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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Not terribly angsty, but enough so to get on the shelf. I liked the family and chuckled several times - Ethel cracked me up! Despite my lack of interest in storylines with kids, it didn't much bother me here (not a huge feature really). Great drama with the Victorian-era Regina George. (3.5 stars) ( ) "3 out of 5 stars. Matilda and Frederick (Thornsby/Freddy) will charm you in this quaint historical romance!" Read more of this review, a teaser, and a an excerpt here: http://frommetoyouvideophoto.blogspot.com/2014/04/blog-tour-made-grade-charming-... -- Posted as a part of a blog tour on April 30th. no reviews | add a review
1849 . . . Matilda Sheldon, the middle daughter of the sixth Earl of Bisset, has never been interested in the fashionable society events that so preoccupy her parents and siblings. Her loving, albeit, daft family cannot understand why. But Matilda has little use for silly rules and dramas. She would rather occupy her time with a worthwhile cause such as opening The Sheldon Home for Orphans, much to the chagrin of her mother and grandmother. They are quite certain a venture of this nature will discourage suitors. Matilda is quite certain that if suitors are discouraged it is because she is clever, plain, a bit clumsy, and inevitably compared to her beautiful sisters. The Duke of Thornsby is in tight spot. After receiving the title on the death of his father, he discovers the inheritance is to be gifted elsewhere if he does not marry before his thirtieth birthday. Unfortunately, our man-about-town is embroiled in a scandal, not of his own making, and the marriage mamas won't let any eligible misses anywhere near him. What's a Duke to do? Get invited to a house party hosted by the notoriously absent-minded Earl of Bisset, who just happens to be Papa to some young ladies of marriageable age!Thornsby finds himself fascinated, not with the two Sheldon debutantes actively seeking a husband, but rather with the 'brown wren' he first mistakes for a servant. Matilda is counting the hours until the house party ends when the necessity of conversing with the guests will be over, and ridiculously handsome men go far away. Can a worldly Duke convince a sensible girl to accept his court? Find out in Charming the Duke. No library descriptions found. |
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