Rescuing Lord Inglewood: A Regency Romance

This book begins with a bang, literally. Walking with an acquaintance to Gunter’s, Esther Fox sees that the rope holding a statue of the Greek God Hermes is unraveling as it is being lifted, and it will most certainly fall on a gentleman, Silas Riley, Earl of Inglewood, oblivious to his surroundings, walking nearby. Swiftly she knocks Silas out of the way, and in the process falls on Silas saving him from serious injury or death, but seriously damaging her reputation. Esther’s act of saving Silas Riley, and another incident involving Silas and Esther, compromised Esther, and she is forced to marry Silas.Esther is the younger sister to Isaac Fox. Growing up Isaac had a set of friends that he was intimately tied to, and the bonds to these childhood friends remain tight. Esther desired to be apart of this intimate circle, but never succeeded. As it turns out, Silas, is also a part of her brother’s intimate circle of friends. Esther spends a good part of her life feeling unwanted, and now as a married woman, she still feels unwanted and unaccepted with her husband and brother’s circle of friends. She also feels very frustrated that she is not allowed to make her own decisions.She takes up painting, and a favorite part of the book for me, was when she would send the paintings to her husband while he was away.This is a lovely story that Sally Britton has crafted, and I could really relate to Esther. I was the fifth of five children all born within the time span of six and one-half years. Many times, I felt left behind or if I was included, I often felt like a tag-along.I enjoyed seeing the growth in Esther and Silas, and I was always rooting for them to succeed as a couple and come to a happy ending. Both Silas and Esther, though having miscommunication issues and struggles, were very likeable.Marian Hussey is a very capable and talented voice, and she voices the variety of characters with distinction. She moved from female to male voices seamlessly. I read both the book and listened to the audiobook.T

This Regency romance features Silas and Esther. Esther sees a man about to be hit (maybe even killed) by a Roman statue being lifted in the air by workers, and rushes to push him out of the way, landing on top of him. She is wounded and he carries her into the nearest house (alone!). Thus, though she saved his life, she is suddenly seen as “ruined.” He sends her away, another compromising scene happens, which forces him to announce their engagement without consulting with her, for fear she will be scandalized if he doesn’t act quick. A rushed marriage ensues, but neither have had time to get to know each other’s hearts, and Esther seems incapable of understanding her new husband’s desires or intentions. She thinks the worst, believes the worst, and tension mounts between them in their new life together.This was an intriguing premise and easy to read. It’s well-written and I noticed only a couple minor editing issues (which most books have). I love marriage trouble books, but this one wasn’t quite my favorite. Esther drove me crazy much of the time because she was so fixated on her issues and blinded to everyone else around her. She just seemed so egocentric much of the time, even though she had low self-esteem. There were times when her words and deeds were in conflict—like once she says she’s going to help her husband get some food and then put herself to bed. But he jumps in, trying to be kind after she’s had a taxing day, and calls a servant to put her to bed and insists she not wait on him, which ticks her off as she suddenly doesn’t want to go to bed. But she just told him she needed a nap. Anyway, there were a few issues like that which made me annoyed with her because she couldn’t make up her mind.Overall, this was a great read and has deep character growth and some nice twists thrown in to keep your heart pumping. Very enjoyable.

Silas is an Earl. Esther is the sister of one of his dearest friends. One day on the streets of London when Esther was watching some workers raise a statue to the 3rd floor of a townhouse, she saw a man walking under it as the statue started to fall. She ran and pushed the man out of the way, saving his life. That man was Silas. Rumors began of her inappropriate action since she had fallen on top of him and he sent her to the country until the rumors died down. He thought he was protecting her and she saw it as him wanting her out of the way. When a second incident occurred, he proposed to save her reputation. She had no one with her brother at war and Silas was alone as well. They married but Esther always felt unwanted and that he was treating her like a child. It is a sweet story of how they grew together and supported each through grief.

I read this authors book 'Reforming Lord Neil' and I enjoyed it with a spirited female lead and tha male lead becoming more rounded as the book progressed. I completed it and decided to read some of the novels leading up to that book, starting with this one. The female lead is a self pitying drip, so wrapped up in her own emotional disappointment that she is to me, a dreary bore. I'm 50% through and throwing the towel in on this one, can't comment on the hero as he has hardly appeared in the story so far. If you are looking for feisty females, and an appealing hero, and sparkling wit, try Georgette Heyer's 'The Grand Sophy or Frederica'

This is the first book I have read by this author, finding it discounted on Book Bub, and what a delight it was. When an accident entangles Esther with her brother's friend, she finds herself falling in love. But how does he feel? This is a sweet romance, as befits the time period. Slowly the author builds the growing romance with mishaps and accidents.Just one thing I would mention, as a Brit I quickly picked up on Americanisms. In England, we do not 'visit with' someone, but go to visit them, for example. Neither would a 19th century use 'turn in' when she meant go to bed, although we might say that now as we've all learnt from American films! Still, Americanisms were few and far between and did not spoil my enjoyment of the book. Clearly the author has done her research on the manners and etiquette of the Regency period, as well as the historical events which are the backdrop to the novel. Altogether a really enjoyable read, and I immediately downloaded another of this author's work, which I read in two days, and also reviewed. A third book is already on my Kindle. Keep them coming, Ms Britton!

I noticed this on the Amazon 'bestsellers' list and put it on my to-read list. I had it there for a few weeks and looked forward to finally getting to it. Unfortunately, it fell pretty flat. It starts off okay and then slowly meanders into (and I'm sad to say) boring-ness. I wish there was a better way to put it.*Spoiler alert* The 2 main characters seem to spend a good portion of the book apart - which is not unrealistic, but doesn't seem to help the falling-in-love narrative much. Yes, they send correspondence (of a sort - I won't give any further spoilers), but the story just doesn't click right. By the closing, it turns out okay, but it's not the best thing I've read. Others might enjoy it, so I'd say maybe give it a try.

I do like how this author conveys the sense of period and without stifling the reader in detail, conveys the restrictions that women were subject to i.e. having to do what men thought best for them!Or best for the man, if you want to be cynical! I liked rather than loved the characters, hence the 3 stars, but I’m reading more in this series

I enjoyed this book. The period was well captured and understood and I thought that the author understood the effects of grief very well. It was slightly lacking in excitement and comedy, and the heroine was morose, even before the apparent death of her brother, but I look forward reading more books by this author.