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

The Earl and The Enchantress by Paullett Golden

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The Earl and The Enchantress (The Enchantresses, #1)The Earl and The Enchantress by Paullett Golden

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The two very charming and compelling main characters in Paullett Golden’s debut novel have nothing keeping them apart but themselves. Each of them has very good reasons for avoiding love and marriage but they are also lonely and want more from life. Their journey to find their HEA is a lovely one where they have to learn to trust each other and open themselves to love. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting and getting to know all of the characters. Each character was fully developed, robust and very relatable. I just knew I’d love aunt Hazel if I met her, she is so funny and caring, but I didn’t care for Charlotte or Drake. However, I understand there is more to Drake than meets the eye, so we’ll find him and maybe Charlotte redeemed in the next book – where they are the main characters. This book is well-plotted and well-delivered – an all-in-all excellent first book.

Lizbeth Trethow and Sebastian Lancaster, Earl of Roddam first meet when each steals away from a crowded ballroom looking for a moment of peace and solitude. Each is intrigued by the other, but since neither is looking for marriage, they know that this will be their only interaction. Neither of them could stop thinking of the other and when Sebastian’s cousin, Drake, Duke of Annick, decides to pursue Lizbeth or Charlotte for his bride, Lizbeth and Sebastian are thrown together more and more.

Lizbeth is a fixer, a healer of souls. She and her mother were very close and spent every day together frolicking on the beach, romping through the fields and delivering food to the workers at her father’s mine. When Lizbeth was seven years old, her mother died in childbirth and her whole world changed. Her happy, loving father withdrew into himself for years after his wife died and Lizbeth basically had the care of her father, the house and her sibling on her small shoulders. Now, she’s treated as a partner by her father and values her independence. She doesn’t have anything against marriage specifically, but she knows there isn’t a man out there who will treat her as an equal once they are married.

Sebastian had a horrible childhood with an abusive, mad father. Sebastian’s mother was sweet and loving to Sebastian, but she died when he was seven and from that point on he was abused both physically and mentally by his father. Those physical and mental scars run very, very deep. He feels unworthy and carries a huge load of guilt with him and he couldn’t possibly tie some poor woman to him for life. Besides, he has absolutely no idea how to love somebody, he’s never seen love and certainly hasn’t felt it. Sebastian is very, very, very slow to trust and very quick to see betrayal whether it is there or not.

Lizabeth is the balm to Sebastian’s wounds, but it comes at a price – he has to be honest with her and tell her all of his secrets. But, if he does, he knows he’ll lose her forever. Will he be able to conquer his demons and trust Lizabeth?

If you’d like to try a delightful new author, I hope you’ll give this one a try.

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Rescued from the Tower by Kate Carteret

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Rescued from the Tower: A Historical Regency RomanceRescued from the Tower: A Historical Regency Romance by Kate Carteret

My rating: 2.5/3 of 5 stars

Publication Date: 10/1/18

This is the debut novel for this author and I sort of like the premise of father and son competing for the same potential bride. However, I found it to be a bit trite and the writing a bit stilted. I also found the time placement to be Georgian rather than Regency since the book mentions the ‘Newly Founded Metropolitan Police’ that wasn’t founded until 1829. To me, it is a little too much fairy tale and not enough believable story. My rating was going to be 2.0 to 2.5, but, because it has an epilogue and I love epilogues, I rated it at a 3.

Rowena Lockhart is the only child of Baron and Baroness Lockhart. Her parents are aloof, disinterested, uncaring and often cruel. While her mother is overtly unfeeling and cruel, her father tries to seem as if he is more caring, but only yielding to his wife. However, it takes two of them to do what they have done. Rowena is nineteen and I fail to understand why she hasn’t been on the marriage mart for the last year or two – especially as much as her mother values rank and privilege. Now, the Barony is in deep financial trouble and they are basically selling Rowena off to the highest bidder. Of course, nowhere is it mentioned that she can, by law, refuse to marry that highest bidder. She doesn’t even seem to look for any way to really save herself – she just dreams of rescue.

Elliot Spencer is the only son and heir to Bartholomew Spencer, the Duke of Darrington, and they are polar opposites. The Duke is a slovenly, unmannerly brute who doesn’t seem overly smart and Elliott is smart, nice, even-tempered, well dressed and mannerly. For a long time, the Duke has been after Elliott, who is thirty, to marry, but Elliott hasn’t found anyone who interests him. He wants to find someone to love before he marries.

The Duke announces – out of the blue – that he thinks he will marry a young woman and sire a new heir because Elliot is unmanly and doesn’t even know what to do with a woman if he had one. Well – the laws of primogeniture don’t allow you to just choose a new heir. He could have disinherited Elliot and left all of the unentailed property and money to another heir, but the title and entailed property would still go to Elliot. Anyway – that whole gambit could have just been left out.

Rowena and Elliot met near an enchanting little cottage while out walking in the woods. They had a nice conversation but never introduced themselves. Each was constantly thinking about the other though. Each found out who the other was when Rowena was brought to the ducal residence to have dinner with the duke. Elliot certainly had a great deal of sympathy for Rowena and they made plans to meet again at the cottage.

Anyway – they meet and talk and fall in love. When Rowena’s mother suspects and locks her in her tower room, there is no hope for escape – either from the tower or the marriage to the Duke. Elliot makes an inept hero at best and Rowena seems hopeless as well. So, you have to introduce a third party as the hero(ine).

While I’m not a fan of the retelling of fairy tales, I didn’t allow that to color my rating. I think this writer has potential, but I just didn’t think this book lived up to that. I hope you’ll enjoy it if you decide to read it.

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