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Sally-Ann | SUSAN. SCARLETT

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I loved this book. Every little bit of it is my catnip: Poor girl, rich boy, jealous rival, sick family member. I read this in a day.

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Ruthiella Glad you liked it! And I believe there‘s more where that came from with her other titles. “Murder While You Work” has been the only (slight) outlier so far! 😅 3mo

LeahBergen What @Ruthiella said! 😄 3mo

Sace @Ruthiella @LeahBergen I‘ll have to look up more of her titles! 3mo

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Ruthiella I can highly recommended “Babbacombe‘s” and

Clothes-Pegs

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Sace @Ruthiella noted! Now I want to read all her romances. I think I might start with the book you tagged. 3mo

willaful I also really liked Poppies for England, Under the Rainbow and Clothes Pegs. Really didn't care for Murder While You Work. 3mo

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rubyslippersreads

Sally-Ann | SUSAN. SCARLETT

Ann was a bit too noble, and her family (especially Bunny) was a bit twee, but I still loved this book. You can always count on Susan Scarlett for escapist fluff. 😄

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Ruthiella I agree, it‘s a bit formulaic and the Bunny side story was a bit much. But from time to time, this kind of Cinderella story is fun to read. 😊 4mo

LeahBergen I kind of wanted to go to her for a beauty treatment (just to see how they‘ve changed over the years) 😆 4mo

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quietjenn

Sally-Ann | SUSAN. SCARLETT

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Hello, #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub pals! I haven't been online too much lately, but I did finish our May selection a few weeks ago.

At first, I thought that Scarlett's take on the Cinderella story might actually be *too* sweet for me and verge on saccharine, but I should've had some faith. I ended up being all about and finished the book with such a satisfied grin.

Ruthiella Glad you liked it! I don‘t think I could read too many Susan Scarletts in a row because they are so formulaic- though as a teen I‘ll bet I could have!😂! 4mo

quietjenn (Sorry about no-tags. I've been trying to get them posted for the last fifteen minutes and no luck. Will try later when maybe things are more stable?) 4mo

CarolynM Glad you enjoyed. I wouldn‘t mind living in Susan Scarlett‘s world 😆 4mo

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LeahBergen They are a bit sweet but reading one every once in a while isn‘t too bad! 😄 4mo

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen @Ruthiella Too many in a row would be like bingeing on too much candy. 4mo

rubyslippersreads @quietjenn I can‘t post tags either. I‘ve tried in the app and the browser version. I think it doesn‘t like all those @@@ 😆 4mo

Ruthiella @rubyslippersreads Exactly! It would be a little too much! 😅 4mo

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Ruthiella

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A charming Cinderella story, though I felt a little sorry for bad-girl Cora. Also, when Bunny fainted, I laughed, it was so melodramatic- which was I think not the intended reaction. 😂

Aesthetician Ann, from an impoverished but proud and upstanding middle class family, meets cute Sir Timothy. Will class differences hold back true love? If you‘ve ever read Susan Scarlett before, you know the answer. 😍

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rubyslippersreads ❤️ those old ads. My great aunt told a story about a beauty salon that caught fire. Ladies had to be extricated from those permanent wave machines. 😲 4mo

Ruthiella @rubyslippersreads 😳 OMG! I can only imagine the panic! 4mo

LeahBergen Yes, I also had an inkling about how it would turn out. 😉😆 4mo

Ruthiella @LeahBergen Shocking! 😜😂 4mo

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LeahBergen

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Beautician Ann is the perfect size to fit the ill and absent bridesmaid‘s gown at an aristocratic wedding and reluctantly steps in to fill the role. She meets the dashing best man (a Lord, natch) and sparks fly. This was a lovely little pre-WWII Harlequin Romance/Mills and Boon riff on a Cinderella story and I was down for all of it. 😆

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CarolynM I got a bit worried when poor Bunny was at death's door 🫣🥲 I should have known that it would all turn out well in the end😃 5mo

Ruthiella Sounds like it‘s a perfect Susan Scarlett fairy tale! I hope to start it this weekend. 🤞 5mo

willaful Ah, Never No More. I should reread that. 5mo

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Cathythoughts Great review 😁❤️ 5mo

sarahbarnes Sounds adorable 🥰 4mo

Suet624 My mother was the only other person I‘ve ever heard use the word ‘natch‘. It brings up memories. 4mo

LeahBergen @Suet624 My mother said it, too, and that‘s probably where I got it from! 😆 4mo

Bookbuyingaddict Love the cover too looks similar to the apricot sky you told me about 😍 4mo

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CarolynM

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Delightful! A sweet little romance, a lovely happy family and some beautiful clothes. Just what I've come to expect from Susan Scarlett. #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub

