“Promises and Primroses” by Josi S. Kilpack

Promises and Primroses (Mayfield Family Series) by Josi S. Kilpack

This story really flowed and kept my interest from beginning to end. I absolutely LOVED the main characters-Peter, Elliott, and Julia. I was very frustrated with Amelia even though as a mother I could relate to alot of her feelings.

Sometimes I have a hard time enjoying stories from this time period (they can be a little stuffy!) so I went into the book with low expectations, but this story was outstanding! I’m so glad I gave it a chance! I have also read other books by this author and she does an amazing job-highly recommend this book and others she has written.

Clean “proper romance”, beautiful story setting, great characters, great story-can’t say enough positive things about this book!

I have high hopes that this is book 1 in a series since the front of the book says “Mayfield Family Series”. I would love to read more about Elliott and how he plans to handle his other nephews and nieces with their inheritance. I will definitely be reading more in this series if she writes them!

I received a copy of this book complimentary for blog and social media review. All opinions are my own.

About the Book:
Lord Elliott Mayfield has done his best to take care of his family, first his siblings and now his nieces and nephews. Unfortunately, he sees this new generation moving in the same direction of bad matches and scandalous relationships as the last. In hopes to change their course, he establishes a “marriage campaign” to motivate them to improve themselves through making respectable matches. With his heart in the right place, what could possibly go wrong?

Peter, Elliott’s eldest nephew, thinks the entire idea is ridiculous. A widower with two young daughters, he simply needs a governess, not a wife. Julia Hollingsworth certainly has the credentials and the experience, but is altogether too young and pretty for such a job. So why can’t he stop thinking about her?

Julia loves working as a governess, despite the objections of her mother, Amelia. And as it turns out, Amelia has a lot to say about the Mayfield men—none of it good. But Julia dismisses the rumors of ruined reputations and instead concentrates on helping Peter with his children and his fledgling business in canine husbandry. His kindness and gentleness is endearing—and increasingly attractive.

But Amelia, whose heart was broken thirty years ago by none other than Elliott Mayfield, is determined to prevent any relationship from blooming either between Peter and Julia—or between herself and Elliott.

Hearts and history collide as both couples must face their pasts and decide if risking it all is worth the promise of new love and a new future.

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About the Author
Josi S. Kilpack is the bestselling author of several Proper Romance and Proper Romance Historical series and the cozy mystery series, Culinary Mystery series. Her book, A Heart Revealed, is a Publishers Weekly Best Romance Book of the Year. She and her husband, Lee, are the parents of four children.