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

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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Only a Duke Would Dare by Collette Cameron

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Only a Duke Would Dare: A Regency Romance (Seductive Scoundrels Book 2)Only a Duke Would Dare: A Regency Romance by Collette Cameron
Tracy’s rating: 4.5 of 5 stars

Series: Seductive Scoundrels, # 2

Release Date: October 17, 2018

Theadosia Brentwood is cutting through the cemetery when she comes upon the very drunk and distraught Duke of Sutcliffe. She hasn’t seen Victor in 3 1/2 year, not since he left after his father’s suicide. When she hears his tortured voice asking his father, why? Her compassionate nature compels her to answer him. She approaches and tells him the reason his father killed himself – cancer. Victor is startled by the beauty standing before him, he thanks her for telling him and steals a kiss when she helps him up. Thea has always had a tender for Victor, but he father would never approve (he is the rector of the parish church) and Victor is far above her station. They quickly break apart when they hear voices approaching. Her father and his new curate, Mr. Leadford. To distract her father, she tells him that Victor has offered to donate the funds for the new organ and for choir robes. She looks at Victor, hoping he will not give her away – he doesn’t and asks her father if he will officiate his wedding in August. Thea is crushed, he is betrothed! But when her father asks about his bride, Victor tells him, he hasn’t found her yet! He invites the Brentwoods and Mr. Leadford to dinner and takes his leave.

He sees Thea again the next day and asks her to meet him the next morning. He speaks to his mother and asks her to plan a ball to find a bride. When his father died, his will states that Victor must marry by his 27th birthday or he will lose all the unentailed properties, including Ridgewood Court where his mother resides. He plans to marry and leave his bride with his mother and return to his rakish life in London, he briefly considers Thea as a bride, but is sure she would not agree to that type of marriage.

They meet each day and the longer he spends in her company, the more he wants her, even if that means giving up his wild ways. When her father announces at the dinner party that Thea will be marrying Mr. Leadford, Victor knows that he will never let that happen.

But when the truth comes out, Thea may have no choice and will be forced to choose between her family and her love.

This was a delightful novella, that is well written and perfectly paced. The characters are likable, there are twists and turns, secrets, friendship, passion and a seemingly impossible HEA. The steam level is low, but the love scenes are perfect for the story.

*I am voluntarily reviewing an uncorrected eARC that was provided to me*