Lady in Waiting: Developing Your Love Relationships

Lady in Waiting: Developing Your Love Relationships
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this book changed my life

Wow!

Truth cuts like a knife

Amazing book!

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Lady in Waiting: Developing Your Love Relationships
Jackie Kendall , and Debby Jones
Manufacturer: Destiny Image Publishers
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ASIN: 0768423104

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This is not just another book for singles! With humor, honesty, and biblical truths, the authors help point women to being the right woman and not just finding the right man. By studying the biblical character Ruth, women learn the characteristics that every woman of God should develop. Learn how to become a lady of purity, faith, contentment, patience, and more as you pursue a personal and intimate relationship with Jesus. You'll discover that only a relationship with your Heavenly Bridgegroom will satisfy!

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this book changed my life.......2007-10-05

I first read this book almost ten years ago and I can honestly say that it is one of maybe two books that have literally changed my life. Before reading it I was miserable because I was alone. Reading it I learned how being single (but not alone) is preparing me for my husband and him for me and how being single is a gift... rather than the curse I thought it was. Now as I approach 30 and still have no prospective husband, I not only understand why, but embrace the fact that God still has big plans for me.

This book made me realize that I already had my great romance and He was waiting for me to come to Him. I realized that my fulfillment couldn't be from an imperfect man but from God alone. There is so much that I could do as a single person I could never do if I were married, and God was waiting to shower me with these amazing blessings (which he has!!) that I could never have dreamed of while I was pining away for my imagined future husband.

I recommend this book to any woman (or man!) who yearns for something more in life and in their relationships or who feels alone. It answered so many "whys" in my life. It isn't a how-to book or a instruction manual of "if you do this and that right, you'll get your man". It *does* demonstrate how God is subtly working in our lives to prepare us for something we cannot hope to imagine. It lets us know that even if we know that we are ready for a husband it might just be that God's still preparing him for us. It shows that God has reasons for our singleness, even if we can't see them yet. It helps us see that God works in ways we cannot fathom; he only wants the very best for us because HE is our true romance and as our true bridegroom, he alone can give us the very best. It doesn't take away our desires, but in my case, it redirected my desires and taught me the value and gift of patience, and I have learned to see that God truly is blessing and preparing me for what's to come.

Wow!.......2007-07-24

This book has got to be one of the best books I've ever read. It is definitely second in line after the Bible, of course. But this book does incorporate the truths of God's Holy Word. It explains how we must FIRST develop a STRONG relationship with the LORD before we EVER will develop a strong relationship with any one else.
Lady in Waiting proves to continue to be helpful to me as well. I read the book over a year ago and continue to turn back to it for insightful words and references.
If you or someone you know has ever struggled with any relationship, whether it is a family relationship, a friend relationship, a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship, or a marriage relationship, the book will apply to your life; although I believe the authors meant to gear it just to a male/female relationship, it can apply to any relationship in your life.

IT IS A MUST READ!

Truth cuts like a knife.......2007-07-06

I loved this book and the study and meditation guides in the back of the book. The writers speak harshly at times, but truthfully. They are straight forward about what we do as single women. This will cause you to stop and check yourself. It will also force you to be honest with yourself regarding your motives. If you are truly committed to living a Christian life as a single woman, this is definitely a book to purchase.

Amazing book!.......2007-06-04

I first was introduced to this book at the age of 21, and I think it is a fanatastic book. The Lord used it to radically change my perspective of my relationship with Him and of future relationships.

Jones and Kendall walk you through 10 godly characteristics that are displayed in the life of Ruth (from the Bible). Step by step, they show you how you can have a personal, intimate, love relationship with Jesus Christ, who is the Only One who can ever make us complete, satisfied, and content.

Though it is made clear that marriage is not a guarentee for some, we are shown that God promises to bless us if we seek Him first, and allow Him to fulfill us and be our Heavenly Bridegroom.

I would highly recommend this book to any single ladies group of any age.

Also, if you enjoyed Lady In Waiting, you may also like Passion and Purity,: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christs Control by Elizabeth Elliot.

very helpful.......2007-05-17

Our ladies group used this book for book study. we found it to be very biblical and easy to understand. It is espeically helpful for younger single ladies. I will highly recommend this book.

