Three Lords for Lady Anne (Signet Regenc...

Charming. Cute. It is because of books like this that I want to go and purchase all Signet Traditional Regency Romances. I want to have a big library full of this kind of book.

If there are misunderstandings, drama, etc., everything was solved very quickly. No beating around the bush here. Anne (a namesake I love) was in her teens, a very unhappy child, who is rescued by her aunt. Then she becomes a formidable governess... not only because she can handle problems, from a drunk butler to a rogue master, but she is also freakishly tall. When she becomes the governess of a couple of boys (twins, besides Lords) she quickly gains their respect as well as their affection.

Poor boys! I liked them very much; their lives have been somewhat lonely although they did have each other. They were kinda like the Weasley twins: full of imagination and mischievousness, but they were not bad. It was inevitable for them to love Anne, the first person in their lives who could tell them apart.

The hero, Bronson, comes as a cynical, misogynist man at the beginning of the book. It is not after he meets Anne that he shows he is a good hero. And they do not even meet until past a third of the story! Nevertheless, it was cute, how he could not trust the governess, and how Anne disliked the uncle, without having met yet.

I love that both of them were smart. They had their moments to hate the other one due a misunderstanding, but each one of them analyzed the situation before giving their final judgement. Happened when the boys told Bronson the episode with Anne and their perv uncle (that was funny, who could not have misunderstood everything!), and happened when Anne at first thought Bronson was a terrible uncle.

If there is a bad thing about this book, it is all their prejudice against the opposite sex. In both cases, Anne's and Bronson's and their whole "all men/women were...".

I wasn't even bothered with the kind-of insta-love. When they first see each other, they can't take their eyes (and then, minds) from each other. But since they "did" know each other (through other people's gossips and rumors) and they kind-of cannot-stand-the-other, it was good.

Lovely and very recommended for people who are looking for a light, clean romance.

This has to be one of the most distant relationship romances I have ever read! The marriage of convenience, turns to love romance theme doesn't work for me in the way we get it here. The husband is never around!

Basically what happens it Elizabeth is hurt by captain Darius' lack of caution. This cases her to lose her fiance, and social status. So Darius is pressured to marry her as compensation. For the first 3/2 of the book I did not like his character at all! He never tires to honestly make things up to her. not even a simple "sorry." Then he doesn't trust her, then ignores her! Great start to their marriage, right? Over time, the couple does apparently get to know each other, but with how it plays out if just never feels real.

Elizabeth's character, however, I liked. For all she goes through, she stands strong. The other characters in the book were interesting but I cannot say I cared much for them(some of them are more horrible than her husband!). but I was shocked how much they were involved. I am used to these romance books so focused on just the couple but this does not. It is a wider world which was interesting. the time period is well described which made the book more real.

The writing style is far from my favorite. It all seems a bit scattered to me, making it less enjoyable to try and follow what is happening, and when. Timeframes get a bit blurred.

Read Historical Romance! It lets you time travel without the dirt and lack of flush toliets.  

 

These are some of my five star reads in the genre. 

A favorite Historical Romance theme is a differnce in class between the leads. The culture clash makes for all sorts of wonderful conflict.

 

Here are some of my favorite Historical Romances with this theme. My lists are never in any particular order.

 

 

1.  Fallen Angel by Charlotte Louise Dolan

 

Gabriel, Lord Sherington, was a man who understood women perfectly. He knew women waited only until the knot was tied to start changing their husbands. Having sworn never to let anyone change him, he recognized in Verity Jolliffe the perfect wife to provide him with an heir. Now all he had to do was make her fall in love with him. What could be easier?

 

2. Hester Waring's Marriage by Paula Marshall

 

Rescuer…Protector…Husband?

Miss Hester Waring's father was a wastrel and a drunkard, who had alienated most of Sydney society.When he died, Hester found herself destitute and alone, with no one to rely on. Her rescue came from a most unlikely source—Mr.Tom Dilhorne, an ex-convict, now the richest man in Sydney. He engineered a teaching job for her, but knew that if he was to be accepted by society he needed a lady for a wife. And Hester was every inch a lady. Luckily the skinny schoolteacher wasn't at all his type, so he wouldn't be in danger of losing his heart…would he?

 

3. Sweetwood Bride by Pamela Morsi

 

It was without a doubt the most conniving, lowlife trick ever played on a man. But it was for a good cause...

 

Eulie Toby didn't like playing tricks, but the only way she could keep her younger orphaned siblings together was to get married--and Moss Collier was the perfect choice. Handsome and kind, he seemed so lonely living with his hermit uncle on that pretty sweep of Tennessee mountaintop. It didn't matter if their vows came at the end of a shotgun; Eulie promised Moss she'd make him the best wife in all of the Sweetwood.

 

But a young bride and a ready-made family were the last things on Moss's mind. He had big dreams of going West and nothing was going to stop him--not Eulie's sweet innocence...not her deliciously kissable lips...and especially not that growing warmth deep inside his heart every time she came near. Moss had plans all right--but he hadn't planned on falling in love.

 

4. Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare

 

Beautiful and elegant, Miss Diana Highwood is destined to marry a wealthy, well-placed nobleman. At least that's what her mother has loudly declared to everyone in Spindle Cove.

