Best-Laid Plans: A Huntresses Regency Romance
By Sarah M. Eden
Covenant Communications, 2022. 125 pgs.
Newton Hughes has long dreamed of pursuing a career in law, an acceptable choice for a gentleman of status and wealth. His parents, however, disapprove of his ambition, urging him instead to take his rightful place as a gentleman of leisure. Ellie Napper would like nothing more than for her parents to abandon their incessant efforts to marry her off to the greatest possible advantage. When Ellie and Newton are introduced through their mutual acquaintance, Charlie Jonquil, they commiserate over their shared plight. In desperation, they hatch a plan: Ellie and Newton will feign an interest in each other--enough to convince their parents not to push them toward unwanted matches but not enough to cause whispers or expectations. Their plan quickly spirals out of control, especially once they start to fall in love for real.
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This was a fun, quick read! Sometimes a novella is the perfect thing when I'm short on time, but need to escape the real world for a little bit. The side characters in this book are actually main characters from Sarah Eden's Jonquil and Lancaster series. It's always fun to go back in to this world and get to see the characters from a different perspective. Although this was a short novella, it still was a very satisfying story.
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