What Ales the Earl, Sally MacKenzie
What Ales the Earl, Sally MacKenzie
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What Ales the Earl

Author: Sally MacKenzie

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Unabridged: 9 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/23/2018


Synopsis

Scandal does not define the "fallen" ladies of Puddledon Manor's Benevolent Home. Instead, it's a recipe for an intoxicating new future as the women combine their talents—to operate their own brewery and alehouse . . .

When Penelope Barnes arrived at the Home with her young daughter, she discovered a knack for horticulture—and for cultivating the hops needed to produce a superlative pint. She put her scandalous affair with Harry Graham firmly in the past, along with the wrenching pain she felt when he went off to war. After all, she'd always known a farmer's daughter had no future with an earl's son. Now she has the pleasant memory of their passion, and she has little Harriet . . .

Harry went off to fight for the Crown unaware that his delightful interlude with his childhood friend had permanent consequences. Now he's back in England, catapulted into the title by his brother's untimely death. He sorely misses his former life of unfettered adventure, so when he has reason to explore Little Puddledon, he jumps at the chance. But what he finds there is something—and someone—he never knew he'd lost, and a once forbidden love whose time has come, if only he can persuade Pen he's home to stay . . .

Contains mature themes.

About Sally MacKenzie

Sally MacKenzie is the USA Today bestselling author of funny, hot, Regency-set novels, including the Naked Nobility series and the Duchess of Love series. The Naked King, the seventh book in the Naked Nobility series, was named one of ALA Booklist's top ten romances for 2011. Her books have been translated into Czech, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. Sally graduated from the University of Notre Dame in the first class of women. A native of Washington DC, Sally now resides in suburban Maryland with her husband.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Navi on January 07, 2019

A well written regency romance with a plot that had me turning the pages. It was the perfect book to start my reading year with. I will be continuing on with the series!......more

Goodreads review by JenReadsRomance on September 19, 2021

This is a finalist in the historical short category. This is a second chance at love story between an Earl and a farmer's daughter. 10 years ago, when Penelope was 17 and Harry was 18, they were friends and then lovers. Harry went off to war, neither of them realized she was pregnant. Now Harry is b......more

Goodreads review by Tracy on July 17, 2018

3.5 stars - rounded up Harry Graham and Penelope Barnes were childhood friends and eventually lovers, they parted ways ten years ago when Harry went off to war. But unbeknownst to Harry, Pen gave birth to a daughter and moved away from Darrow. Now Harry is back from the war and had unexpectedly inheri......more

Goodreads review by Linaria on July 27, 2018

Oh boy. I don't even know where to start with this one. It's a historical romance. While I don't enjoy it, I do expect some level of misogyny in the books. This was extra. You could tell that the author was trying to do the opposite because you couldn't go a paragraph without getting hit over the hea......more

Goodreads review by Jaci on July 17, 2018

This is the first book in Sally's new Series The Widow's Brew. As you can tell by the title Ale plays a part in this love story. Harry Graham is now the Earl of Darrow after his older brother dies in an unexpected accident. Now he has promised his mother that he will find a bride this season to ensu......more