She has to marry at all costs before the season is over. He has to ensure a wife for himself in order not to lose everything he is about to inherit. When they meet, their lives will never be the same again..Emma Wentworth has a task to complete. She has to marry before her father, the Duke of Corning, passes away, so that her family will prosper under the direction of her future husband. Nigel … direction of her future husband.
Nigel Baldwin, the Duke of Lox, has also been presented with a task. This is the last season he has in order to marry and receive his rightful inheritance before it’s rescinded.
When Emma and Nigel meet at a ball, they are both attracted to each other. But Emma finds herself in doubt about Nigel’s intentions. Despite his good looks and status, she feels uncertain about whether he will be a good husband. Nigel pursues her but is utterly confused by her puzzling behavior. She seems to reciprocate his feelings one minute and get distant the other.
Will Emma’s research for a proper husband come to an end before her father passes away? Is Nigel the man he claims to be or is there something to hide? And what happens when an unforeseen enemy threatens to shutter Emma’s life for good?
If you like engaging characters, heart- wrenching twists and turns, and lots of romance, then you’ll love “A Lady’s Choice!”
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This book drew me in and held me delightfully-captive from beginning to end.
PLOT: Two young people of the ton are in urgent need of a mate and are hoping this season will provide one for them. An ill father, Lord Wentworth, tells his daughter Emma that she must pick a suitor and marry by or soon after the end of the season, as he knows he is dying. Baldwin, Duke of Lox, is also under pressure to marry or lose his inheritance by the end of the year. He and his friend Christian, Lord of Abney, are enjoying their first season with this group of society, as they had not found brides elsewhere, previously. With a sense of urgency in each, their mating dances begin.
Enter: complications. An American cousin of Lord Abney has cast her bonnet for the Duke of Lox, and her presence casts doubt about the legitimacy of Baldwin’s intentions towards Emma—is he a rake with a string of ladies around the world, as some claim? Or is it a case of the forward American pushing herself onto an unwilling suitor? Furthermore, why is Emma’s step-mother so insistent that she marry Lord Archibald, someone she does not love and has no inheritance of his own to support her, let alone her step-sister, step-brothers and step-mother? As time passes, her step-mother’s insistence upon Lord Archibald increases despite the growing attention of the more promising prospect, the Duke of Lox, until Emma finds herself nearly engaged by her step-mother to Lord Archibald—why the insistence? Why the deceit? Why the nefarious means by which Emma is taken from her home in the middle of the night as her father seemed to be dying?
CRITIQUE: The plot was interesting and the twists and turns kept me reading. I really appreciate the clean language and behavior of those in the story, and the HEA outcomes for 2 young couples. As noted by others, I found the ‘wishy-washy’ attitude Emma displayed towards Baldwin off-putting. The conversations lacked luster at times. Overall, there seemed some stiffness in the characters and story, not as lifelike as in other stories, in which the author submerses himself/herself as if living and experiencing the story along with the characters. That being said, I could not put the book down as it did capture my attention. Readers of all ages will enjoy this story, which will remind them of an ancient fairy tale.
“like engaging characters, heart-wrenching twists and turns, and lots of romance, then you’ll love ‘A Lady’s Choice!’” That’s what the publisher’s blurb promised, and I love Regency Romance, and have consistently enjoyed this author’s books so I could not resist the temptation to get it.
Then I grew afraid.
What if it wasn’t all that good? I mean I didn’t even really read the description.
Then I actually read the book.
Glory Be was I relieved. Emma and Nigel’s story is everything promised by the blurb and more. It’s totally fun. Well written (no surprise there) and with a cast of characters I just loved. Happily I can report this is a real winner. But for the fact that I’m literally dictating this review to my husband from my hospital bed I could go on and on with praises – the book definitely deserves it. Since I can’t do that I will simply note that the book is most definitely one to read, it is easy to highly recommend.
Emma Wentworth’s father is dying and she must find a husband before the end of the Season to save her family. Lord Nigel Baldwin, the Duke of Lox, must marry soon or lose his inheritance. He meets Emma at a ball and tries to court her, but she wants to be in love when she marries. What will happen when her step-mother interferes and tries to ruin everything?
I Highly Recommend this interesting tale that starts out like many other Regency novels. BUT WAIT!! This novel has nefarious characters in abundance, mysteries to solve and innocent characters who learn the hard way who to and not to trust. When Emma disappears, what will happen next? Read this fabulous new novel from Fanny to find out.