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Friday Dreaming Kindle Edition

by Elizabeth Bailey (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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When the fragile link between love and friendship fractures…

Friday loves Ancient Greece, but not as much as her very own “Paris”: gorgeous Nick Weare, who only thinks of her as his bookish childhood friend. Why then has he proposed? Has Friday's dream come true? And why isn’t he behaving like a man in love?

Disaster strikes when Friday learns Nick was forced into offering for her to save him from an unsuitable liaison. Her happiness in tatters, she breaks off the engagement.

At first appalled by Friday’s acceptance, Nick is thrown into despair when he loses his friend as well as his betrothed. Blind to the beautiful Hermione’s spiteful nature, he believed he loved only her.

When the scales fall from Nick’s dazzled eyes, will he be too late? Has he forfeited Friday’s affection forever?
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CJYZ0Z0
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (April 26, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 26, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2478 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 254 pages
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    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 316 ratings

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Elizabeth Bailey

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Elizabeth Bailey grew up in Africa with unconventional parents, where she loved reading and drama. On returning to England, she developed her career in acting, theatre directing and finally writing.

Elizabeth's latest venture is The Lady Fan Mystery series, published by Sapere Books. The novels feature amateur sleuth Lady Ottilia Fanshawe and a cast of family members including her husband and champion Lord Francis Fanshawe. She originally published Regency romances with Harlequin Mills & Boon and has many titles in her Brides by Chance Regency Adventures series, now also published by Sapere, as well as standalone Regency and Georgian romances.

Elizabeth also writes edgy women's fiction: Her dual time novel Fly The Wild Echoes, which deals with past lives, and For One More Tomorrow, where the ghost of the real Macbeth returns, protesting his villainous portrayal by Shakespeare. And she has published a romantic suspense novella, Silence of a Stranger.

Elizabeth lives in Sussex, England. She is still an inveterate reader with eclectic tastes and she spends her spare time helping other writers improve their craft.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favourites
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2021
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As a huge Georgette Heyer fan, very few authors come close but this book has hit the nail on the head. I loved the story, the pace and the ending. I would rate this book 10/10. Definitely worth purchasing.
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Crazygirl
4.0 out of 5 stars Clean enjoyable read
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2019
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This was well written and clean. The story was well developed in general and a great plot, but my only criticism is the misunderstanding between the h and H went on far too long. I was exasperated. The resolution should have come much sooner. The things they said repeatedly to each other would have normally created an unresolvable rift. So it became unbelievable that the could get together in the end. So that made it 4 stars instead of 5.

Otherwise a great read. I was so happy it was clean.
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Psalm
3.0 out of 5 stars Quick read
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2022
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This is a very quick but fun read. The ending is a little abrupt but we got what we needed.
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S. Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Clean and very poignant story
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2019
I loved this story. Yes, Friday does get manipulated by both friends and relatives, but you can't help but feel for her as she goes through a very turbulent roller coaster of emotions brought about by the well meaning people in her life and her secret love for Nick that is stuck in the "friend zone". I thought it was a well written story that often tugged at my heart strings. Will definitely read more by this author.
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SusanCz
4.0 out of 5 stars Good story
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2019
To my way of thinking, this book just goes to show the importance of a background with a healthy parental relationship. The H lost his mother when he was young and his dictatorial father made his life miserable with demands. The h had very hands off parents who gave little guidance and caused her to have little confidence in herself, her looks, or her worth. The hurdles they had to overcome were many and difficult. I liked this story, the characters (most of them, anyway), and the HEA that almost seemed to be impossible to come about.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun farcical romp
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2018
I really enjoyed this book. I must admit I was stunned by some of the reviews and wondered if we read the same thing.

Highly recommended!
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Christopher
4.0 out of 5 stars A well written friends-to-lovers traditional regency
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2013
The hero has been the heroine's imaginary Paris to her Helen ever since they met and became best friends a number of years ago. She knows her feelings are not returned because he tells her just about everything, and she has learned to live with that. Instead, she throws herself into reading ancient books and enjoys the level of friendship they have. But when the fathers of the hero and heroine plan to marry them off, their relationship is suddenly thrown off-balance. Drama ensues when the heroine unknowingly accepts the hero's halfhearted proposal, the hero tries to break things off with the girl he is infatuated with, the heroine thinks it's best to end their engagement, and things change irrevocably between them.

