The Lady's Companion
Fleeing poverty and the tyranny of being an unpaid servant to her odious aunt, Susan Hampton finds a job as a companion to the Dowager Lady Bushnell, but her new life is threatened by her attraction to David Wiggins, the dowager's dangerously handsome bailiff.
Fleeing poverty and the tyranny of being an unpaid servant to her odious aunt, Susan Hampton finds a job as a companion to the Dowager Lady Bushnell, but her new life is threatened by her attraction to David Wiggins, the dowager's dangerously handsome bailiff.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451186843 (0451186842)
ASIN: 451186842
Publish date: June 1st 1996
Publisher: Signet
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
My review contains spoilers and they're mostly my thoughts...The Lady’s Companion by Carla Kelly is the latest in her backlist I finished a few days ago. It was amazing, to say the least. A very heartwarming traditional regency with an sweet heroine, a superb hero made grand with Ms. Kelly’s beautif...
Nice story about an aristocratic woman who has to find a job as a companion or governess because her father has gambled away everything to the point that he and his daughter can no longer maintain a house and have to move in with his sister. The heroine, Susan, finds a position as companion to an ol...
This historical romance started out pretty good. I especially liked the honesty and openness of the hero who didn't hide his torturous past. But halfway in the story turned into mostly the heroines thoughts. Lady Susan's father gambled away their possessions so she went to work as a lady's compani...
This is now where I wish I could write reviews like some other reviewers are able too. I just don't have the right words. Carla Kelly is always a sure thing for me. I know I will get an incredible read, characters I can care for and a quiet understated way of seeing the world she writes about. And t...
5/5; 5 stars; A+To me this is historical romance at its finest and a perfect example of why I love this author. In the beginning when she was describing the life of the family of a gambling addict I could feel the hopelessness and despair in the air. It was that vivid. As the story progressed, ...
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