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Slight inaccuracies, but on the whole well-researched
A Tudor soap opera
Okay, but....
Worth reading, if only for comparison
Skip this

The Last Boleyn: A Novel
Karen Harper
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ASIN: 0307237907
Release Date: 2006-02-28

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She Survived Her Own Innocence, and the Treachery of Europe’s Royal Courts

Greed, lust for power, sex, lies, secret marriages, religious posturing, adultery, beheadings, international intrigue, jealousy, treachery, love, loyalty, and betrayal. The Last Boleyn tells the story of the rise and fall of the Boleyns, one of England’s most powerful families, through the eyes of the eldest daughter, Mary.

Although her sister, Anne, the queen; her brother, George, executed alongside Anne; and her father, Thomas, are most remembered by history, Mary was the Boleyn who set into motion the chain of events that brought about the family’s meteoric rise to power, as well as the one who managed to escape their equally remarkable fall. Sent away to France at an extraordinarily young age, Mary is quickly plunged into the dangerous world of court politics, where everything is beautiful but deceptive, and everyone she meets is watching and quietly manipulating the events and people around them. As she grows into a woman, Mary must navigate both the dangerous waters ruled by two kings and the powerful will of her own family in order to find a place for herself and the love she so deeply desires.

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Karen Harper is the author of a bestselling series of Elizabeth I mysteries, which includes The Poyson Garden, The Tidal Poole, The Thorne Maze, and The Queene’s Christmas. She lives in Columbus, Ohio, and Naples, Florida.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Slight inaccuracies, but on the whole well-researched.......2007-02-07

Having read both this and The Other Boleyn Girl, I find this to be the more accurate of the two. Mary Boleyn was the eldest of all three Boleyn siblings, born somewhere around 1499, Anne 1501, and George 1503. Anne was the sibling sent to study in the Netherlands, but this was not known until recently. Mary was actually sent home at the age of 20 in disgrace after sleeping around Francois's court in France (where she was his mistress), became Henry's mistress, and married Will Carey when she was about 21. The affair with Henry (which wass initiated after she married Will Carey) lasted two years at the most. Her eldest child was the son named Henry, not Catherine as in The Other Boleyn Girl. His paternity is questioned, but he is generally accepted to be Will Carey's son, and was born about two years after Mary and Henry parted ways. Mary's daughter, Catherine, is indisputably Carey's child, born five years after their affair ended. Some dates are slightly inaccurate, as Mary was pregnant with Catherine when Will died of the sweat. There is no evidence Mary had an affair with William Stafford while she was still married to Will Carey, and there is no record of Andrew, only a son who died at the age of ten. Philippa Gregory's version of their child, Anne, is rumored to have been real, but there is no real evidence of her existence. Other slight inaccuracies include the color of Mary Tudor's hair, Catherine of Aragon's title after the separation, the length Mary was Henry's mistress, etc. Also, Mary was older than William Stafford, by somewhere around 14 years. On the whole, however, Harper's facts are more accurate, which makes the book more enjoyable than Gregory's.

A Tudor soap opera.......2007-01-11

Always love anything portraying the soap opera that was the Tudor dynasty. A little bit of a slow start, but picks up nicely and then I had trouble putting it down. Was confused at first at the spelling of Boleyn as Bullen throughout the vast majority of the novel and knew there had to be an explanation, but it didn't come until very close to the end; would have been nice to see a reference to it sooner. I have already read THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL by Philippa Gregory (one of my favorite books ever and also about Mary Boleyn), but enjoyed this version as well. If memory serves me; however, I believe that the Gregory version portrayed a different outcome in Mary Boleyn's life after being cast aside by King Henry-which is right? This version got a little too romantic for me at times, but nonetheless, enjoyable. I do recommend reading this.

Okay, but...........2006-12-25

The writing itself is done well, but there are too many factual errors that kept annoying me throughout the novel. As mentioned earlier, Mary Tudor is described as having "raven" hair, Katharine of Aragon is called the "Duchess", not "Dowager Princess" of Wales, and Jane Parker is known as Jane Rochford in her maidenhood, when she did not acquire that title until much later and then only through her husband. I also thought having Mary become Francois's mistress before she married and became Henry's was a bit too much. Mary is not as likable as in "The Other Boleyn Girl". On the whole, I would recommend this book to readers who have already read that title and would like to compare the two.

