Lord Fenton's Folly by Josi KilpackLord Fenton is a gambler, a dandy, and a flirt-and he must marry or else he will be disinherited, stripped of his wealth and his position. He chooses Alice Stanbridge for two simple reasons: he once knew her as a young girl, and she is the least objectionable option available to him. However, Alice has harbored feelings for Fenton since their first meeting ten years ago, and she believes his proposal is real. When she discovers it is not, she is embarrassed and hurt. However, a match with the most-eligible bachelor in London would secure not only her future but that of her family as well. Determined to protect herself from making a fool of herself a second time, Alice matches Lord Fenton wit for wit and insult for insult as they move toward a marriage of convenience that is anything but a happy union. Only when faced with family secrets that have shaped Fenton's life does he let down his guard enough to find room in his heart for Alice.
My Review
5 out of 5 Stars
This
story fit my mood exactly. I love a good, proper romance, especially
one filled with anticipation and little subtle hints of romance--those
moments kept me reading and left me wanting more.
Lord Fenton (Charles) and Alice had met when they were a lot younger and the encounter always left Alice a bit in awe of Fenton. He's an eligible man, but he's a silly dandy and when he's forced to settle down and make a match, Alice is the one he chooses--and not for the reasons that she hopes for.
Alice is a spunky young woman and is determined not to let Fenton hurt her. They are both very strog personalities and I love the witty banter they had between them. I can't imagine living in a time when loveless marriages are the norm. I've always thought it's possible for two people to make a marriage work, when both are determined and have that common goal, and this story showed that it's not as easy to do as I believed. The journey this couple takes is necessary to get to where they ended up, with a lot of misunderstandings and hardships along the way. Sometimes growth means thinking outside of your own needs and wants and all growth is hard to go through.
The secrets that are revealed are tough to deal with and I enjoyed the way the characters came together. I especially loved Fenton's mother. What an example of selflessness and charity! The lessons taught are priceless. I loved the setting and was able to visualize it. I recommend this for clean Regency romance lovers.
Content: mild romance; nothing else of note. Clean!
Lord Fenton (Charles) and Alice had met when they were a lot younger and the encounter always left Alice a bit in awe of Fenton. He's an eligible man, but he's a silly dandy and when he's forced to settle down and make a match, Alice is the one he chooses--and not for the reasons that she hopes for.
Alice is a spunky young woman and is determined not to let Fenton hurt her. They are both very strog personalities and I love the witty banter they had between them. I can't imagine living in a time when loveless marriages are the norm. I've always thought it's possible for two people to make a marriage work, when both are determined and have that common goal, and this story showed that it's not as easy to do as I believed. The journey this couple takes is necessary to get to where they ended up, with a lot of misunderstandings and hardships along the way. Sometimes growth means thinking outside of your own needs and wants and all growth is hard to go through.
The secrets that are revealed are tough to deal with and I enjoyed the way the characters came together. I especially loved Fenton's mother. What an example of selflessness and charity! The lessons taught are priceless. I loved the setting and was able to visualize it. I recommend this for clean Regency romance lovers.
Content: mild romance; nothing else of note. Clean!
*I received a copy in exchange for an honest review*
Fenton groaned and put his saucer back on the tray, making an
instantaneous decision that eased his mind quite a lot. To look at every
woman he met as a potential wife was irritating, and after only two
weeks he was quite tired of it. Perhaps the solution was to orchestrate a
match that would not lay all aspects of matrimony at his feet all at
once. Perhaps treating it as a business arrangement would help it to be
exactly that, thereby freeing him from all the discomfiting realities he
was not yet prepared to face. "I leave for Fentonview on Tuesday
and shan't be back for a week. Courting is such a boring prospect, and
you yourself said that to become infatuated with anyone might become a
complication." He paused, considered one last time what he was going to
say next, and decided he felt as good about it as could be expected.
"You like Alice Stanbridge and feel she would make a good wife for me?"
Lady Chariton looked confused and perhaps a bit concerned. "I do, but-"
"Then
that is good enough for me," Fenton said, rising to his feet and
smiling broadly at his mother, who stared back at him in surprise. "I do
find her appealing and what's more she is not a silly little thing
without a practical thought in her head."
His
mother's eyes widened and her eyebrows rose upon her forehead. Fenton
struck a pose of consternation, with his thumb and forefinger on his
chin as he looked toward the window a moment, then nodded crisply and
turned back to his mother who still looked shocked by his pronouncement.
"Yes,
I think that Alice Stanbridge is exactly what I should like in a wife,
and so I shall see to it before I leave for Hampshire-I see no reason to
wait until Michaelmas and might as well get it over with." He leaned in
and kissed his mother's hand. "Thank you for your help, Mama. I shall
let you know how she responds to my proposal."
Author Josi Kilpack
Josi S. Kilpack hated to read until her mother handed her a copy of The Witch of Blackbird Pond when she was 13. From that day forward, she read everything she could get her hands on and credits her writing “education” to the many novels she has “studied” since then. She began writing her first novel in 1998 and never stopped. Sheep's Clothing won the Whitney award for Mystery/Suspense in 207 and Wedding Cake, book twelve in the Sadie Hoffmiller Culinary Mystery series won in 2014. Josi was also the Best of State winner in Fiction for 2012. Josi currently lives in Willard, Utah, with her husband, children and super-cute - but not very friendly - cat.
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