Three Regencies, all featuring at least two couples in search of their happily-ever-afters, make up this collection.
In TUESDAY NIGHTS, boxer Michael Cunningham is more interested in building his fortune than finding a wife, but made a promise he would marry by his twenty-eighth birthday. Reminded of the deadline by his sister, Michael realizes he has much to do in the three weeks he has if he’s … has if he’s to propose to Olivia—or she’ll become his sister’s governess! With no time for courtship, banns, or wedding planning, his sister insists Michael ruin Olivia!
Despite feeling affection for Michael since the day he rescued her from a rake, Olivia is still shocked—and ruined!—when he climbs into her bed.
Once they’re married, Michael is sure Olivia despises him, while she is sure he wandered into the wrong bedchamber that fateful Tuesday night.
Will a week be enough time for Michael to court Olivia, to convince her of his affections? Or will he regret his last-minute efforts to keep his promise? Only time will tell…
When Clarinda married the Earl of Norwick, she thought she was marrying the Fitzwilliam twin who courted her. But it was David’s identical twin brother Daniel, the spare heir, who captured her heart with pink roses and delectable kisses. So when the rakish David made her his countess, the embittered Daniel left London to run the earl’s estates in Sussex.
With David’s sudden death comes a reunion of the star-crossed lovers—and Clarinda’s randy mother-in-law. Clarinda thinks Daniel despises her for being a fortune hunter—and because she’s pregnant with what might be an heir to the earldom. Daniel knows Clarinda despises him, but can’t remember what caused the row they had when they last spoke. Meanwhile, David’s ghost is paying nocturnal visits to Clarinda while annoying Daniel with instructions to pursue his widow and pleas to discover who caused his untimely death.
Who can be in mourning when twin brothers are causing so much trouble? Or is two times the romance worth a bit of sibling rivalry? Twins double the fun in THE WIDOWED COUNTESS.
When Lady Julia and her friend Samantha notice an especially handsome groom from their vantage point of a second-story bedchamber window in Mayfield House, they decide the man would make the perfect gentleman. Julia accepts Samantha’s challenge to transform the man in time for a ball.
Little do they know Alistair Comber is already a gentleman. The estranged second son of an earl works in service in order to make good on a promise he made to a fellow soldier while he was an officer in the British Army.
Alistair agrees to Julia’s request that he learn how to bow, dance and dress like a gentleman in time for her mother’s ball. After all, how hard can it be when MY FAIR GROOM is already a gentleman? How hard indeed!
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1. TUESDAY NIGHTS – 2.25 STARS
Wow, I feel like I’ve been in a traffic jam. The story dragged and the reason for the H to delay wedding, I understood. But, to not even inform the h what he intended was ridiculous. Her father didn’t even share what he knew and he was supposedly close the his youngest daughter.
Then we have the oldest sister and what she experienced – WHAT!! Does the H do anything so more innocent women don’t meet the same fate -NO! Why did he use his hard earned money to provide for her?
I enjoyed some of the story on the H’s best friend and his love. We have 3 stories with 3 different couples and there isn’t romance in any. So if you are expecting romance, this isn’t it. There is lovemaking described, heat level 4 out of 5. Since I didn’t feel a connection with any of the couples it was just lust.
Story line very simple and dragged out. No cheating, HEA, no romance and steam. (ljb)
2, THE WIDOWED COUNTESS – 2 STARS
As soon as I began reading, and realized how the h was falling for her husbands twin so quickly, I was turned off. If the author would have them coming together a year down the road, it would have made the story more plausible for me.
I was so disappointed because when I read THE DREAM OF A DUCHESS, prior to this bundle, my heart ached for Daniel. He was so in love with the h, but his twin had been betrothed for years to her. David, had Daniel appear at functions pretending to be him. The h fell in love with Daniel, but didn’t realize the switch. Oh, I wanted Daniel to get a better deal than his brother’s left overs.
I agree 100% with reviewer DMD because in the above mentioned story, David has a daughter, no mention of this now. Talk about confusing. This story was written prior to The Dream of a Duchess. The author should take more time with relationships when writing stories that are tied together. Of course, what are the odds I would read these back to back.
I skipped over the lovemaking because I didn’t feel they were a couple. Maybe if the author didn’t include a very intimate scene with David and the h prior to his death, I wouldn’t have felt a connection to them. He wasn’t warm and fussy in the previous mentioned story.
There is a touch of the paranormal in this as David appears as a Ghost. The only part I liked was David explained what sex the h would have with his children and his brother’s.
3. MY FAIR GROOM – 3.5 STARS
This was by far the best of this set. I enjoyed the h/H of the main story. The H has been disowned by his father for doing an honorable thing and becomes a groom. The h makes a bet she will make the groom into a gentlemen. Unknowing he is the son of an Earl. The second story is about a man who tries to find his 1/2 siblings. He ends up at an inn he was previously too to speak to the bar maid. This one I didn’t feel the connection to as I did the first story.
There is lovemaking by both couples outside of marriage, heat level 4 out of 5. No cheating, HEA, romance in the first story and steam. I did enjoy how the h with the first couple, found out who he really was and how the turn of events took place with his father – very satisfying. (ljb)