Worth reading, if only for comparison.......2006-05-12

(both with other books about the era and with Karen Harper's later work)

Anyone who needs a dose of humility regarding just how little we know about history should read this book (originally published in 1983 as _Passion's Reign_) in conjunction with Philippa Gregory's _The Other Boleyn Girl_. Although the portrayal of Anne Boleyn's sister Mary as well as the basic plot outline, following history, is similar in the two books, the details, interpretations of relationships and behavior, and many other things are completely different. Some of this is due to advances in historical research. For example, it was originally accepted that Mary was the elder sister; now Anne is generally believed to be, but the fact is that as members of the relatively minor gentry the years of their births were considered to be to unimportant to be recorded at the time. Much of the difference, however, is just due to different emphases and the interpretations of the individual authors. What was Mary's relationship with William Carey (her first husband) like? Did she marry him when barely into her teens or after she already had caught King Henry VIII's eye? Was he or the king the father of her children? When did she meet her second husband? The records are not always clear, and this leaves a lot of room for authorial creativity.

In the highly-regarded Elizabeth I mysteries, I have generally found Harper's historical research to be impeccable, but it is quite a bit more shaky here. For example, numerous references are made to the Duchess of Suffolk's daughter "Margaret," when a glance at any basic genealogy would have shown that there was no such person. Either Harper is referring to the daughter and namesake of Henry's other sister or to one of the Duchess' daughters, whose names were Frances and Eleanor. Things such as this may be minor, but they can be annoying, especially when repeated several times. The Duchess of Suffolk, the famous "Tudor Rose" who is well known to have shared Henry's coloring, is also referred to as having "raven" hair.

On the whole, however, I found this novel to be fairly well-written, and it kept me reading, even though I knew the basic storyline. The historical Mary Boleyn is an incredibly sympathetic character, and as a pawn of her father and husband in their paths to the king's favor, it is easy to feel sorry for her, but as she seems to have done in real life, she eventually finds the courage to stand up for herself and her right to happiness. Harper's portrayal of Anne is much more sympathetic than Gregory's, although I still don't get enough of a sense of her first "great love," the thwarting of which is supposed to drive much of her later career. (I also have to say that I cannot imagine Anne Boleyn giggling, as she does at least twice in this book!) Mary's parents and her second husband William Stafford are also clearly and convincingly drawn, although "Staff," as he is known throughout, is a bit too much the clich?d "masterful lover" of the romances for my taste. The well-known figures of the era such as Henry himself are not so vividly portrayed, nor are the machinations of court life, although an intriguing and slightly (but not entirely) sinister cameo of his minister Thomas Cromwell is provided. In addition, there are many other masterful touches, even though this must have been one of Harper's earliest novels.

Skip this.......2006-05-11

The Last Boleyn is the story of Mary Boleyn, older sister to Anne Boleyn. At a young age she was sent to the French court, where she quickly attracted the atention of King Francois. Upon her return to England, Mary became the paramour of Henry VIII and the mother of his children. The book follows Mary's relationship with him, as well, as he relationship with her husband William Carey and lover, William Stafford. It ends climactically with Anne Boleyn's execution--though the reader will have already guessed by that point that that's where it would in fact end.

The story of the Boleyn family in its entrely is an interesting on,e and it is easy to see how an author might be inspired to write about it. But The Last Boleyn Girl simply rehashes material and gives us no new insights into the lives or personalities of the persons involved. Mary Boleyn comes across as an extremely unlikeable person, as does her sister Anne and King Henry (though, to give the author credit, historically he wasn't such a nice guy).

This book was not one of the best historical fiction I have ever read. The author becomes too bogged down with historical facts and data that she doesn't focus very well upon the story at hand. I reccommend Philippa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl instead.

Lady in Waiting: Devotional Journal and Study Guide

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Lady in Waiting: Devotional Journal and Study Guide
Debby Jones , and Jackie Kendall
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Lady in Waiting goes beyond pop psychology and clings to the steadfast foundation of God's Word. Creatively integrating biblical truth with an honest evaluation of the struggles facing today's single woman, this book will add value to any woman's library. Lady in Waiting helped me realize that my earthly father, my husband, or anyone else could not provide security - only God can. What a freezing principle - not only for me, but also for my husband! Now my marriage is better than ever because I no longer have unrealistic expectations of him!

