Category: Georgian Era (1714-1837)

The Georgian era is a period in British history 1714 to 1830. The kings were all named George: George I, George II, George III and George IV. The sub-period of the Regency is defined by the Regency of George IV as Prince of Wales during the illness of his father George III. The definition of the Georgian era is often extended to include the short reign of William IV, which ended with his death in 1837.
Preceded by: Restoration
Including: Regency era
Followed by: Victorian era

Earl to the Rescue by Jane Ashford

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Earl to the RescueEarl to the Rescue by Jane Ashford

My rating: 2.5/3 of 5 stars

Series: Not a series
Publication Date: 11/27/18

** 2.5 Stars Rounded up ** This book was originally published in 1980 as ‘Gwendeline’. I have read and enjoyed several of this author’s books, but this really wasn’t one of those. I wanted to love it – and once I picked through the bits and pieces, I did like the core of the story. The writing was patchy and the story was slow and very predictable. However, it just mostly left me puzzled about the people who populated the story, their relationships and the time in which they lived as well as their interactions with each other.

The heroine isn’t just TSTL, it is worse than that. She reminds me of the old cartoon series where Snidely Whiplash is always tying Nell Fenwick to the railroad tracks – she never learns.

The hero just puzzles me. I guess in my cartoon scenario, he’d be Dudley DoRight. He seems to be in a world of his own. He doesn’t share any information or tell what is going on – but – yet he shares ‘glances’ or ‘smiles’ with others that makes you think there is a conspiracy of some kind. He manages to do some TSTL stuff as well.

The basic story is:

Gwendeline Gregory’s parents have just died and left her with absolutely nothing. She never really knew them because they placed her in the country and only visited for a short period each year – and they had house parties, etc. during that time. So, when they died and their holdings had to be sold off she isn’t terribly bereft. Now, the parents deaths and the legal aftermath didn’t just happen in a day, yet when the hero, Alex St. Audley, Earl of Merryn, shows up at her door to ‘rescue’ her, she has absolutely no thoughts and no plans even though she has to be out of the house that day. She thought maybe she’d go to an Inn for a while.

Alex shows up expecting an infant or a young child and he has planned for the future care of that child. It is his plan to provide a house and yearly stipend. However, when he arrives, the young child turns out to be a lovely young woman. Alex makes up a story about a ‘group’ of her father’s friends getting together to provide for her. (How can he be good friends with either or both parents and not know something about the child?) He takes Gwendeline to London and places her in his mother’s home with plans to provide a season.

Gwendeline learns some hurtful things about her parents, meets a bad guy, gets kidnapped, gets rescued, gets kidnapped, etc. Alex does some stupid things, keeps secrets when he should be speaking up, etc. – Then finally HEA.

As I said, I enjoyed the core story, but you had to really pick it out of all the stuff going on – and it is slow going. I’ll leave it up to you to decide whether you wish the read the book or not.

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Wicked Laird by Tammy Andresen

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Wicked Laird (Brethren of Stone Book 2)Wicked Laird by Tammy Andresen

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Series: Brethren of Stone #2
Publication Date: 11/27/18

The second of the Sinclair brothers, Blair, has found his soulmate in this lovely novella. The six Sinclair siblings lost their parents in a terrible accident and now each of siblings is headed out into the world to make their own fortunes – but keep very close ties with the other siblings. In the last book, Scottish Devil, we saw the eldest brother, Stone, struggle with the loss of his parents, the responsibility of caring for his siblings, and assuming the title. Now, one of his younger brothers has used his inheritance to purchase a large parcel of land in the Scottish Highlands. Blair Sinclair is determined to tame his land, build some piers and start a branch of the family shipping lines – and he’s going to do it on his own. Well, that scenario doesn’t last long because there are some nasty villains there and having a large, rich, powerful family can go a long way to help.

Soon after arriving on his new land, Blair is using a scythe to cut the growth around his cottage. Out of the corner of his eye, he sees a sparkle out on the loch. It is the sun glinting off of a sail. Who could be sailing into his harbor? As he watches, he realizes that the boat is capsizing and sinking. He makes a mad dash down to the water and dives in. What he rescues isn’t a boy as he’d thought, it is a very feminine young woman.

Elle has had a very hard time since her father’s death. Because she had no means of caring for herself and her younger brother, she placed her trust in a man who was not trustworthy. She’s paid a high price for that. Now, she is determined she will never, ever, trust or depend on another man. She will never allow herself to be vulnerable like that again.

Blair is intrigued by the young woman he rescued and he’s determined to keep her safe, but she fights him every step of the way. It is nice to watch them come to trust and care for each other as they fend off the villain. I love what Elle tells Blair about the villain – “It’s not that he’s stronger, it’s that he’s black to the soul and wearing righteousness like a cloak.”

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