The Unlikely Lady
Valerie Bowman
St. Martin’s, May 5 2015, $7.99
ISBN: 9781250042095
In 1816 London, to her mother’s chagrin, Jane Lowndes prefers a
book to meeting eligible gentlemen. To
attend her friend Cass Monroe wedding to new Earl Julian Swift (see The Accidental
Countess) in Surrey without the bothersome of a chaperone, Jane invents Mrs.
Bunbury.
Still rebounding from the Napoleonic Wars, Lord Garrett Upton
prefers a life of rakish no responsibility except sending money to the mother
of a friend who died in combat. He looks
forward to Julian’s party but loathes the bluestocking pain in the butt Miss
Jane Lowndes who also will be there.
Having survived war, Garrett figures he could deal with this adversary
for a sennight. At the gala, a kiss
stuns Jane and Julian. However, as each
reassesses their new found allure towards their loathsome foe, Garrett learns
“no good deed goes unpunished” (Clare Booth Luce).
The
third amusing Playful Brides Regency (see The Unexpected Duchess) is another
lighthearted madcap romance starring beloved enemies falling in love. Though their change from arguing like cats
and dogs to intense attraction feels abrupt,
this is a pleasurable jocular historical.
Harriet
Klausner
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