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More Than a Stranger: A Sealed With a Kiss Novel Kindle Edition

by Erin Knightley (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 3: Sealed with a Kiss

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When his family abandoned him at Eton, Benedict Hastings found an unexpected ally in his best friend’s sister. Her letters kept him going—until the day he had to leave everything behind. Years later, Benedict has seen his share of betrayal, but when treachery hits close to home, he turns to his old friend for safe haven….

After five torturous years on the marriage circuit, Lady Evelyn Moore is finally free to live her life as she wishes. So when her brother shows up with a dashing stranger, she finds herself torn between her dreams...and newfound desires. Despite his determination to keep Evie at a distance, Benedict cannot deny the attraction that began with a secret correspondence. Yet as they begin to discover one another, the dangers of Benedict’s world find them, threatening their lives, their love, and everything they thought they could never have…

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"This sweet treat of a romance will entrance you with its delicious humor, dollop of suspense, and delectable characters. It'll make your mouth water!" — New York Times Bestselling Author Sabrina Jeffries

"More Than a Stranger is more than a romance – it’s a witty and engaging love story that had me turning pages well into the night, just so I could find out what would happen next. It’s a truly captivating tale of two headstrong friends who become much more to each other than they could have imagined." — Lydia Dare

About the Author

Erin Knightley is the author of the Prelude to a Kiss series and the Sealed with a Kiss series. Despite being an avid reader and closet writer her whole life, Ms. Knightleydecided to pursue a sensible career in science. It was only after earning her BS and working in the field for years that she realized doing the sensible thing wasn’t any fun at all. Following her dreams, Erin left her practical side behind and now spends her days writing. Together with her tall, dark, and handsome husband and their three spoiled mutts, she is living her own Happily Ever After in North Carolina.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0073XV358
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (June 5, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 5, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 703 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 337 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0451237714

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- #14,427 in Clean & Wholesome Romance (Kindle Store)
- #17,479 in Clean & Wholesome Romance (Books)
- #20,120 in Regency Historical Romance

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Despite being an avid reader and closet writer her whole life, Erin decided to pursue a sensible career in science. It was only after earning her B.S. and working in the field for years that she realized doing the sensible thing wasn't any fun at all. Following her dreams, Erin left her practical side behind and now spends her days writing, her mind happily in the Regency period as she types away on her very modern laptop. Now an award-winning and USA Today Bestselling author, she's living her own Happily Ever After in North Carolina with her tall, dark, and handsome husband and their three ridiculously spoiled mutts.

For more about her books -- or to see a picture of her wrapped in Mr. Darcy, er, Colin Firth's arms -- visit www.ErinKnightley.com

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castrus

Loved it

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2013

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I read this after reading an Erin Knightly novella, and the first chapter was at the end of the book. The letters between the main characters were hilarious, and often had me laughing out loud. The feelings were believable, and as much as you sometimes wanted to yell at the seemingly denseness of the characters, you realize that in that situation you often would probably react in the same way (feelings have a way of making us act irrationally). The mystery and intrigue kept you hooked, as well as the relationship development, and revealed just enough throughout to not make it too irritating that it was all in tidbits, and not until the end did it all come together. Of course you know there will be a HEA, but was hard to predict how everything would be resolved. Great story.

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2012

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More Than a Stranger is a sweet romance with a spirited heroine and an honorable yet mysterious hero. Evie and Hastings fell in love through letters written over the years as they grew up. Hastings ended the relationship badly and resentment and anger have festered in Evie's heart ever since causing her to close her heart to love. When he enters her life again years later, she is forced to face her feelings and come to grips with the attraction she feels toward Benedict. There was just the right amount of romantic tension to keep me turning the pages. Although there were some pretty heavy kissing scenes, there was no sex. It's refreshing to see that there are still a few authors out there who recognize that love and romance are not the same things as lust and raging hormones. There were quite a few curse words throughout the book which was a little annoying for me. I'm hoping there will be a sequel with Evie's sister, Beatrice. Her curiosity and cute personality left me wanting to see her happy ending someday.

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Judy

Good writing, uninteresting couple

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2012

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High marks for Knightley's dialogue writing. Erin Knightley did a wonderful job in creating lively situations that let the characters shine through in their dialogue. The reader becomes engaged in the exchange instead of simply reading it. You could feel the regard between Evie and her brother Richard and the fondness that Evie and Hastings had for each other. There were many laugh out loud exchanges.

Another one of Knightley's strong point was her ability to grab the reader's attention at the opening of the novel. The friendship that she crafted between young Evie and young Hastings through their letters alone was deftly done. Her skill made me want to read about this fun pair. The letters were engaging and funny, but then they grow up and meet it's all over.

Knightley did not know how to create a true spark between the grown up couple. As grownups, they were hugely uninteresting, which was such a great disappointment. Hastings and Evie made for fantastic friends, but they were an uninteresting couple who had no chemistry and never should have been love interests. Knightley waited too long to try to create sexual tension between the characters and her efforts fell flat. There was no burn, no sizzle, no true tension to create the attraction. I struggle through their lukewarm romance.

And Hastings made for a very incompetent spy. Also, I am baffled as to why he would let the villain go instead of taking him to his superiors. That made no sense, so it's just as well that the villain got killed.

I am happy that Knightley made Evie see that her earlier infatuation with Hastings and her teenage reaction to heartbreak should not determine how she lives her life. I am also happy that Richard stood up to Hastings and pointed out his insensitivity. Another point is that even though Evie ran off to find Hastings, she did not interfere with the duel. But the question still remains, if she knew that Hastings went after his brother whom he thought was trying to kill him, why would she go to the estate after Hastings to apologise? Evie's reaction to her injury was overdone. She forgot that she knew Hastings, the boy, not Hastings, the man, so all her talk about knowing each other and being betrayed was ridiculous.

Good writing, just not an interesting couple to me.

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Diane D

Love at First Write

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2015

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When Evelyn's brother and best friend goes off to school and makes a new best friend jealousy rears it's ugly head. Little Evelyn begins writing to her competition in the best friend department and Benedict writes back. Over a 5 year period the continue the correspondence but never actually meet. The relationship ends when the boys graduate and Benedict sends a scathing letter to Evie to end the relationship.
Fast forward many years, Benedict needs a place to hide and think so he comes to his old school friend. They go to Richard's country house thinking the family will be away in London but they aren't and the first person Benedict runs into (literally) is Evie. Though they've never met in person and she doesn't know it's him - it's obvious that there is chemistry between them.
I won't say what happens next since I don't want to spoil the plot but the two pen pals fight and find their way back to each other.
The writing is fast paced and the characters are well written. The letters sent back and forth between Benedict and Evie show up throughout the book helping the reader to see how the relationship grows from rivals, to friends to something more.
My only negative point is the fact that the book shifts back and forth between the characters' viewpoints from one paragraph to the next. It would have been a little easier if there had been a break or an extra blank line to help recognize the shift.

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S. Atkinson

enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 1, 2015

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Enjoyable read.

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Not a Sex Manual

Reviewed in Australia on July 1, 2014

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Delightful old style Regency Romance, first book I've really enjoyed for years. Well written, great story line, characters believable and no sex.I'm not against reading sexy passages but every Regency of late takes pages and pages, blow by blow description.It has been refreshing to go back for a glimpse at Georgette Heyer again. Well done, Ms Erin Knightly,. I have read NINE of your stories over the past 3 weeks and can't wait for more

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Boring

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 26, 2014

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Didn't enjoy this one bit ...... I read the sample first but once read it went down hill fast from there

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