Series: Goode's Guide to Misconduct, #0.5
Traits & Tropes: second chance; older hero & heroine; titled hero; unexpected inheritance
Publication Date: 12.27.22
Genre/Setting: Historical; Regency; Hertfordshire, England
Heat Level: 1
Rating: 4/5
Tabetha, Dowager Viscountess Manwaring is certainly no expert in the rules of homemaking and domesticity, but when she's asked to pose as the famed expert Mrs. Goode to protect the true author's identity, she agrees. When she arrives at the home Mrs. Goode is meant to redecorate a nursery for, she is flummoxed to find that the Earl of Stalbridge, the client, is her childhood friend, Kit Killigrew. Beth is pretending to be someone she's not, but she can't hide her attraction to Kit.
Kit has spent half a lifetime apart from the woman he's always loved. Now that they're reunited, he's keen to do much more than just redecorate his home.
This was a great take on second chance for me. Likely because this is a short novella to set up a new series, there is very little time spent dwelling on the past or missed time and Kit and Beth waste no time getting together and discussing their feelings. Our hero and heroine are older and not keen to spend any more time apart and I just ate it up. I also adored Beth's relationship with her stepson, Oliver, and I can't wait to see more of him. This was a fun, low angst read and I'm excited for the new series.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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