For a novel containing an unrequited friends-to-lovers plot, Friday Dreaming is quite well done. To be sure, there is a fair amount of angst throughout as misunderstandings and hurt feelings abound. But there is good deal of enjoyable humor, and - more importantly - an undeniable feel of authenticity to the troubled romance. Maybe it's the fact that the hero is a generally honorable young man, all things considered, and has the highest respect for both the heroine and their friendship. Or the fact that the heroine's anguish is understandable, and yet she still makes a good show of being a sensible young woman. Whatever it is, Friday Dreaming comes off as a relatively sweet and genuine discovery of love.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Ehh
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2019
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The plot itself was good but I truly disliked the characters of the story. Friday was weak with no backbone. She allowed herself to bullied, manipulated, insulted and then forgave way too easily. Caro was shrill, overbearing and manipulative. Nick was entirely too arrogant, selfish, self-absorbed and wishy-washy. I won't say more on the rest of the characters.
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Janet Lesley
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 1, 2020
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I have owned this book for some years and have read it before but never left a review.
Elizabeth Bailey is one of my favourite authors, her writing and story telling is so well crafted. Her characters are so well thought out and in this book Friday is a delight, she is so naive and so in love with Nick, she really didn't stand much of a chance, I could have shook her mother as she was no support at all. Friday had moments of having a 'back bone' but not too many or else she wouldn't have gone along with the ridiculous plans forced on her by Nick's sister Caro, in particular removing her spectacles, was so annoying to me, as it in effect removed her security and left her vulnerable. The 3 witches were vicious and I felt a need to cheer when Friday stuck up for herself, as her sponsors were rarely about when she needed their support against them. 'Sweet' Hermione and her mother were utter 'trollops' how they were entertained by the beau monde, and how Nick initially and Lord Aymestrey latterly were so drawn in, is beyond me, it just goes to prove (if we are to believe authors) that many men of the Regency period could see no further than a pretty face, and they deserved everything they got.
Friday finally got her Happy Ever After which was a pleasure to see.
As may be apparent by my review I really got into this story, and I would thoroughly recommend this book, and Elizabeth's work.
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Senzasenso
5.0 out of 5 stars reizende Geschichte
Reviewed in Germany on October 3, 2019
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Ein selbstzentrierter Held, eine unsicher Heldin und viele gegenseitige Mißverständnisse sind vom Plot her nicht so ungewöhnlich, aber die Autorin versteht ihr Handwerk und ich habe es sehr gern gelesen
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Monique Harpignies
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful! Bailey knows how to shuffle her deck and come up trumps
Reviewed in Italy on September 14, 2019
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Woefully short-sighted and plain, Friselde - aka Friday - is the only child of loving, scholarly parents, and is wholly absorbed in her classical studies with a deep empathy for the thrilling characters of Greek mythology. A charming companion for the wickedly handsome Nick, best friend of their neighbor's son, who is often there and enjoys her quirky ways. The rocky road to fulfilment of her wildest dream is wonderfull intense and entertainng.
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Cathy Morgan
5.0 out of 5 stars great story
Reviewed in Australia on January 2, 2018
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Loved it, and really felt for the characters. The way that Friday (ok, silly name...) deals with what she faces, and Nick gradually comes to his senses, made for a book that I'll be coming back and re-reading. Clean, with no sex, limited insinuation and kissing, and good language. Highly recommended.
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Carol
3.0 out of 5 stars OK -ish
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 10, 2022
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A lovely rollercoaster tale of secret love, deep friendship, wicked conniving, betrayal, and all points in between, loses stars because far too much time was spent regurgitating their emotions and confusion.
Equally, Friday needed a good shake, and a serious talking to. Letting Mick get away with that bad behaviour? No!
Nick needed a good slap or two, while having it pointed out that not everything is all about him, his hurt feelings, his so-called heartbreak.
Skim read over the mithering to enjoy this story.
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