In this captivating new Regency trilogy, bestselling author Ella Quinn picks up where her beloved Worthingtons series left off, as three Lords of London discover true love at last . . . Handsome, rakish, incorrigibly flirtatious—Fredrick, Lord Littleton, is notorious. Lady Adeline Wivenly is resolved to keep him at arm’s length during her first Season—until she overhears another woman’s plot to … another woman’s plot to trick him into marriage. Even a rogue is undeserving of such deception, and Adeline feels obliged to warn him—only to find herself perilously attracted . . .
In the past, Littleton’s charm nearly got him leg-shackled to the wrong woman. Now he’s positive he’s found the right one, for Adeline is everything he wants and needs in a wife. Her sense of justice is so strong she agrees to help him despite her mistrust. But can the ton’s most elusive lord convince the lady he is finally serious about marriage—as long as she will be his bride?
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The Most Eligible Lord in London by Ella Quinn
The Lords of London #1
Have you ever made a decision, assumed something about someone, presumed you were correct and then…found out you were incorrect? Finding out you might be wrong is not easy, finding out that your choices might have hurt others hurts two not one and making things right is not always possible. At least in THIS story there is a HEA…eventually.
Frederick, Lord Littleton is a man who has determined it is time to settle down. Last season he thought he had found “the one” only to realize they would not suit one another. His behavior left something to be desire so when he returns to look for a wife the next season and is once again smitten he does his best to be a bit more cautious. Poor Frits finds that his usual allure is not up to snuff with Adeline as her new friend warns her to be cautious of Littleton as he is not ready to settle down. Believing him a rake and wanting to support her new friend she is distant when with Frits. How will Frits win Adeline over? And, what about Crispin who seems to have decided Adeline should be his?
What I liked:
* Adeline: young but she knows what she does and does not want. She prefers the country to the city and does not appreciate politics
* Frits: a man who hopes to woo and win Adeline through carriage rides, discussion of animal husbandry and/or any other means he can come up with
* The side stories and romances…there were a few
* The conspiring of the mothers of Adeline and Frits
* Maximus and the explanation for why he and squirrels were not compatible
* The story of the farm animals…so much fun
* The unveiling of one scoundrel’s mistakes – do wonder what his choice will be
* That it was relatively uncomplicated and easy flowing
* How it all turned out
What I did not like:
* The slave owner and his henchman
* One of the men out only for himself without thought for others
* That my thoughts were easily taken away from the story – not sure if it is that the focus is ripped away by increasing covid-19 cases or if it was something else.
Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I read more in the series? I believe so
Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington-Zebra for the ARC – This is my honest review.
3-4 Stars
ahhhh another great book by Ella. I have a been a fan for a while and it seems that everytime I sit down with a historical fiction romance book I end up having a happy heart and it happened with this one too. we meet Fritz who has decided he is going to marry and be happy about it different than the men from his family, however things do not go as planned and when he meets and pursues and his supposed to marry someone he feels is the one, he panics and flees,. Now he is back again not sure of the reception he would receive from the ton and he ends up seeing someone that he is sure is for him however she is his last mistakes friend. Adline has just arrived in London for her first season and makes four great friends Dorie, Adeline, Miss Featheron and Miss Stern, they will protect one another from rogues and Adeline is aware of rakes and rogues since her brother is famous for being one. This handsome man captures her eye but he ends up being the man who broke her friend Dorie’s heart last season so she is going to clear away. Does it work-well grab a copy and Enjoy!
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I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
The Most Eligible Lord In London, by Ella Quinn, is available at booksellers March 31, 2020. Eligible is the 1st book in a new series, The Lords Of London. It’s off to a good start. In most of Ms Quinn’s books I’m left wondering about secondary characters. The kind so good they deserve a story of their own. I’m getting my wish. There’s always an eligible man or 2 running around the ballrooms of London. 3 of them are going to get HEA’s!
Federick “Fritz” Littleton has been labeled a snake in the grass. He wants love & last season he panicked, wrong lady, and went home before any real damage was done. This season he’s in trouble and knows it. He’s a handsome, very charming man. Wealthy, nice, a little naughty, good manners, he’s perfect. He feels bad about what happened and keeps trying to make amends. He even enlists the help of his mother, that’s desperate. I really, really liked him. Lady Adeline Wivenly was harder for me to like at first. She comes out of her shell and goes after what she wants but she was so shy I felt bad for her. Her greatest asset is loyalty. She’s willing to let Fritz go because he hurt her friend. That’s a friend indeed.
