Series: Lords in Love, #5
Traits & Tropes: widow/widower; matchmaker; employer/employee; class difference
Publication Date: 05.23.23
Genre/Setting: Historical; Hampshire, England, Spring, 1818
Heat Level: 3.5
Rating: 4/5
Benjamin Nash, the Marquess of Creslow needs to marry and fulfill his duty to produce an heir, but since his young wife passed away, he has no desire for another love match. Instead, he decides to hire a matchmaker to handle everything for him, but when he meets the woman at a May Day matchmaking festival, he realizes that she herself is far too well-suited to him.
Since her husband’s passing left her in financial straits, Rebecca Sweet has relied on relatives and in the process found a knack for making matches. Now that she has her first true client, she’s determined to make a success of it, though her task is complicated by the steamy encounter she had a few months previously with the man she’s meant to match. Things are complicated with the attraction blooming between Nash and Rebecca, but with her determined to only marry for love this time and him equally set on the opposite, their future together seems rather impossible and leaves Rebecca with little choice but to find a match for him quickly and thus protect her heart.
I really liked the fact that this heroine held out for what she wanted and refused to settle. Nash needed a bit of a push at times to risk his heart again and Rebecca seemed to know just when to apply a little pressure and when to back off. Likewise, Rebecca wanted love but wasn’t sure what it looked like, so I enjoyed seeing her figure that out as she and Nash got to know each other better. He wasn’t exactly the most heroic of heroes and I could’ve done without his vapid flirting with other women, but I did appreciate it when he got himself together and quit being such a bumbling idiot. I’m not super thrilled that I’ve once again managed to grab a book that deals heavily with grief, but this one at least did so with a hopeful tone.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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