Courtney Stone wakes up in Regency England and has no idea how she got there. She had been in L.A. hiding from a former fiancee and his traiterous friend who helped him "impose" on her.
With no understand of what's going on, Miss Courtney now inhabits Miss Jane Mansfield's day to day life; including her mother who's trying to arrange a marriage, the suitor who seems to be a "libertine," and his mousey sister who is the epitome of decorum and propriety. Things which Miss Mansfield, or Courtney, care very little about.
This was fun and quick and painless. It got a bit redundant, "or those my thoughts, or Jane's?" "since when did I use words like 'thither'?" but it was harmless entertainment. My favorite parts were when she comments about bleeding and when they go to Bath and the waters there. I can only imagine how disgusting it would have been with no chlorine, antiseptic, or filters. Eww.
Some of the characters did feel a little flat but I have high hopes for the second installment, which takes us to 21st Century LA and Jane Mansfield inhabiting Courtney's rough and tumble life.
It's definitely worth getting from the library or the used book store. And it's a good distraction.
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