This regency romance started off sad with jumping right into Lady Elizabeth’s life and her horrible, abusive parents. They way they treated her, talked to her and their expectations (especially during that era) were awful! Sometime we got a glimpse of Lady Elizabeth’s fun lighthearted behavior but it was rare.
Once Lady Walmsley rescues her and brings her into her home, we start to see Lady Elizabeth heal as she begins to realize her worth and value as a woman and person. I loved Kit from the very beginning-he was such a fun character and great friend.
This story wasn’t as fun as I would have hoped and the story line reminded me alot of another book I had read recently, so I didn’t really feel like I was reading anything new. I still liked it though, and if you like regency romances be sure to check this one out!
I received a copy of this book complimentary for blog and social media review. All opinions are my own.
About the Book:
Lady Elizabeth Spaulding’s world has fallen apart.
Despite living her entire life to please her demanding parents, the Duke and Duchess of Marwood, she has little to show for it. After Elizabeth’s second failed betrothal, her father’s debts and appalling acts of retaliation force him to flee the country, consigning Elizabeth and her bitter mother to a life of poverty and exile. But Elizabeth’s fortunes change one day when an elderly acquaintance makes her an offer she can’t refuse.
Lady Walmsley, widowed and childless, is in need of a lady’s companion—and who better than the lovely Lady Elizabeth? Determined to rescue Elizabeth from her dreary life in the country, Lady Walmsley secures the help of Kit, the dashing Earl of Cantwell, in her quest. But the young woman they find is a ghost of the charming girl they once knew. Taken in by Lady Walmsley, and with Kit’s enthusiastic encouragement, Elizabeth finds herself pushed further and further from her empty solitude as she discovers the joy of truly living. Now, for the first time in her life, she must decide for herself who she is and if she deserves to be loved.
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Biography
Karen Tuft was born with a healthy dose of curiosity about pretty much everything, so as a child she taught herself to read and play the piano. She studied composition at BYU then graduated from the University of Utah in music theory as a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Kappa Lambda honor societies. In addition to being an author, Karen is a wife, mother, pianist, composer, and arranger, and has spent countless hours backstage and in orchestra pits for theater productions. She also has a 75 percent success rate when it comes to matchmaking and is a big believer in happy endings. Among her varied interests, she likes to figure out what makes people tick, wander through museums, and travel–whether by car, plane, or paperback.
Karen is also a 2016 Foreword INDIES finalist.
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