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Ruthiella That was fast! I haven‘t even started yet! 😂 But I am looking forward to it even more so now. 😊 5mo

JenlovesJT47 Starting this today! 5mo

LeahBergen Oh, good! I‘m just getting started! 👏 5mo

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willaful It was one of my favs of the reprints. 5mo

BooksandCoffee4Me A new one for me! I love Litsy and #littens! 💛 5mo

julieclair This one sounds right up my alley! Looking forward to it! 5mo

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LitsyEvents

Sally-Ann | SUSAN. SCARLETT

repost for @Ruthiella:

Happy Spring #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub members! May's choice is the tagged by club favorite Susan Scarlett, aka Noel Streatfield. Based on previous books by her, I expect a heroine we can root for and a baddie we can love to hate!

Be sure to tag everyone when you post blurbs or a review so we can like and comment. Read at your own pace.

All are welcome. If anyone wants to be added/removed from the tag list, let me know.

Ruthiella Thank you! 🙏 5mo

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Ruthiella

Sally-Ann | SUSAN. SCARLETT

Happy Spring #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub members! Our choice for May is the tagged by club favorite Susan Scarlett, aka Noel Streatfield. Based on previous books by her, I expect a heroine we can root for and a baddie we can love to hate! 🤞😂

Be sure to tag everyone when you post blurbs or a review so we can like and comment. Read at your own pace.

All are welcome. If anyone wants to be added/removed from the tag list, let me know.

@LitsyEvents

Kimzey Thanks for the prompt! I‘ll track down my copy. 5mo

willaful Already read this one, not sure if I'm going to reread. 5mo

LeahBergen Yay!! 👏👏 5mo

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Sace This is one I‘ve really been looking forward to! 5mo

CarolynM Me too @Sace ! Thanks Ruth😘 5mo

Tamra Thank you! 😃 5mo

bookandbedandtea I've got it and I'm ready! 5mo

quietjenn Thanks! 5mo

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LeahBergen

Sally-Ann | SUSAN. SCARLETT

Okay, #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub … here are my picks for May 2025.

Vote away!

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Ruthiella Another tough choice! Another coin toss and it lands on

Sally-Ann

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Teresereading Cute covers-Sally Ann 10mo

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willaful I've already read Sally-Ann so I'l vote for

Dear Hugo

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Cathythoughts I‘m voting

Sally-Ann

10mo

CarolynM I love Molly Clavering, but I can‘t go past another Susan Scarlett🥰

Sally-Ann

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Sace I must vote for Sally-Ann 10mo

kwmg40 I‘ll go with Sally-Ann! 10mo

AlaMich I love Sally-Ann‘s green coat! 10mo

quietjenn For me, it's

Sally-Ann

10mo

Tamra Super covers, as always!

Sally-Ann

10mo

rubyslippersreads I can‘t resist the cover of

Sally-Ann

10mo

Kimzey Okay, Sally-Ann for me too! 10mo

julieclair Tough choice. But I suppose I‘ll jump on the Sally-Ann bandwagon. 😄 10mo

elkeOriginal Dear Hugo sounds so charming! 10mo

LeahBergen And the winner is Sally-Ann! 10mo

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LeahBergen

Sally-Ann | SUSAN. SCARLETT

My first #FurrowedMiddlebrow orders of the newly republished Susan Scarlett novels have arrived.

These covers, though! 💚💚

(Noel Streatfeild , author of the Shoes children‘s series, used the pseudonym of Susan Scarlett to publish these wartime romances).

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DivineDiana They are gorgeous! ❤️ 3y

MemoirsForMe 😍😍😍 3y

batsy They've gone up a level for these covers! 😍💄 3y

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LeahBergen @DivineDiana @UwannaPublishme Right?? 3y

LeahBergen @batsy That‘s what I thought, too! 3y

Cathythoughts Fabulous! ♥️ 3y

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts I want Sally-Ann‘s green coat. 😆 3y

Cathythoughts Oh I want Sally-Ann‘s green coat too 👍🏻 it‘s gorgeous 3y

Cathythoughts I might have to borrow her waist line to go with it though 😂 3y

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts Not even a corset or a girdle would help me. 😆 3y

Centique Oh my goodness! I did not know about Noel Streatfeild writing these. 🤯 3y

LeahBergen @Centique She sort of “disowned” these later on as bits of fluff to read in bomb shelters and during blackouts. I dunno … that sounds good enough for me. 😆 3y

writerlibrarian 💜😁 3y

rubyslippersreads I loved

Summer Pudding

erzascarletbookgasm These are gorgeous!😍 3y

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