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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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.

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Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Carolyn is giving away the grand prize of a print copy of the book and a $25 Amazon eGift card!!

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My Thoughts

This is such a fun story! I will be honest in saying that I started this one very uncertain if it would be for me or not. But I actually really enjoyed it and felt like I was right there with Olivia and Liam fixing up the estate. The characters are fresh and fun and I was a little worried that the estate "fix up" would get boring but it did NOT. The secondary characters are well written and I wanted to get to know them better. The setting is so fun and while I didn't really care about the tie in with Pride and Prejudice I still enjoyed those details. The romance is sweet and I adored Liam's character, he really is a grump-for the first half of the book. About half way through the story it is like he has a complete personality change. So much so that his anxieties and worries about being in a relationship seem to just disappear. Which I get, you can't have him as the enemy the whole time, but it was a stark difference. It was baffling to me as a reader and felt very choppy in the last chapters. Also, the big reveal at the end was so silly and irritating and because of that I couldn't rate this book as high as I would have with a different ending.

I still really enjoyed this book though and I recommend for a fun quick read!

Four Stars.

'I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review."