About the Book

Book: Not Exactly Mr. Darcy

Author: Carolyn Miller

Genre: Romance/Contemporary/Christian Fiction

Release Date: December, 2025

Pride, Pemberley, and Second Chances

When history-loving Olivia Bennett’s teaching contract isn’t renewed, she is considered her family’s logical choice to care for her ailing grandmother in a tiny English village. While there, she soon finds additional work at nearby Hartbury Hall—one of England’s great houses once used as Pemberley in a filmed production of Pride and Prejudice. The head gardener there, however, proves to be anything but the gentlemanly hero of that famous book. Little does she know that behind Liam Browne’s brusque exterior is both a family tragedy and a legacy that demands truth and honor, creating a crisis that only Liv’s vivacious determination can resolve. Along the way, she may just learn that appearances count for naught. . .and that love can be found in unexpected ways.

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My Thoughts:

This was a cute Pride and Prejudice inspired novel that was based on a fictional 2015 film and the Pemberly estate that was used. That estate has a rather grumpy and reclusive owner who has, due to tragedy and his broken heart, cut the world off from his family home. Could anyone or anything help Liam open back up to the world?

Well in steps Olivia Bennett fresh off the plane from Australia. She has come to England to help her grandmother through her hip surgery and recovery. She was the only one free to do so of her sisters as she is between history teaching jobs. Something she is still very much smarting from. She didn't realize that when she went to visit the beautiful estate, the resident dog and its owner would run her off.

Secrets abound and love is in the air for these two as Olivia has the set of skills that really could help Liam set his estate to rights. If they can get past their mutual dislike for one another. This one was a cute one and I look forward to the other sisters' stories as well. I also really enjoyed how their faith played a big part in how they viewed life and worked through their issues.

I was provided a copy of this novel from the publisher. I was not required to post a positive review, and all views and opinions are my own.

About the Author

Carolyn Miller is an inspirational Regency and contemporary romance author who lives in the beautiful Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, with her husband and four children. Together with her husband, she has pastored a church for ten years and worked as a public high school English and Learning and Support teacher.

A longtime lover of romance, especially that of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer’s Regency era, Carolyn holds a BA in English Literature and loves drawing readers into fictional worlds that show the truth of God’s grace in our lives.