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Simply Love

  • 2006 first published
  • 430 pages
  • ★ 4.8 (4 ratings)
  • 12 editions

Simply Love is a 2006 historical romance and Regency romance novel by Mary Balogh. It takes readers to Bath England and Bath, Inglaterra in George III, 1760–1820. It features Anne Jewell and Sydnam Butler. Key subjects include women teachers, cuentos de amor, maestras and teachers.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 27 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 12 editions.

It runs to roughly 430 pages — 7–8 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Simply Love

New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh returns to the elegance and sensuality of Regency England as she continues the enthralling story of four remarkable women--friends and teachers at Miss Martin's School for Girls. At the center of this spellbinding novel is Anne Jewell, a teacher haunted by a scandalous past...until she meets a man who teaches her the most important lesson of all: nothing is simple when it comes to love....She spies him in the deepening dusk of a Wales evening--a lone figure of breathtaking strength and masculinity, his handsome face branded by a secret pain. For single mother and teacher Anne Jewell, newly arrived with her son at a sprawling estate in Wales on the invitation of an influential friend, Sydnam Butler is a man whose sorrows--and passions--run deeper than she could have ever imagined. As steward of a remote seaside manor, Sydnam lives a reclusive existence far from the pity and disdain of others. Yet almost from the moment Anne first appears on the cliffs, he senses in this lovely stranger a kindred soul, and between these two wary hearts, desire stirs. Unable to resist the passion that has rescued them both from loneliness, Anne and Sydnam share an afternoon of exquisite lovemaking. Now the unwed single mother and war-scarred veteran must make a decision that could forever alter their lives. For Sydnam, it is a chance to heal the pain of the past.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Anne Jewell
  • Sydnam Butler

Subjects

  • Regency Historical Romance
  • Women teachers
  • Cuentos de amor
  • Maestras
  • Novela histórica
  • Teachers
  • Girls' schools
  • Enseignantes
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Love stories
  • Regency & georgian historical romance
  • England

Quick answers

Who wrote Simply Love?

Simply Love was written by Mary Balogh and first published in 2006.

What genre is Simply Love?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance and Regency Romance.

How long is Simply Love?

The median edition has 430 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Simply Love?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Toll-Gate, April Lady and Mischief.

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