The Bridal Season
With the dazzling storytelling that has become her trademark, the author of the acclaimed McClairen’s Isle trilogy sweeps you back to Victorian England ... to a glittering world of titled society and scandalous secrets ... in the enchanting story of a woman who lives by her wits — and who commits...
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With the dazzling storytelling that has become her trademark, the author of the acclaimed McClairen’s Isle trilogy sweeps you back to Victorian England ... to a glittering world of titled society and scandalous secrets ... in the enchanting story of a woman who lives by her wits — and who commits the most startling indiscretion of all: She falls in love....Letty Potts has gotten into a few fixes in her twenty-five years, but this is her worst predicament yet. A petty schemer by necessity, the struggling music hall performer has decided to go straight.But after narrowly escaping the wrath of her partner in crime, she finds herself at Paddington Station with nothing but the gown she’s wearing ... and another woman’s train ticket clutched in her hand.Now masquerading as the redoubtable “Lady Agatha,” of Whyte Wedding Celebrations, Letty arrives in the backwater burg of Little Bidewell, where she is to arrange the nuptials of a young society bride.Amid the dizzying whirl of pre-wedding festivities, nobody suspects Letty’s secret ... except the sensual and aristocratic Sir Elliot March. A war hero who has forsworn love, Elliot senses something decidedly amiss about this outspoken young woman. Yet she awakens a passionate yearning he’d thought was lost to him forever. Soon a desperate masquerade embroils them both in a web of scandal and danger as Letty’s past catches up with her — threatening their lives ... and a love without peer.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780440236719 (0440236711)
Publish date: November 6th 2001
Publisher: Dell
Pages no: 358
Edition language: English
Series: Bridal Stories (#1)
Adore Connie Brockway - particularly her earlier books. All time favourite would have to be The Bridal Season. The heroine is flawed but with a heart of gold. This is a fun / feel good read thanks to a clever plot, hero and heroine you will fall in love with and solid supporting characters.
Love the mismatched couple and endearing secondary characters.
This was great. The situations were amusing, and the combination of the great characters and the witty banter made the book thoroughly enjoyable. I had a hard time setting it down, and would give it a 5 if it was just a bit more realistic... but hey, it IS a romance.
3-3.5 starsFun read... light, witty, banter with a twist of Cockney, musical actresses, acrobats, and con men. Oh, and a delicious, honorable gentleman who starts as a "Sir" and becomes a "Lord" (baron).Letty Potts is simply trying to escape Nick Sharpe, a con man she's fallen in with as she tried t...
I wanted so much to like this book because it sounds good but Brockway made the fatal mistake of trying to write a witty character. When this fails it's a catagory: Epic.Saying a character is witty and clever and then never giving any evidence to it is my pet peeve. It's such a let down. Don't ge...