What are you planning to read this weekend? It’s a holiday weekend in the United States
(Memorial Day) and I am going camping with family and friends. I am loading up my
bag with lots of different types of books to read from nonfiction to historical
romance.
Vivienne Poppy is a young woman and orphan who writes
novels using the nom de plume of Lady Larkby.
Her evil stepbrother is trying to force her to marry a man that she
finds contemptable. She runs away to live
in the home that is her only inheritance and to support herself through her writing. She is kidnapped by a handsome highwayman
along the way only to find out once she reaches Bath that there is actually a Sir
Larby who everyone assumes is her husband.
Sir Sebastian Larby’s dying grandmother has found out about Vivienne’s existence
and is thrilled. Will pretending to be
married to Sebastian solve her problems while keeping his grandmother happy?
My thoughts on this novel:
· This novel starts off with great exciting with Vivienne being kidnapped by a dashing highwayman. Things about him don’t add up and he rescues her in her time of need. They also share a passionate kiss before he leaves her at her home in Bath.
· This novel engaged me from the first page until the last. It was a quick read and a real page turner! Adventure sure seemed to follow Vivienne and Sebastion.
· I liked how Vivienne was an independent woman trying to support herself as an author. I loved her independence!
· This was a lovely historical romance. I felt the romance throughout the novel and was routing for the two main characters to get together.
· I like the trope of fake marriage and I really like stories with honorable men who work as highwaymen. Sebastion is a Yeoman of the Guard for the Prince Regent and uses his disguise as a highwaymen to take care of delicate matters for the Prince Regent.
· This is a regency historical romance and takes place in 1813 primarily in Bath.
· Vivienne has a tendance to get herself into scrapes that made me laugh out loud a few times. I liked the humor in this novel.
· I liked the Author’s Note at the end about the real locations and history in the novel.
· This is the second book in the “A Novel of Best Laid Plans” series. I read it fine as a standalone novel, but I definitely need to go back and read the first book in the series.
Overall, if you are looking for a light, romantic
Regency historical fiction novel full of adventure, look no further than To
Kiss a Knight by Grace Hitchcock. I need
to read more novels by this author!
Book Source: Thank-you to @gracehitchcockbooks @kregelbooks @austenprose
for the review copy of this novel as part of the Austenprose PR Tour
GIVEAWAY- For a chance to win a copy of this novel, please enter the giveaway on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/laurasreviews_1/p/DJ4LTfHuQRX/
Thanks for sharing your review with the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge
ReplyDelete