{"id":49634,"date":"2015-07-30T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T00:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=49634"},"modified":"2016-03-01T09:23:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T23:23:14","slug":"book-review-lady-emilys-exotic-journey-by-lillian-marek-reviewed-by-kat-mayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2015\/07\/30\/book-review-lady-emilys-exotic-journey-by-lillian-marek-reviewed-by-kat-mayo\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK REVIEW: Lady Emily\u2019s Exotic Journey by Lillian Marek (Reviewed by Kat Mayo)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love a good Regency as much as any romance reader, but I\u2019m so glad that we&#8217;re continuing to see authors exploring different setting and time periods in historical romance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/lady-emily-s-exotic-journey-lillian-marek\/prod9781492602293.html\"><em>Lady Emily\u2019s Exotic Journey<\/em><\/a> is set in Constantinople. Forget ballrooms and tea \u2013 Lady Emily Tremaine explores the ruins of Nineveh and experiences the wonders of travelling on an \u2018odiferous donkey\u2019. And of course, there&#8217;s French adventurer Lucien Chambertin to make this the most thrilling adventure \u2013 if he can just learn to let go of his past and embrace the call of true love.<\/p>\n<p>For me, I really love odiferous donkeys! True love is a bonus. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/lady-emily-s-exotic-journey-lillian-marek\/prod9781492602293.html\">Grab a copy of <em>Lady Emily&#8217;s Exotic Journey<\/em> here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<h3><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/lady-emily-s-exotic-journey-lillian-marek\/prod9781492602293.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-49635 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lady-emily-s-exotic-journey.jpg?w=182\" alt=\"lady-emily-s-exotic-journey\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Lady Emily&#8217;s Exotic Journey<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><em>The Victorian Adventures Series : Book 2<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>by Lillian Marek<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From sensible, sheltered girl<\/strong><br \/>\nSafe in the embrace of her loving family, Lady EmilyTremaine longs to feel more intensely alive. Surely the magic and mystery of Assyria and the fabled ruins of Nineveh will bring about the transformation she seeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To the woman his heart desires<\/strong><br \/>\nScarred by his past and estranged from his noble grandfather, French adventurer Lucien Chambertin desires neither a home nor the chains of emotional attachment. He seeks only to explore the far reaches of the world. But he did not know the world contained the likes of Lady Emily\u2014whose curiosity and sense of wonder match his own.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/lady-emily-s-exotic-journey-lillian-marek\/prod9781492602293.html\">Grab a copy of <em>Lady Emily&#8217;s Exotic Journey<\/em> here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love a good Regency as much as any romance reader, but I\u2019m so glad that we&#8217;re continuing to see authors exploring different setting and time periods in historical romance. Lady Emily\u2019s Exotic Journey is set in Constantinople. Forget ballrooms and tea \u2013 Lady Emily Tremaine explores the ruins of Nineveh and experiences the wonders of travelling on an \u2018odiferous donkey\u2019. And of course, there&#8217;s French adventurer Lucien Chambertin to make this the most thrilling adventure \u2013 if he can just learn to let go of his past and embrace the call of true love. For me, I really love odiferous donkeys! True love is a bonus. \ud83d\ude42 Grab a copy of Lady Emily&#8217;s Exotic Journey here Lady Emily&#8217;s Exotic Journey The Victorian Adventures Series : Book 2 by Lillian Marek From sensible, sheltered girl Safe in the embrace of her loving family, Lady EmilyTremaine longs to feel more intensely alive. Surely the magic and mystery of Assyria and the fabled ruins of Nineveh will bring about the transformation she seeks. To the woman his heart desires Scarred by his past and estranged from his noble grandfather, French adventurer Lucien Chambertin desires neither a home nor the chains of emotional&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[9,24,62],"tags":[2973,3138,3139,3257],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55815,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49634\/revisions\/55815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}