Looking forward to The Most Eligible Viscount In London. Turley is still chasing after Georgie. He better up his game.
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This was a well-written, entertaining book. Lady Adeline Wivenly is in her first season, and has been warned to avoid Fredrick, Lord Littleton. She overhears another woman plotting to trick him into marriage, and she can’t let him be taken advantage of that way. For his part, Lord Littleton is very attracted to Lady Adeline and wants the chance to change her mind about him. I enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more books by this author.
When can a girl be too loyal to a friend? That’s one of the issues facing Lady Adeline Wivenly, who has been told by her friend, Lady Dorie, that Frederick, Lord Littleton, is a rake. After all, didn’t Frits ( his nickname) nearly find himself married last season, skipping town without an explanation? Lady Dorie does not forgive easily — nor should she, since under the manners of the day, the charming lord behaved like a cad. However, you have to like a guy who won’t marry the wrong girl, no matter the pressure. And who wants to be married and isn’t determined to love and leave all the women he meets. No Frits just wants to marry the right woman, and nearly from the moment he sees Lady Adeline, he knows she is the one. Of course, she is not so easily persuadable — she loves her friend, after all. The story of how Frits woos her — with the help of a lovable dog — is breezy, light and laden with love. This book is a relief from angsty tales and troubled heroes. Loving families, meddling (in the best way) mothers and two characters who understand that love is more than surface attraction. Scrumptious. (Advance copy, courtesy of NetGalley. Opinions mine.)
It was nice to see a man, Frits, pursuing a woman, Adeline, so determinately! I did feel that the book dragged on towards the end. I think there should have been another way for Adeline to finally decide she loved Frits. I look forward to the rest of this series. I received an Arc from NetGalley and Kensington Books for my honest review.
London – 1818
Frederick, Lord Littleton, also known as Frits, is off to go riding with his friend, Gavin, Viscount Turley, in the park. Last season, Frits was seeing Lady Dorie Calthrop, daughter of the Marquess of Huntington. As he got to know her better, he realized that they would never fit. Instead of simply telling her this, he fled back to Littlewood, his estate. Now, he must apologize to her. In doing so, Dorie has some friends with her. Lady Adeline Wiverly is a lovely young woman who catches Frits’s eye. She has also caught the eye of another handsome man, Crispin, the Earl of Angelesey.
Frits soon begins to see Adeline to take her riding and she also walks with his Great Dane dog and his groom. At soirees, he strives to dance with her, especially the supper dance so he and she can dine together.
Adeline is quite taken with Frits as he is with her but she can’t help but feel guilty about her friend, Dorie, which is silly. She needs to follow her own heart and not listen to someone else. Frits has apologized to Dorie for his bad behavior and that should put and end to it.
Frits does all he can to court Adeline and hopefully win her heart before Crispin can intervene.
What a busy book. So many things happening and so many characters which is something that I do not like about this author’s books. Every little conversation must be written which becomes boring because there are So.Many.Words. A good story that needed a lot of editing to make it more interesting. More is not always better.
Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
I enjoyed this fun read and felt it was a great way to kick-off this new series. I loved the sparks that flew between Frits and Adeline as his persistence warred with her equally fierce determination. The story is well written and the characters (both lead and secondary) are likable. I felt that this book was slow on occasion but I also understood that a lot of groundwork was being laid for future books in this series. In spite of that though, I truly thought this was a very good read. I could feel for Frits. He made a all too common mistake that is now causing him big problems. I admired Adeline’s sense of loyalty and her strength of character. Together I thought these two made a great couple. I look forward to reading book two. This is my sincere, elective review.
Handsome, rakish, incorrigibly flirtatious Fredrick, Lord Littleton, is notorious or so Dorie says so Lady Adeline Wivenly resolves to keep him at arm’s length during her first Season until she overhears another woman’s plot to trick him into marriage. Even a rogue is undeserving of such deception, and Adeline feels obliged to warn him. In the past, Littleton’s charm nearly got him leg-shackled to the wrong woman. Now he’s positive he’s found the right one, for Adeline is everything he wants and needs in a wife. Her sense of justice is so strong she agrees to help him despite her mistrust.