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Lady in Waiting: Devotional Journal and Study Guide - Jones, Debby You can keep the principles taught in Lady in Waiting in your heart by learning to apply them with this devotinal journal and study guide. These questions, quotes, thoughts, and teachings will help you to become the woman of God that He designed you to be. You also can record your spiritual growth in a specially designed journal section.

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Lady In Waiting review.......2006-07-13

The book was shipped to me very quickly and is in excellent condition. Thank you for your timely work!

Learn What God Has Planned For You!.......2005-11-12

When my husband of 7 years left my daughter and I, a friend recommended this book. It taught me to look to Jesus, rather than my husband, for contentment and happiness. A year later I reread the book and it helped me focus on what was important in a future mate, and set my standards by what God had planned for me. Now, I'm in a happy relationship that is a blessing from God, and wish I could have found this book earlier in my life, so I wouldn't have "settled".

I've recommended this book to several single ladies between the ages of 16-35, and EACH and EVERY ONE said it was wonderful and eye-opening. A small group of us enjoyed getting together for coffee and discussion of a chapter once a week. This is a ideal book to buy as a gift for a friend, daughter, or granddaughter. I look forward to sharing this book with my daughter when she's older.

Jesus Rocked my World When I read this book.......2005-02-22

I LOVED this book! I do not re-read books too often. However I have read this book repeatedly. It really focuses on principles of becoming a woman who is on fire for God. It also beautifuly points out that singleness is a GIFT from God. It helps you really think about decisions regarding relationships prayerfully.

It helped me make a life changing decision to turn down a marriage proposal and to have my heart set on fire for God which lead me to choose ministry as my profession! The other book that I would highly recommend on this subject would be Boundries in Dating by Cloud and Townsend.

Lady in Waiting Review.......2005-01-06

When I was in 9th grade I participated in the Rites of Passage Cotillion at New Birth Cathedral back in 1997 and this book was used. It gave me many good pointers for my adult life and said some things that I still exercise whenever I make decisions. This book will be a blessing to anyone who reads it.

Break-up book.......2002-12-31

If you're afraid of choosing which boy to date and you'd rather string them along, give this book a try and it'll provide you with the easiest way to blame God on your indecisiveness. Otherwise, be true to yourself and make up your mind.

Well written and thought out, it really gives you an insight on what God is REALLY thinking. So check this book out and learn that it's never your fault, just God's plan. Enjoy!

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Confusing and Disappointing

An ingenious intellectual Puzzle?

A Mr Potato Head Historical Novel

Ex-Ex-Libris - originality and three-dimensional characters must be on holiday

Complicated, but fun

Ex-Libris
Ross King
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A cryptic summons to a remote country house launches Isaac Inchbold, a London bookseller and antiquarian, on an odyssey through seventeenth-century Europe. Charged with the task of restoring a magnificent library destroyed by the war, Inchbold moves between Prague and the Tower Bridge in London, his fortunes-and his life-hanging on his ability to recover a missing manuscript. Yet the lost volume is not what it seems, and his search is part of a treacherous game of underworld spies and smugglers, ciphers, and forgeries. Inchbold's adventure is compelling from beginning to end as Ross King vividly recreates the turmoil of Europe in the seventeenth century-the sacks of great cities; Raleigh's final voyage; the quest for occult knowledge; and a watery escape from three mysterious horsemen.

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Confusing and Disappointing.......2007-07-15

King's narrative was bogged down with unnecessary details, historical conspiracies, name dropping and dead-end plot-lines in which a seventeenth century book-seller is given the task of tracking down a mysterious volume. I was pretty disappointed in the conclusion and the anticlimactic revelation of the purpose of the sought book. I had really been looking forward to reading Ex-Libris and I really wanted to like it (being such a bibliophile and having a soft-spot for books about books) but it was far too scattered and inconsistent.

An ingenious intellectual Puzzle?.......2006-11-11

Newsday calls this book an ingenious intellectual puzzle. Maybe I am not so untellectual as I think.
I did like this book but found it a bit of a chore to read. About halfway through I noticed the quote on the front cover by the "Denver Free Press" that compares it to "The Name of the Rose". the only similarity is that there are books involved and a bit of a puzzle to figure out. Other than that, different century, different location, great characters.
The characters are a bit flat, the main characters, Isaac Inchbold and Emilia could have been given a bit more depth.

All in all, not a bad read but not a page turner either.

