Lady Jenny's Christmas Portrait

September 2, 2013
The eighth and final book in Burrowes’s Windham Regency series (after Lady Eve’s Indiscretion) embraces the spirit of Christmas and the power of love to draw families together. Lady Jenny Windham’s parents and siblings have always smiled indulgently at her little painting hobby, but Jenny takes it seriously, longing to move to Paris and pursue art training. As she’s preparing to leave, she meets Elijah Harrison, Earl of Bernward, a skilled portraitist. He hopes that painting Jenny’s nephews will boost his career and free him to return to his estranged family. The two connect immediately over their shared love of art, but since one is seeking to leave home and the other to return to it, compromises will have to be made. Burrowes describes the journey more than the destination; while not breaking new ground, the well-told story is elevated by warmth and intimacy.

October 15, 2013

When portrait painter Elijah Harrison appears at the country house door, bedraggled and half frozen in the icy rain, Lady Jenny Windham, an aspiring artist herself, has no idea that he is going to change her life. Elijah needs assistance with an upcoming commission, and Jenny steps in and agrees to help him in return for eight hours of instruction, a decision Elijah may come to regret as Jenny's talent becomes more and more apparent. VERDICT A brilliantly artistic heroine and a talented but conflicted hero find fulfillment and love in this complex and engaging tale that simmers with sexual tension, radiates the holiday spirit, and beautifully wraps up the exceptionally enjoyable Windham saga. Burrowes (Lady Eve's Indiscretion) lives in rural Maryland.

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September 15, 2013
Lady Genevieve Windham gets to star in the last installment in Burrowes' siblings' series, an enchanting holiday romance. Jenny is already in lovewith painting. She is also fascinated with painter Elijah Harrison, and the two join studios during the holidays when he is asked to paint a portrait of her nephews. Jenny is planning to move to Paris, where she can be taken seriously as an artist. Elijah sees that she has great talent and that her family does not realize how important art is to her. He knows they will not allow her to move and ruin her chances of a good marriage. He has stayed away from his family home for years after a fight with his father and a vow to not return until he is a Royal Academician. Jenny is a complicated, refreshing, faceted heroine with a romantic past, similar to the smart, feisty females created by Amanda Quick. Her conflict between her career and her love, coupled with their family issues, give this wonderful, emotionally charged Regency romance modern resonance.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2013, American Library Association.)