A few years ago, Jen Turano wrote A Change of Fortune . It was a fun, humorous read that made me laugh outloud. I enjoyed the other stories in that series that Ms. Turano wrote, but not nearly as much as the first. The humor was not as potent in the sequels. BUT, in the first book of Ms. Turano's new melodramatic series, the humor has returned! After a Fashion is the first book (I suspect) in a new series about three friends. I laughed as I began this book. It is a melodrama, but a fun one. Harriet Peabody, the main character, made me smile. I appreciated her integrity and spunk. She was admirable, but flawed. But, first, I'll back up a moment. After a Fashion is a historical Christian romance set in the 1800s (a similar setting to Ms. Turano's first series). The story begins with Harriet Peabody, a hat maker being assigned the troublesome task of delivering some hats to a Miss Bellingham, a difficult and ...