A Mr Potato Head Historical Novel.......2006-06-26

Remember that toy, Mr Potato Head? It consisted of various plastic ears, noses, and hats that you could pin onto a potato to turn it into Mr Potato Head. Children loved it, but to adults it was only a potato with plastic trimmings. Just so with Ross King's dreadful Ex Libris. Although it is crammed with recondite allusions to hermetic philosophy, the Thirty Years War, colonial malfeasance, and Restoration-era intrigue, they nothing more than gratuitous add-ons. When you see through the rather heavy-handed "historical" material, what you have here is a total potato: starchy, bland, and shapeless. Ross's work has been compared to that of Ian Pears, Lawrence Norfolk, and Charles Palliser and the comparisons are totally invidious. The above named are terrific authors whose works are immersed in, and engage with, history. Ross's work is less an historical fiction than a wretched pastiche of others' historical fictions. It is woodenly written; the characters are flat; and the pacing is as limp and flaccid as a week old lettuce. It was a struggle to finish. Read Instance of the Fingerpost instead . . .

Ex-Ex-Libris - originality and three-dimensional characters must be on holiday.......2006-05-21

Ross King is clearly not an unintelligent man. I had mentally "bookmarked" his non-fiction, as it looked fascinating, and clearly he's done an enormous amount of research into some of the things that fascinate me.

But... research is not enough to make a good writer.

To write fiction, one must be able to create characters that are three-dimensional. These characters should breathe and speak as though real, no matter in what setting one places them. To create a coachman who is mysterious, cloaked, speaks in a hoarse voice, is scarred, etc., etc., creates nothing unique at all. To create a hero who has a club-foot and is endlessly self-conscious about it could have worked nicely - but no. In the hands of Mr King, Ichibold does not come to life. He remains an affectation on the page, as do all the other characters.

The sinister coachman - just one of a set of stock characters employed by the author - need not have failed so utterly to work. Had he been created tongue-in-cheek, or had he been given ANYTHING to make him unique and real, the readers might have been convinced by him. But no. This does not happen.

Even the secondary plot set in the past in Bavaria, although it's better than the more "modern" plot, reveals the same lacks; that is, poor characterisation, ridiculous and melodramatic plots, a lack of narrative flow, a lack of convincing resolution.

Judging by this book, Ross King is simply unable to write good fiction. I could have wept upon getting a few pages into this book, because it SOUNDED as though it would be a wonderful novel. But the standard of writing was poor. I note with astonishment that some reviewers mention having to get a dictionary to check the words - but I can assure potential purchasers that any reasonably well-read reader will not find any extraordinary vocabulary here.

Even the subject matter does not save this badly written novel. I was too exasperated by the poor writing to ever feel myself in sympathy with any character, for none of the characters assumed a corporeality for me that attained any level of realism.

If you are truly expecting a novel in the vein of Perez-Reverte's "El Club Dumas" or Umberto Eco's fabulous "Name of the Rose", I am terribly sorry... but you will not find it in this book.

Complicated, but fun.......2005-10-06

Ross King's most famous book so far is not original in style or plot. Perez-Reverte's "The Club Dumas" and Charles Palliser's "The quincunx" are two similar (and better) books that come instantly to mind. "Ex-libris" is complicated, full of coming-and-going characters, and its plot is difficult to follow. Yet, it's a good and interesting book.

Set in the post-Cromwell restored England (mostly London), we follow the middle-aged Isaac Inchbold, a bookseller hired by a mysterious old-nobility lady to pursue a missing book from her father's library. Inchbold tells his narrative in first person, wandering through the british landscape, following strange lead after strange lead, meeting unlucky events and harmful people. Parallell to Inchbold's narrative, King delivers another sub-plot, of three people trying to escape recently invaded Prague with a treasure in tow.

I didn't like the two narratives going side by side; the reader must pay full attention to the story, otherwise the reading gets very confusing. The "escape from Prague" subplot is much slower than Inchbold's. Yet, "Ex-libris" is an interesting book, very well researched and written by Ross King, full of Londonian atmosphere. It's not a light reading, though - not a book to be read while on vacation on a beach, for example.

