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Hunting Unicorns

by Bella Pollen

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Hunting unicorns is a wonderfully engaging romantic comedy set among the British aristocracy in decline. The patrician Bevan family clings to tradition while wrestling with taxes, tree blight, and family skeletons. Rory, the youngest son, runs a business which rents out the grand mansions for weddings and tours to help the owners pay upkeep on their dilapidated mansions. Enter Maggie, an American TV journalist hoping to find something disreputable to write home about. Sent to London to do an expos ?on the aristocracy, she hires Rory to get her access to the most private families. The two immediately clash, bickering until a romance springs up where it seemed least likely. A delightfully funny love story exploring loyalty and family, Hunting unicorns is ultimately about having the courage to risk everything in the pursuit of what really counts.… (more)
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I liked how this book was told through 2 alternating voices--and short chapters, always a plus. There were a few parts that hurt my tummy I laughed so hard, other parts that were touching, and others that were almost tension-filled as I hoped for a happy ending that was never guaranteed. ( )
  Abcdarian | May 18, 2024 |
I liked how this book was told through 2 alternating voices--and short chapters, always a plus. There were a few parts that hurt my tummy I laughed so hard, other parts that were touching, and others that were almost tension-filled as I hoped for a happy ending that was never guaranteed. ( )
  Siubhan | Feb 28, 2018 |
A painfully funny comedy-romance set in modern England amid the collapsing English aristocracy's efforts to save their crumbling fortunes. ( )
  cfk | May 29, 2013 |
Engaging novel about Rory and his impoverished family trying to keep together the disintegrating stately family home. ( )
  LARA335 | Feb 5, 2012 |
excellent ( )
  fross | Jan 4, 2011 |
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Hunting unicorns is a wonderfully engaging romantic comedy set among the British aristocracy in decline. The patrician Bevan family clings to tradition while wrestling with taxes, tree blight, and family skeletons. Rory, the youngest son, runs a business which rents out the grand mansions for weddings and tours to help the owners pay upkeep on their dilapidated mansions. Enter Maggie, an American TV journalist hoping to find something disreputable to write home about. Sent to London to do an expos ?on the aristocracy, she hires Rory to get her access to the most private families. The two immediately clash, bickering until a romance springs up where it seemed least likely. A delightfully funny love story exploring loyalty and family, Hunting unicorns is ultimately about having the courage to risk everything in the pursuit of what really counts.

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