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njsbooknook's review
3.0
The plot for How to train a Viscount was very interesting. Adam is a witness to the murder of his employer. To escape being the next target, his only choice is to impersonate his employer, the Viscount, and travel to England. Once there he meets Lady Isla McIntyre, recently jilted and looking for a distraction. Teaching Adam the tricks to pass off as the true Viscount seemed the perfect opportunity to move forward. In the process, they fall in love, find the murderer and uncover the truth.
Adam was an amazing hero. He was cute, funny and non-brooding gentleman who are so rare in historical romances. His slipups after he arrives in England were cute and funny. While it was easy to like Adam, I was not able to warm to Isla so easily.
While I would have liked to read more about their romance and how she teaches Adam, the story focused more on Isla's past miseries and his nervousness. I did like the mystery behind the murder and I thought it was well plotted.
Adam was an amazing hero. He was cute, funny and non-brooding gentleman who are so rare in historical romances. His slipups after he arrives in England were cute and funny. While it was easy to like Adam, I was not able to warm to Isla so easily.
While I would have liked to read more about their romance and how she teaches Adam, the story focused more on Isla's past miseries and his nervousness. I did like the mystery behind the murder and I thought it was well plotted.
books_and_more_books_byt's review
4.0
This is the fourth book in the Wedding Trouble series but can be read as a standalone. It was full of drama, misery, mystery, murder and romance. The characters from the previous books show up in this book and add an interesting twist to the story line. I really liked the characters in the book and felt sad for Isla. Her brother and their friends deserted her when she needed them. Adam was such a great hero and so sensitive to Isla's loneliness. The book well written and kept the readers attention. I couldn’t put the book down once I started to read it because I wanted to find out how it would end.
esadday's review
5.0
Luck and the Single Lady
Lady Isla was very publicly dumped by her betrothed Duke for a blue stocking of inferior social status. They’d been engaged for years, so long that any chance for her to make a match evaporated when it ended.
But Lady Luck has something other than spinsterhood in store for Isla. Adam is Lord Randall’s manservant, sent to procure passage to England when Randall discovers he’s inherited the title of Viscount of Tremont. When Adam returns to the estate, he discovers Randall has been murdered by the local Magistrate. Fearing for his life, he uses the ticket and papers and sails for England. He planned on simply disappearing, but the ship’s well-meaning captain gets him housed at a Duke’s home, until Adam secures lodgings elsewhere. This leads to an invitation to a gathering where he meets Lady Isla which leads to him hiring her to teach him aristocratic etiquette.
From the beginning, Adam has thought Isla the most beautiful woman he’s met, but hell’s heart is won by her character, personality and spirit. From the beginning, she knows he’s a fraud, and it’s this honesty and Adam’s vulnerability and humility that win her heart. Of course, there’s some drama before the happily ever after, and characters from previous books in the series make appearances. (I like that kind of continuity.)
All in all, an enjoyable foray into Regency England, even if there is an “appalling lack of propriety” between the leads.
Lady Isla was very publicly dumped by her betrothed Duke for a blue stocking of inferior social status. They’d been engaged for years, so long that any chance for her to make a match evaporated when it ended.
But Lady Luck has something other than spinsterhood in store for Isla. Adam is Lord Randall’s manservant, sent to procure passage to England when Randall discovers he’s inherited the title of Viscount of Tremont. When Adam returns to the estate, he discovers Randall has been murdered by the local Magistrate. Fearing for his life, he uses the ticket and papers and sails for England. He planned on simply disappearing, but the ship’s well-meaning captain gets him housed at a Duke’s home, until Adam secures lodgings elsewhere. This leads to an invitation to a gathering where he meets Lady Isla which leads to him hiring her to teach him aristocratic etiquette.
From the beginning, Adam has thought Isla the most beautiful woman he’s met, but hell’s heart is won by her character, personality and spirit. From the beginning, she knows he’s a fraud, and it’s this honesty and Adam’s vulnerability and humility that win her heart. Of course, there’s some drama before the happily ever after, and characters from previous books in the series make appearances. (I like that kind of continuity.)
All in all, an enjoyable foray into Regency England, even if there is an “appalling lack of propriety” between the leads.
kristin's review
3.0
I would like to thank the author for a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Adam escapes South Africa after witnessing his employers murder. He assumes the Viscount title his employers had just gained, and scams his way into Brighton society. I
Isla has decided that she does not want to marry and is ready to live life on her terms. However, society does not love her as it once did. She meets Adam and agrees to help him to become a Viscount that society will believe.
It's interesting seeing more of the world in this era. I didn't agree with the author trying to push the blame for slavery onto the Dutch and not really acknowledging Britains part in the slave trade. She also didn't really touch on the colonisation of Africa.
Adam escapes South Africa after witnessing his employers murder. He assumes the Viscount title his employers had just gained, and scams his way into Brighton society. I
Isla has decided that she does not want to marry and is ready to live life on her terms. However, society does not love her as it once did. She meets Adam and agrees to help him to become a Viscount that society will believe.
It's interesting seeing more of the world in this era. I didn't agree with the author trying to push the blame for slavery onto the Dutch and not really acknowledging Britains part in the slave trade. She also didn't really touch on the colonisation of Africa.
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