Fancy Pants

Written by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Narrated by Nicole Poole

She was the most beautiful British bauble in Europe’s jet-set playgrounds. Now she’s broke, furious, and limping down a backwoods road in an ugly pink Southern
Belle gown. He’s a tall, lean Texan who’s sure to regret stopping his car for this woebegone, surly Scarlett. Meet Francesca Day and Dallie Beaudine, two
incredible characters whose tangled love affair is at the heart of this ravishing New York Times bestseller from award-winning author Susan Elizabeth Phillips.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: May 25, 2021
• ISBN: 9781705029015

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Susan Elizabeth Phillips is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have been published in over thirty languages. Guided by the motto, “Life is better with happily-ever-afters,” she loves writing about love in all its forms. Among her accomplishments, Susan created the sports romance with her novel Fancy Pants. She is best known for her Chicago Stars and Wynette, Texas series, as well as multiple stand-alone books. Visit Susan’s website at www.susanelizabethphillips.com.

Reviews for Fancy Pants

[Wendy Wicklund · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Good book to listen to. Feel good book. Would recommend.

[Janet MacInnes · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The dialogue seemed to take a long time to get going. I became bored with the book.

[Charmaine Young · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I read this book a while ago, and I really liked it. However, reading it again now years later has changed my mind. It was all over the place. Their were too many minor characters that made it impossible to do justice to them unlike other books when the second story line focused on a few characters. This book spent too much time in the past detailing Francesca and her mother's lives. I skipped it. It didn't get better until after the 10 years when they got back together. It felt rushed because of all that fluff in the beginning. The author is still one of my favorites. However, I didn't care for a new book. It lacked the charm of the others in the series.

[et.carole · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I liked this sweet love story. Sydney is a loveable, spunky heroine, characterized by human traits. Good, but only if you don't mind romance. :)

[wrightja2000 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

First half was fun but the second half seemed choppy and not well edited. I found myself rereading sentences and paragraphs not understanding the jokes(?) being made- like why did the widow start singing Beautiful Dreamer to one of the cowboys? Also had sone theological ideas I disagree with.

[mlake_22 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I was disappointed in this book. It acts like a romance but is really all about religion and accepting God into you life.

[olongbourn · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I did not realize before reading this book that it is a Christian Historical romance. Actually, the Christian aspect is not overly emphasized until about three-quarters into the book. Had I known this, I probably would not have selected this book. Knowing it after the fact, I believe the book would have been better for me if the scripture-over-the-head was removed or significantly de-emphasized, but that is just me.

If you enjoy scripture references in you historical fiction, you probably will enjoy the comical interactions between the H and the h and enjoy this book cover to cover.

[bami210 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Really stupid! It started out okay, but 2/3 through god very religious. Trust me ... don't bother.

[palmtreegirl24 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I found this book to be very sweet and heartwarming. The characters are written well, and made me smile at some points. The plot line is good although a bit rushed in the end. Altogether a great book! The story is about Lady Sydney Hathwell. Raised in a very rich, cultivated society Sydney travels to America to meet a man who has asked permission to marry her. When she arrives, she finds him cold and rude. While he is away Sydney decides to go to live with her Uncle whom she has never met. When she receives her uncle's letter in reply, he assumes she is boy and so she decides to dress like a boy so that her Uncle will continue to want her. When she arrives her uncle is not only gone for several weeks, he has also left in charge "Big Tim" the man determined to make "Syd" into a man! Through all the hard work Sydney learns many lessons, and finally her disguise has been discovered. Will Sydney be able to stay at her Uncle's Ranch? Will Time ever see her for who she is and realize that she loves him? One part I thought were a little questionable about this book, was when Sydney is still pretending to be a boy and is at the saloon with the "Soiled Doves". Granted, this was the only place she could take a bath without people knowing about her disguise, but I did not like that she had to pretend that she had used their "services". I understand that she was not saved yet, but I am surprised she would have considered it proper, even when pretending to be a boy! I also did not like the rushed ending as I mentioned before. I felt that the "bad guy" of the story, the man Sydney traveled to America for, gave up way to easy in the end. He had spent 6 months tracking her only give in in the end. It would have been far more interesting if he had put up more of a fight! I know some people don't like Christian Fiction to sound preachy, but I am the opposite. I enjoy learning from the books I read and Cathy Marie Hake's books have that quality! From little life lessons throughout the book to Tim giving Sydney the Salvation message, this book has some wonderful spiritual qualtities to it! Other Authors you might enjoy: Deeanne Gist

[debs4jc · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This amusing modern day comedy of errors requires some serious suspension of disbelief for the reader to enjoy it. The premise is that Sydney is running away from an arranged marriage and so dawns "britches" in order to travel on her own to her uncle's ranch in Texas. This proper English lady manages to fool everyone on her journey, including the ranch hands at her uncle's, who thing she is a "dandy" young man in need of toughening up. The foreman, "Big Tim" puts her to work as a ranch hand, but can't figure out why she/he isn't developing into a strapping young man. This book has a pretty predictible plot, and it's hard to believe how well Sydney gets away with her ruse--fooling the all the men but not the women around her. Still it's an amusing read for fans of Christian fiction romances.