Grade 7.8/10

Ladies in Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day

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I wish she had gone further
Wonderful back-story to British royal history
Very good treatment of a relatively obscure "royal" topic

Ladies in Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day
Anne Somerset
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Far from being servants or decorative accessories in court, ladies-in-waiting competed for real positions of power--and many succeeded in their goals, sometimes betraying their queens in the process. A few even became royal mistresses, such as the rapacious Lady Castlemaine who amassed a fortune and flaunted her hold over King Charles I. Drawing on a wide variety of primary sources, including the diaries of such shrewd onlookers as Lady Cowper and Fanny Burney, bestselling author Anne Somerset provides a guide to the character, profligate or pious, of each court. This lively combination of entertaining anecdote and searching analysis is social history at its most colorful.

"...provides a wealth of juicy anecdotal material..."--The New York Times

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I wish she had gone further.......2007-06-02

I was disappointed. She concentrated strongly on a few already well known ladies in waiting up to Queen Anne, then the whole book just trailed off with much less attention given to each succeeding Queen's ladies. It was very clear where her real expertise is.

Wonderful back-story to British royal history.......2006-04-21

Anne Somerset does a fantastic job writing a back story to British royal history through the stories of ladies-in-waiting. It's easier to get through this book if you already have a background in British royal history, are familiar with the ups and downs, because Somerset doesn't always elaborate -- she's more interested in telling the story from the ladies-in-waiting point of view. And what a rich, gossipy, fascinating point of view it is. Behavior of royals is seen in a different light than in history books, or historical biographies. I feel like I've been viewing a portrait of British royals, and now Somerset has added some discrete shading to the picture to further illuminate. Wonderful book, couldn't put it down.

Very good treatment of a relatively obscure "royal" topic.......2005-07-08

The position of Lady of the Privy Chamber or Maid of Honour has for centuries been eagerly sought by social climbers at court, while certain high-born ladies took the title as their due, but the names of very few have been remembered -- with a few exceptions like Anne Boleyn. What influence might these intimates of a reigning queen or of the monarch's spouse have had, however peripheral, on the making of policy? Somerset (who doesn't say whether she's connected in any way to the ducal house) is an "amateur historian," but a good one. She concentrates on court politics beginning with Henry VIII, partly because detailed records are too sparse in this regard prior to Bosworth, and partly because Henry VII only kept great state because it was expected of a king, but his son enjoyed it immensely and greatly expanded the number of offices at court. Because it can be difficult to find narrative histories of many of the families discussed here, like the Pomfrets, the Sundons, and the Cowpers, the genealogies woven into the footnoted text are especially welcome.

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Focus on being a woman of God

Lady in Waiting Meditation
Debby Jones
Manufacturer: Destiny Image Publishers
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Millions have already benefited from the compelling truths learned in Lady in Waiting and have personally applied many of the truths to their own life. Now with the help of this meditative journal you will have the opportunity to take that learning into a new depth of personal experience. Reading and reflecting deeply on the selected quotes from the book will enable you to enter into new realms of understanding and application as you pen your own thoughts and conclusions.

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Focus on being a woman of God.......2004-06-03

The focus of the book is preparing ourselves, heart, mind and soul. Learn to be content with where God has you, and build upon what he has set before you in the single season of your life. I was initially hesitant to accept some of the ideas but they are life changing. And well worth the time of puttting into practice. GREAT BOOK.

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Was an ok read, nothing to rush out for though.
Waiting for what?
Delightful!
Disappointing!!!
Not again!

Lady in Waiting (Warner Forever)
Kathryn Caskie
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ASIN: 0446614246

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She is Lady Genevieve by day. And Lady Eros by night.What will happen when he discovers...she is neither?Meet the matchmaking Feathertons' maid, Jenny Penny, who agrees to pose as highborn lady to snare the affections of a wickedly handsome Scottish viscount.But Jenny is hiding an even bigger secret. She is also the notorious creator of an aphrodisiac cream that suddenly has all of Society abuzz...and tingling. Soon her double life is threatened and Jenny cannot help but wonder if the viscount will still love her when he discovers she is not the true lady she pretends...but rather a lady's maid.

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Was an ok read, nothing to rush out for though........2006-09-20

I would give it 3 and a half stars..Again I hate we don't have half stars. It was a different story line, and different I do like.. I loved the Featherton sisters. They made the whole book worth reading. They were so funny. The book had plenty of humor, but its not a keeper, but one that will keep you busy reading in a boring doctors office. Try to borrow this one or buy used if you can. Library would be good too. It is worth reading, I will be on the look out for more from this author.

