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A review by fdarlene491
The Earl Next Door by Amelia Grey
4.0
I voluntarily read and review an advance copy of this book. All thought and opinions are my own.
The Earl Next Door by Amelia Grey will be available for purchase 5-28-19. This debut novel in the First Comes Love series kept my attention and has the next two stories on my To Be Read list. I enjoyed reading about characters who, while young in age, were not silly nor innocent. A confirmed bachelor, looking for love, and a young widow, definitely not interested in matrimony, become neighbors and get to know each other by virtue of geography. While there's an instant attraction there is also common sense. Look before you leap. I liked that about the plot. Of course that went out the window when the heat was turned up.
Widow Adeline, Dowager Countess of Wake and her friends opening a boarding school of any kind was a bold move. Society frowned on so many things it's a wonder they weren't tarred and feathered. Doing so in St. James, next door to an Earl no less, was a terrific way to throw the characters together. Acceptance, by members of the ton, of a small solution to the plight of the less fortunate...well it's a miracle. The Earl of Marksworth goes through a fundamental change to his lifestyle. On one hand it's what he wants and on the other it's definitely not.
I do recommend giving this story a read, it's refreshing. The next two books in the series will be Gone With The Rogue and How to Train Your Earl. I love the titles! Happy summer reading.
#Amelia Grey #NetGalley #StMartin'sPress #romance #FirstComesLove #TheEarlNextDoor
The Earl Next Door by Amelia Grey will be available for purchase 5-28-19. This debut novel in the First Comes Love series kept my attention and has the next two stories on my To Be Read list. I enjoyed reading about characters who, while young in age, were not silly nor innocent. A confirmed bachelor, looking for love, and a young widow, definitely not interested in matrimony, become neighbors and get to know each other by virtue of geography. While there's an instant attraction there is also common sense. Look before you leap. I liked that about the plot. Of course that went out the window when the heat was turned up.
Widow Adeline, Dowager Countess of Wake and her friends opening a boarding school of any kind was a bold move. Society frowned on so many things it's a wonder they weren't tarred and feathered. Doing so in St. James, next door to an Earl no less, was a terrific way to throw the characters together. Acceptance, by members of the ton, of a small solution to the plight of the less fortunate...well it's a miracle. The Earl of Marksworth goes through a fundamental change to his lifestyle. On one hand it's what he wants and on the other it's definitely not.
I do recommend giving this story a read, it's refreshing. The next two books in the series will be Gone With The Rogue and How to Train Your Earl. I love the titles! Happy summer reading.
#Amelia Grey #NetGalley #StMartin'sPress #romance #FirstComesLove #TheEarlNextDoor