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"I&amp;amp;#8217;ve been clinging to the image of Matthew Crawley proposing to Lady Mary on the snow-covered terrace for months. Since the 2-hour Christmas special, I have come down with what I like to call Downton Abbey withdrawal. The final episode of season two ended on a happy note&amp;amp;mdash;Mr. Bates&amp;amp;#8217; sentence has been reduced to life in prison, Lady Sybil is pregnant with Branson&amp;amp;#8217;s child, Daisy has discovered Ouija, and, of course, Matthew and Mary are in love. But we still have so many questions! Will Edith find love? Will Mr. Bates be acquitted? Will Daisy be promoted? And most importantly, what will Lady Mary&amp;amp;#8217;s wedding gown look like?! Alas, we must suffer a little longer. Season 3 premieres in January, beginning with (spoiler alert!) Mary and Matthew&amp;amp;#8217;s wedding. Until then, I&amp;amp;#8217;ve come up with a reading list as an antidote for my Downton Abbey withdrawal. As we (impatiently) await the first episode of the new season, these six books will fill the void left by Lady Violet, Mr. Carson, and the rest of the residents of Downton. The Chronicles Of Downton Abbey: A New Era by Jessica Fellowes and Matthew Sturgis Your ultimate guide to all things Downton: exclusive photos, private keepsakes, memorable quotations, and a behind-the-scenes look at season three! (Even a glimpse of Mary&amp;amp;#8217;s wedding and Sybil&amp;amp;#8217;s baby!) (In stores November 13) The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook by Emily Ansara Baines Now you can dine like the Crawleys and sup with the staff! A bite of Mrs. Patmore&amp;amp;#8217;s Perfect Pork Roast, a taste of Daisy&amp;amp;#8217;s Noisette Potatoes, and a slice of William&amp;amp;#8217;s Bilberry Pie will certainly cure what ails you. Have friends over for tea or whip up a batch of Anna&amp;amp;#8217;s Chocolate Crumpets for yourself to alleviate your Downton deficiency. The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin In the fall of 1893, Cora Cash, heiress to the Cash&amp;amp;#8217;s Finest Flour fortune, travels to England to find a suitable (read: titled) husband. Sound familiar? This book answers the age old questions: Love or Money? Mrs. Queen Takes The Train by William Kuhn When Queen Elizabeth simply disappears from Buckingham Palace, her royal attendants join forces to repress scandal and restore the monarch. William Kuhn&amp;amp;#8217;s novel is a witty, contemporary story of the Downton Abbey-esque tensions between servants and employers, the young and the old, and tradition and modernity. (In stores October 16) The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton The Mary-Pamuk scandal rocked Downton Abbey and threatened to keep Mary and Matthew apart. In Morton&amp;amp;#8217;s book, an equally scandalous secret haunts Laurel and her mother, Dorothy, whose story takes us back to pre-WWII England and a crime that changed her life forever. (In stores October 16) Wicked Pleasures by Penny Vincenzi A modern-day story of an American heiress who is hiding a dark secret: each of her three children has a different father&amp;amp;#133; and none of them is her husband, the Earl of Caterham. Eight hundred pages of juicy drama and royal scandal will keep you busy until Downton premieres on January 8! Will you read any of these Downton-esque books? What&amp;#x27;s on your reading list lately? Check these out too... *5 Couplings We Would Die to See Play a Young Earl and Cora in the Downton Abbey Prequel *A Wedding, a Death, and New Love Interests--5 Shocking Downton Abbey Season 3 Spoilers *Downton Sixbey Part 2 Is Somehow More Wonderful Than the First Photo: Courtesy of PBS"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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