 

But Diana's not excited by dukes and lords. The only man who makes her heart pound is the village blacksmith, Aaron Dawes. By birth and fortune, they couldn't be more wrong for each other . . . but during stolen, steamy moments in the smithy, his strong hands feel so right.

 

Is their love forged strong enough to last, or are they just playing with fire?

 

5. The Proposition by Judith Ivory

 

No man, gentleman or otherwise, has ever looked at Lady Edwina Bollash the way the brash, handsome man standing before her is doing now. Edwina has accepted the challenge to transform incorrigible Mick Tremore into a gentleman in just six weeks. And although the linguist is sure she can rise to the task, she isn't at all certain she won't swoon under his frankly sensuous gaze before her job is done.

 

Mick has lived outside of London society long enough to know that appearances can be deceiving. Edwina might look all buttoned up-the perfect English lady-but there is unleashed passion existing just below her placid facade (not to mention a great pair of legs!). And as she prepares him to take his place in society, Mick prepares Edwina to take her place in his heart...and in his bed.

 

6. A Lady's Lesson in Scandal by Meredith Duran

 

When Nell Whitby breaks into an earl’s house on a midnight quest for revenge, she finds her pistol pointed at the wrong man—one handsome as sin and naked as the day he was born. Pity he’s a lunatic. He thinks her a missing heiress, but more to the point, he’ll help her escape the slums and right a grave injustice. Not a bad bargain. All she has to do is marry him. 

A NOTORIOUS LADIES’ MAN COULD TAKE HER FROM POVERTY TO OPULENCE . . . BUT AT WHAT PRICE? 

A rake of the first order, Simon St. Maur spent his restless youth burning every bridge he crossed. When he inherits an earldom without a single penny attached to it, he sees a chance to start over—provided he can find an heiress to fund his efforts. But his wicked reputation means courtship will be difficult—until fate sends him the most notorious missing heiress in history. All he needs now is to make her into a lady and keep himself from making the only mistake that could ruin everything: falling in love. . . .

 

7. The Leopard Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt

 

THE ONE THING A LADY MUST NEVER DO...
Wealthy Lady Georgina Maitland doesn't want a husband, though she could use a good steward to run her estates. One look at Harry Pye, and Georgina knows she's not just dealing with a servant, but a man.

IS FALL IN LOVE...
Harry has known many aristocrats - including one particular nobleman who is his sworn enemy. But Harry has never met a beautiful lady so independent, uninhibited, and eager to be in his arms. 

WITH HER SERVANT.
Still, it's impossible to conduct a discreet liaison when poisoned sheep, murdered villagers, and an enraged magistrate have the county in an uproar. The locals blame Harry for everything. Soon it's all Georgina can do to keep her head above water and Harry's out of the noose...without missing another night of love.

 

8. A Hearing Heart by Bonnie Dee

 

he heart conveys messages beyond what ears can hear. 

After the death of her fiancé, Catherine Johnson, a New York schoolteacher in 1902, travels to Nebraska to teach in a one-room school. When violence erupts in the sleepy town, Catherine saves deaf stable hand, Jim Kinney from torture by drunken thugs. 

As she begins teaching Jim to read and sign, attraction grows between them. The warmth and humor in this silent man transcends the need for speech and his eyes tell her all about his feelings for her. But the obstacles of class difference and the stigma of his handicap are almost insurmountable barriers to their growing affection. 

Will Catherine flaunt society’s rules and allow herself to love again? Can Jim make his way out of poverty as a deaf man in a hearing world? And will the lovers overcome a corrupt robber baron who has a stranglehold on the town? Romance, sensuality and adventure abound in this heartfelt tale. 

 

9. The Weaver Takes a Wife by Sheri Cobb South

 

Beautiful, haughty Lady Helen Radney is the daughter of a duke who has gambled away his fortune. The duke’s plan is to marry her off to recoup his losses, but the only one interested in this sharp-tongued lady is Mr. Ethan Brundy. Once a workhouse orphan, Brundy is now the owner of a Lancashire textile mill, a very rich man—and smitten with Helen.

 

10. Dreaming of You of Lisa Kleypas

 

 

Class Differences in Historical Romance 

Twins. Little kid twins. I would think it would put a major crimp in your love life but not in Romanceland. 

 

Here are some wonderful Romances with infant, toddler, kid, teenager and even waiting to be born twins. 

 

My list are never in any particular order.

 

• 1. Last Dragon Standing  by G.A. Aiken
• 2. To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn 
• 3. Truly, Madly Viking by Sandra Hill
• 4. Violet by Leigh Greenwood
• 5. Dedicated Ink by Ranae Rose
• 6. Lions, Tigers, and Sexy Bears Oh My by Candace Havens
• 7.The Substitute Bridegroom by Charlotte Louise Dolan
• 8. Highland Groom by Hannah Howell
• 9. How to Marry a Cowboy by Carolyn Brown
• 10. Getting Hotter by Elle Kennedy

 

Do you have a favorite set of twins? Let me know!

 

To vote for the best of the best of the little twins, go to my Goodreads list: Little Twins: Twin Child Characters in Romance