Waiting for what?.......2006-04-26

I am very tired of the typical Regency herione whose "woe is me" act grows thin and old. I am happy to report that Jenny is not that heroine, but fiesty instead. Too fiesty. Too brash. Too unbelieveable.

I found Jenny refreshing at first, then I found myself rolling my eyes and slamming the book shut. She was too modern. The book could have been set in 2000 New York without changing any dialogue.

Jenny's shopping madness was ridiculous at best. What shop owner would grant credit to a maid of an amount more than she earned in a year? The cost of dresses would take 100 years of her earnings to pay for. I was asked to suspend belief too many times for this to work for me.

While I can live with a book just in the heroine's POV, it got very tiring. I felt no connection to the hero, the aunts came off as flightly, the other characters as flat. And the use of coincidence was too much in this book. Jenny just "happened" to be the daughter of a noble. Can you see my eyes rolling again?

The aunt's pushing Jenny to act as a lady to "snare" the hero was way over the top. I am supposed to think that the aunts were playing some kind of game for fun. I can't believe they would risk scandal of their granddaughter by passing the maid off as a lady. And the granddaughter would go along with it. Sorry, I don't believe it.

In the Upper Assembly Room dance scene, Jenny promises to "behave" and act with "decorum". Five minutes later she's "enthusiastically" dancing and calling attention to herself. (more eye rolling)

To top it off, the book is not funny. Any "funny" scenes come off as flat and staged. It took me a week to plough through this book, so often did I slam it shut in frustration.

My advice is to read it before buying it.

Delightful!.......2006-03-09

What a delightful book. Honestly, I would have never chosen it based on the cover, but I was a judge in contest and it showed up in my allotment. I loved it! Jenny Penny is the most refreshing heroine I have read all year. There is nothing usual about her, or this story at all. The hero, Callum, showed up in my dreams (need I say more?) I put Lady in Waiting on my keeper shelf and just ordered the author's other books. I have high standards, but if the others are even half as good as this book, I will be very pleased. Highly Recommended.

Disappointing!!!.......2005-05-26

I did not like this book at all. It took a lot from me to even finish it. It was all from the point of view of the heroine. You don't get one thought from the hero; except that he loves the heroine. It was nothing like Rules of Engagement. The next book looks better.

Not again!.......2005-03-25

Kathryn Caskie won't get me again. I slogged through her first novel and really didn't like it, but, shame on me, I gave in and bought her second. To my horror, I thought it was even worse than her first. This heroine, Jenny Penny (lovely name), had no redeeming qualities. She reminded me of someone and, halfway through the book, I realized who it was. Elizabeth Bennett's harebrained, selfish sister, Lydia, in Pride and Prejudice. Like Lydia, Jenny thought of no one but herself. I have to say her shopping antics wore real thin, real fast. She could be in the midst of a crisis, but see some pretty in a shop and she had to have it. That is not an endearing trait in a heroine. I have to doubt her intelligence because she certainly seemed like she wasn't too blessed in the brains department. I also don't think she was very honest, witness her deception with Callum (and he's another story). She never really owned up to who she really was until she was forced to. I really, really didn't like this character. The dotty aunts were not as annoying as the last time around, but they were still too eager to go along with the deception. As for Callum, I question why he was there. We never really got to know him. I love to hear what's going on in the hero's head as he is falling in love with the heroine. I felt that Callum was trotted out when Caskie needed a stud and then trotted back to his stable, wherever that was. How he could put up with Jenny Penny, I'll never know. Probably because we were never given the opportunity to get his POV. If I sound upset, I am. I agree with the other reviewer who thought Caskie was writing down to romance readers. I get the feeling that she is. If she wants to write some other genre, then go do that. You are doing readers a disservice by publishing books of this ilk. Let the historical romance category to the pros like Lisa Kleypas, Karen Marie Moning, Sabrina Jeffries, and Pamela Britton. Caskie won't get me again!!

Eggbert's Diary for a " Lady -In- Waiting "

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Eggbert's Diary for a " Lady -In- Waiting "

Manufacturer: Essandess Special Editions
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000B34C1O

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Eggbert,that exaordinary embryo, is back again-this time to help the prospective mother keep a mirthful record of those nine months.

