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Maid to Match by Deeanne Gist
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Maid to Match (edition 2010)

by Deeanne Gist

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From the day she arrives at the Biltmore, Tillie Reese is dazzled - by the riches of the Vanderbilts and by Mack Danvers, a mountain man turned footman. When Tillie is enlisted to help tame Mack's rugged behavior by tutoring him in the ways of refined society, the resulting sparks threaten Tillie's efforts to be chosen as Edith Vanderbilt's lady's maid. But the stakes rise even higher when Mack and Tillie become entangled in a cover-up at the town orphanage. They could both lose their jobs ... and their hearts. -- Taken from cover p.4.… (more)
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Title:Maid to Match
Authors:Deeanne Gist
Info:Bethany House (2010), Paperback, 368 pages
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  WBCLIB | Jun 6, 2023 |
What I liked: The historical tidbits about what being a servant at the huge Biltmore House was like. The author certainly did a good job in portraying the daily challenges and sometimes humiliations of the servants. I still cringe remembering some of the things that Tillie, the main character who wants to become a ladies maid in the service of a selfish and rather spoiled visitor to the estate.
What I didn't like: The constant references to the physical attraction between the two main characters, and the several scenes in which they were "set up" so that they would have physical encounters There was practically no sane reason for Tillie to choose Mack other than the intense physical attraction. The agonizing over her decision for most of the book and then having a sudden change of heart seemed kind of forced as well.
The author is talented at creating vivid scenes and relating some historical detail, but this is not a romance that I would necessarily recommend to others. ( )
  debs4jc | Feb 24, 2017 |
This really is a different kind of Christian historical fiction. I am appreciative of the author's notes at the end talking about the differences between American and English homes of the wealthy in those days. This is the second Deeanne Gist book I've read in the past few weeks and I"ll be looking for more. ( )
  eliorajoy | Nov 21, 2016 |
Tillie Reese has worked her whole life to be a lady’s maid, but her chances are threatened by her feelings for the new footman, Mack, who entangles her into a scandal at the local orphanage.

Tillie wants to be the next lady's maid at the Biltmore, but in helping Mack, the handsome footman, their growing romance could jeopardize her chances. Large and regular print available.

Get swept up in a late nineteenth century forbidden romance between Tillie and Mack who live in the beautiful Ashville, NC.
  mcmlsbookbutler | Nov 5, 2016 |
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Hero : 4 Heroine : 3 Peak Factor:2 Plot:2 Writing:3
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Overall Star rating: 2.8


This book was cute and sweet. It was a pure romance and I loved Tilly and how she really wanted this job and the things she had to go through to try and get it. I honestly think that should we not have read about the orphanage I would have understood the plot, peak factor, and the writing but, adding that in it barely tweaked out 3 stars for me.
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  Angel.Carter | Aug 11, 2016 |
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Like a butterfly breaking free from its confining cocoon, Tillie Reese emerged from the barren, tan-colored servants' hall into the opulence of Biltmore's main level.
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From the day she arrives at the Biltmore, Tillie Reese is dazzled - by the riches of the Vanderbilts and by Mack Danvers, a mountain man turned footman. When Tillie is enlisted to help tame Mack's rugged behavior by tutoring him in the ways of refined society, the resulting sparks threaten Tillie's efforts to be chosen as Edith Vanderbilt's lady's maid. But the stakes rise even higher when Mack and Tillie become entangled in a cover-up at the town orphanage. They could both lose their jobs ... and their hearts. -- Taken from cover p.4.

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begins August 1898

Tillie Reese, a bright young woman hindered by the extreme poverty in the mountains of New York, gets the job of her dreams—a position as a housemaid in George Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate. Surrounded by beauty and opulence, Tillie doesn't mind the physical demands of being a servant. Meanwhile, Mack Danver will do anything to save money so he can get his sister out of the school for orphans. His twin brother, Earl, is a footman for the Vanderbilts, and when Mrs. Vanderbilt sees Mack, she decides to make the handsome brothers a “matched set.” Although well read, Mack is a mountain man at heart, and he hates being at the beck and call of the privileged upper class. However, the need to save his sister trumps his distaste. Then it's love at first sight for Mack and Tillie, but rules against the help dating each other make Tillie fight her attraction with all the strength she can muster. Gist's snapshot of the lives of late-nineteenth-century servants is rich in detail, and readers will root for Gist's characters as they face one difficult situation after another with courage and faith. Another crowd-pleaser from this popular author.
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Editions: 0764204084, 0764208063

 

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