All she needs is a little bit of change. She’ll have to fight him for it.Georgiana Paige is on the shelf after eight full Seasons in London and not a single offer of marriage. When the opportunity to act as companion to her spinster aunt presents itself, she jumps at the chance to escape the Marriage Mart and embark on a new adventure. Upon her eventful arrival in the tiny Yorkshire village, … Yorkshire village, though, she finds herself confronted with a man who both piques her interest and provokes her pride.
A lowly country vicar, Samuel Derrick would do anything to keep his coarse but idyllic parish the way it is. When change arrives there in the form of multiple new tenants straight from London, he vows to fight against their meddling. He is unprepared, though, for Georgiana Paige and the way she forces herself into the inner workings of the parish. His past experience tells him to keep the woman at arm’s length, but his heart—and her determination to stay involved—won’t allow for it.
As the village fights against the industrialization and poverty sweeping the North, Samuel and Georgiana find themselves working to pull the village together, even as those around them seemed determined to pull it apart. But how can two people who have lived such disparate lives bring anything together when they are fighting against their own desires for change and love?
The Road through Rushbury is a stand-alone sweet regency romance novel, book one in the Seasons of Change series.
Books in the series include:
Book One: The Road through Rushbury by Martha Keyes
Book Two: The Last Eligible Bachelor by Ashtyn Newbold
Book Three: A Forgiving Heart by Kasey Stockton
Book Four: A Well-Trained Lady by Jess Heileman
Book Five: coming soon by Deborah M. Hathaway
Bok Six: coming soon by Sally Britton
Book Seven: coming soon by Jennie Goutet
more
I absolutely love this story! I am also really looking forward to the others in the compilation… so many wonderful authors are involved in this series, and this is a great start to it. I don’t think I have ever been disappointed by any story I have read by Martha Keyes. Her character development is wonderful and the storyline and the interactions between the characters always pull me right in, making me feel like I am experiencing the events along with them. I particularly enjoyed the fact that the two lead characters initially started off disliking each other. Call me contrary if you will but life isn’t always so neat and put together as to make love at first sight (always) so believable. Instant attraction, yes! Love, though, is something very different. Plus, just because you’re attracted to someone doesn’t mean you’ll be happy about it haha
So for me, this book struck the right note, straight off.
I also really appreciated the understated grace and caring nature of our heroine and the fact that she wasn’t too proud to learn from those who had been off putting and at times condemning in their initial interactions with her.
I liked that the hero was also able to admit when he was wrong and didn’t allow his own prejudices to hold him back from acknowledging and correcting his own mistakes.
I also, really loved Burke’s character! He made me laugh so many times.
I could keep going but I don’t want to spoil the story for you. Suffice it to say that anyone who enjoys clean and wholesome Regency Era romances will love reading this.
I received and ARC from the author but am under no obligation to leave this review. I truly loved reading it and hope you will too!
This was a wonderful quick read. The characters are believable and feel real. They faced hard challenges and all came out better for them. The love story was believable.
A truly great book you will want to read.
This was a lovely wholesome regency romance. This story had a little different feel, as it was not set in the normal London scene but more in a rural country area. Georgiana volunteers to be a companion to her Aunt Sarah. She had already endured eight London seasons and wanted an escape to the quite country life. She was strong, determined and wanted to be independent. the characters were well defined and likable. The story moved along at a good pace. This one was very good, but a little bland and predictable. I think it could’ve used some twists and turns to spruce it up a little bit. I have read many of Martha Keyes books and love them. As I said, it was good, but not my favorite. It is the 1st book of a multi-author series. I truly enjoy all of the authors in the series and look forward to reading them all!
This was a sweet story of a consistently wonderful heroine softening and healing a good man’s heart. Martha Keyes did a great job with making the town of Rushbury and its characters seem real and important with her descriptive writing. She has included themes of forgiveness and bridging differences. Lovely story with depth of characters and morals!
This was such a good book! It had a lot of interesting information about the wool industry and about the surveyor of the highways- which I didn’t even know was a thing. I love learning something new when I read these historical romances and Martha Keyes always has fun historical tidbits in her books. I know it’s a good book when I have to look things up and learn more after reading about them in a novel. There was not the usual beautiful poor girl meets a rich man and they fall in love and it was refreshing. There was still a romance and a happy ever after though. This is for sure worth reading.
This sweet romance was quite different from other Regency novels I’ve read. It was set in a remote village. There were no balls or dancing of any sort. There were not even any dinners where the hero and heroine could get to know each other better. Instead, they became better acquainted while surveying and repairing the local roads. I didn’t really know anything about that sort of work, and certainly not that women were sometimes entrusted with that responsibility, so I found it very interesting to read about.
I really liked Georgiana. She truly cared about others and did her best to help them. I was frustrated at times with Samuel, who I felt was sometimes unfair to her. However, I was very satisfied by the ending, and the epilogue was beautiful.
I recommend this to anyone looking for a sweet romance.
I had an ARC copy of this book, but this is my voluntary and honest opinion. This is a heartwarming Regency Story. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Martha Keyes newest book. The characters are wonderful with honest feelings and problems. I liked the way the characters addressed their problems and interacted with each other. Great work, Martha!
With the premise of change as a catalyst to this book (and series), the author did a wonderful job of weaving Georgie and Sam’s characters as well as the contrasts between the upper class and the lower classes in this surprisingly deep clean Regency romance.
While this book had so much heart it did not feel overwhelming with heaviness. The story definitely endeared the characters and plight of not only the villagers, but also Georgie and her need to belong, to me. There were fun nuggets of humor especially as Georgie and Sam really got to know and see one another. I found myself excited to keep reading and invested to know how everything would end not only for the main characters but also for the sweet village of Rushbury.
This is another great read by author Martha Keyes and a book I would highly recommend.
Another great clean regency romance by Martha Keyes. I really enjoyed how this book doesn’t take place in the normal setting of London or ballrooms but instead two people fall in love after serving a small community together.
Martha Keyes has delivered yet another enchanting and delightful regency romance!
Georgiana Paige convinces her parents to let her act as companion to her aunt who lives in a small village. After eight seasons with no match, Georgiana is thrilled to be anywhere but busy London. In short time, she falls in love with the quaint village of Rushbury as did I! There were so many wonderful side-characters in the village that made the story richer.
And then of course, there is the handsome vicar, Samuel Derrick, who has constructed walls around himself after being hurt in the past but finds a kindred spirit in Georgiana.
The author manages to illustrate the tenuous relationship between the landed gentry and the laborers with great finesse and I enjoyed seeing characters realize that their pre-conceived notions of the other class are not always true.
I have never met a Martha Keyes book I did not love and this one was no exception. If you enjoy regency romance, then you need to pick this one up!
I received an advance copy of this book but am voluntarily leaving a review of my own opinions.