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Ladies-In-Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day
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Binding: Hardcover

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Far from being servants or decorative accessories in court, ladies-in-waiting competed for real positions of power--and many succeeded in their goals, sometimes betraying their queens in the process. A few even became royal mistresses. Drawing on a wide variety of primary sources, this lively, full-scale study by a bestselling author combines anecdote with searching analysis to create social history at its most colorful and entertaining.

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Circe and David Story
The good, the bad, and the boring
Sweet Yet With a Mystery
Circe's Story
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Lady in Waiting (Sinclair Family Saga)
Nicole Byrd
Manufacturer: Jove
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0515132926
Release Date: 2002-04-30

Book Description

A talented artist, Circe Hill has no interest in the affairs of the ton-until the man she secretly loves pretends to court her to silence his matchmaking mother.

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Circe and David Story.......2007-01-01

Lady in Waiting by Nicole Byrd is the story of Circe and David. Circe met David in the earlier book Dear Imposter [2001] and announce she would marry him some day. Circe is a fun artist who knows more than the standard women of the times. This book has a great romance, mystery and great secondard story lines.

The good, the bad, and the boring.......2004-05-16

This book is so difficult for me to review. I liked some things very much while others left me cold. Circe is definitely an unusual heroine; her outspokenness and greater-than-her-age wisdom are refreshing. David is sometimes annoying as a man is doesn't know who he wants to be, though he has certainly gorwn up since his brief appearance in Dear Imposter. His mother is an awful woman. It's wonderful to see Psyche and Gabriel again (from Dear Imposter); they play significant roles. And that novel's secondary character Sally makes her presence here as a secondary heroine, her romance almost as important as Circe's. Her beau is delightful, and their romance sweet. The epilogue is perfection.

Unfortunately, the action/mystery lacks conviction and often detracts from the rest of the book. As a result, the book is uneven and does not hold the reader's attention as well as its predecessor.

Sweet Yet With a Mystery.......2003-04-09

Circe Hill had fallen in love with David, earl of Westbury when she was 12 and prayed he would wait just six more years for her to grow up. The very talented girl did grow up and as a very accomplished artist even if the Royal Academy did not recognize women in their society - her passion would become her art. Not willing to conform, she would let her art substitute for her the confines of being a dutiful wife. Having spent two years studying on the continent she would try to make her sister happy by agreeing to have `a come out season'.

David had not married, in his conscious mind, he would never have the type of marriage he had seen throughout his childhood where harsh words were the norm. He would find for himself a quiet, proper and biddable young woman to marry and have his children - never to repeat the domestic wars he had grown up with. At least, that was until Circe re-entered his life and the brotherly affections he once held no longer applied. As Circe did her best to honor her sisters dreams of a wonderful season for her debut and after she had been accosted several times, David who was trying to remain impartial to her charms, began to realize that he just might lose the most important person in his life.

This sequel to `Dear Imposter' had a very nice little plot as the central characters advanced from family friends to a more passionate level. Loved the scene in the attic where Circe examined David in order to paint him nude. Very nice - not overly sensual but a nice little mystery.

Circe's Story.......2003-04-08

action packed Regency romance.......2002-05-06

By 1822, Circe Hill feels her unrequited love for David Lydford will remain one sided though she has wished seemingly forever otherwise. However, David needs to court someone as a disguise to hide a dangerous diplomatic mission he performs so he rationalizes that Circe because of her perfect lineage and unquestionable respectability is the one. However, he really selects Circe because to him she will always be the kid sister of the wife of his best friend and so passion and love will never enter the equation.

However six years have passed since David last seen Circe who has just returned from studying art with the continent's masters. The Circe of his memory is not the beautiful woman enticing his heart and soul. This makes his mission even more dangerous as he struggles to concentrate on anything but the woman he now loves.

Readers who desire an action packed Regency romance starring two delightful protagonists need not wait any longer as Nicole Byrd delivers the goods with her latest tale, LADY IN WAITING. The story line would be typical of the sub-genre except for the strong cast that includes the return of the stars of the delightful DEAR IMPOSTOR and intriguing refreshing subplots that cleverly tie back to the prime courting theme. The lead couple charms the audience as Circe tries to seduce her initially unwilling but soon convert David into a lifetime together, which leaves the audience psyched for Ms. Byrd's next triumph.

Harriet Klausner

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