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Reader reviewed by Julie H.

This was a fun, entertaining read, playing off of one of the stalwarts of romance, Jane Austen. Callie is clumsy and miserable, her best friend Katie has just moved away. Her parents are divorced and at the last minute, she decides to join a class trip to England before the start of sophomore year. Callie is already sneaking away from chaperone Mrs. Bentley, trying to figure out how to fit in with the almost A-list girls on the trip. After deciding retail therapy is the way to go, she trips and falls in her new red Prada shoes on the street in London. When she awakens, her surroundings have changed remarkably. Where once where shops and cobblestones, are woods, and more woods. She follows a road of sorts to what appears to be a castle. There, she is mistaken for an American traveler, Rebecca Vaughn. Her friend Emily hasn't seen her since they were young. The duke of Harksbury, man of the manor, comes off as judgemental and rude from the beginning. I enjoyed this story immensely as Callie/Rebecca tried to fit in with this 1815 life and I saw her self-confidence rise ten-fold.  Very well done!