Austen Revisited

After I posted my new CHALLENGE last week, I decided I needed to reevaluate my Everything Austen Challenge. I'm not a quitter or an abondoner -- and I really want to accomplish this challenge -- but with the holidays looming, I realized trying to read Persuasion at nearly 400pgs and Jane Austen: A Life at 400+pgs before the New Year's deadline, well, it just wasn't going to happen. So, I've substituted this (I bought it used for $3):

Jane and His Lordship's Legacy is historical suspense writing at its very finest, graced with insight, perception, and uncommon intelligence of its singular heroine in a mystery that will test the mettle of her mind and heart.

At only 280pgs -- I think I can manage it. Also, I've been intrigued by this series since I first spotted it on the shelf above M.C. Beaton mysteries. It's not the 1st in the series -- I hope I'm not spoiling anything.