Lady
Edith’s Lonely Heart
A
dashing tale of romance from a bestselling author of Regency Romance.
She
is under pressure to find a husband she doesn't want.
He
keeps to the fringes of society because of family constraints.
Will
the written word be enough to bring two lost souls together?
Lady
Edith Longdon is an heiress, in danger of being classed a spinster, and
disillusioned with the fops, dandies, and fortune hunters surrounding her in
society. Deciding it’s time to take her future into her own hands, she devises
a foolproof way of finding someone she can love. She's convinced nothing could
go wrong…
Lord
Ralph Pensby, overwhelmed by a sense of obligation, and with no one he can turn
to, is adrift from those around him…
Two
people drawn together, both on a journey which will affect them in ways they
could never have foreseen. Secret correspondence, mistrust and confusion,
not to mention cads of the highest order, make this novel a fast-paced,
heart-warming story, with appealing characters and a strong sense of time and
place.
Perfect for
lovers of all things Regency.
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Review in Heels
Lady Edith, unprepossessing heiress and belated debutante, hopes to find a love match. Despairing of her choices, she places an advertisement in the Times' Lonely Hearts column. After a disappointing deluge of fortune hunters, she receives a letter from Mr S, an altogether different sort of gentleman, and they strike up a correspondence...
This could've been a story that I really enjoyed. Edith is simply lovely as she handles the curveballs life has thrown her way - bereavement, an impossible mother, and a brother with PTSD. Her method of seeking love - the very historical existence of the lonely hearts column - are the perfect set-up. Unfortunately, a deal-breaker for me is deception between the romantic leads. How can I believe in a relationship if it is built on deceit?
Ralph, the so called romantic lead, pushes Edith away in person while baring his soul to her on paper. I could understand this if he was unaware of the identity of his correspondent, but he knows from the start who he is writing to and yet unloads his sorry life on her anyway. He's also distressingly controlling of his mother in his attempts to protect her. I liked how both Edith and his mother gave him a verbal slapdown once everything came to light, but by then, poor Edith was head over heels.
I enjoyed the writer's style and would consider reading more of her work, but a few tweaks could've made this a far more enjoyable read. Three stars.
Author Bio
AMAZON UK KINDLE STORYTELLER COMPETITION FINALIST 2018!
Audrey was born about two hundred years too late. She wants to belong to a time when men were men and women were dressed in gowns and could float, simper and sigh.
In the real world she has always longed to write, writing a full manuscript when she was fourteen years old. Work, marriage and children got in the way as they do and it was only when an event at work landed her in hospital that she decided to take stock. One Voluntary Redundancy later, she found that the words and characters came to the forefront and the writing began in earnest.
So, although at home more these days, the housework is still neglected and meals are still late on the table, but she has an understanding family, who usually shake their heads at her and sigh. That is a sign of understanding, isn't it?
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