies are a very serious thing and I felt like the author handled that well. Glad that the FMC finally decided to try and be the person worthy of Sol. (hide spoiler)]