This is the first in a new series but it does link with other series by the author & as I love the author’s books this added to my enjoyment to be able to reconnect with some earlier characters. A very good series starter, that flowed well & held my interest all the way through. The characters were well portrayed & had depth. I liked both Frits & Adeline & I loved how he fell hard & fast for Adeline but she did annoy me at times as she totally believed Dorie without finding out why Dorie hated Frits, even when everything told her Dorie was wrong. The road to their HEA made for an entertaining read as it certainly wasn’t smooth. I look forward to the rest of the series
My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read
Ella Quinn writes a good slow burn. Frederick is back in town for the season hoping to not repeat his mistakes of the past year. He is determined to find a lady to marry but he knows he has issues he will have to overcome. Adeline is having her first season and wants things to go well. She knows that the things she loves might not be what gentlemen like to talk about. She wants to find someone she can love and hopes to do so this season. When these two first see each other there is a spark but there is a big obstacle in their way. Their courtship gets underway and is helped along by their mothers who think they would be a perfect match. The author builds the tension as two gentlemen vie for her hand and secrets are revealed. The characters are ones who we will root for as they embark on a journey to discovering that they are perfect for each other.
Frederick, Baron Littleton, Frits to his friends, is well known, wealthy, handsome, titled, and therefore touted as the catch of the season. He made a grievous error last season that nearly saw him wed to a woman he realized was totally wrong for him. This season he’s trying again to find the right wife and thinks he’s succeeded in Lady Adeline Wivenly. Too bad she is also friends with the lady he made an enemy of last season.
Lady Adeline Wivenly is determined to keep Frits at bay, despite the attraction she feels for him, out of a sense of loyalty to her friend. Frits is equally determined to show her he’s no rake and that he’s serious about wanting a wife, as long as it’s her.
This was a bit boring for me to be honest. I can understand loyalty to one’s friends of course, but I just found Adeline to be judgmental, naive, and rather ditzy. This story turned out to be an agonizingly slow burn and the amount of times Adeline questioned Frits’ intentions had me questioning her intelligence. There were quite a few supporting characters as well and at times they were tough to keep straight. I never did find much plot; most of the narrative is bogged down in minutiae that did nothing to advance the story and moments of increased action and subplot that were added near the end just felt random and disjointed to me. I also never quite understood why Frits was so taken with Adeline and felt they were unevenly matched and rather flat for much of the book and this never really changed to me. Much of the book felt like added fluff for me, especially the chapters from the point of view of Adeline’s other potential suitor. This is a simple plot that could’ve really worked as I don’t think a ton of angst is needed to make a good book, but this one just wasn’t really romantic to me and fell flat on the chemistry and steam. Overall, this just didn’t work for me and was rather a slog to get through. I’m not sure if I’ll continue the series.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
An absolutely darling tale. Lord Frederick Littleton, Baron , Was getting ready to entertain Viscount Gavin Turley. He had a problem with Lady Dorie Calthrop, daughter of Marquis Huntington, last season. He thought they were in love and just before he proposed, stopped and really thought about it and realized they did not suit at all. So he fled and went to his estate, He didn’t talk to her before he left. Needless to say, she was very angry. He didn’t really want to see her, he was afraid that she would be unkind, not that he could blame her. He needed a wife and hoped this season he could find one.
Lady Adeline Wivenly had become a friend of Dorie’s. It was her first season and she was nervous and wanted to go back to the country. But she had to look for a husband. She wanted pets, especially a dog. She had never had one and she loved them. She also had another suitor and she was not sure what to do.
Crispin, Earl of Angelesey, son of the Marquis of Normandy, and an awful Rake. But he hides it and since he has spent the last few years in Paris and no one knew.
The story was interesting and watching all the twists and turns as it progresses. It really kept my interest. It was very well written. The characters were engaging and so lifelike. Their interactions were amazing and funny. Frits and Adeline were such a cute couple and the way they interacted over the animals was neat to read. I hope other people get to read and enjoy this great novel. I highly recommend this book.
I received this ARC from Net Galley and the author and voluntarily reviewed it.