Review: The Marriage Season by Jane Dunn

The Marriage Season by Jane Dunn

Blurb from Goodreads:

In Regency England, marriage is everything. For young widow Sybella Lovatt, the time has come to find a suitable husband for her sister and ward Lucie. Male suitors are scarce near their Wiltshire estate, so the sisters resolve to head to London in time for The Season to begin.

Once ensconced at the Mayfair home of Lady Godley, Lucie’s godmother, the whirl of balls, parties and promenades can begin. But the job of finding a husband is fraught with rules and tradition. Jostling for attention are the two lords – the charming and irresistible Freddie Lynwood and the preternaturally handsome Valentine Ravenell, their enigmatic neighbour from Shotten Hall, Mr Brabazon, and the dangerous libertine Lord Rockliffe, with whom the brooding Brabazon is locked in deadly rivalry.

Against the backdrop of glamorous Regency England, Sybella must settle Lucie’s future, protect her own reputation, and resist the disreputable rakes determined to seduce the beautiful widow. As the Season ends, will the sisters have found the rarest of things – a suitable marriage with a love story to match?

Sunday Times bestselling author Jane Dunn brings the Regency period irresistibly to life in a page-turning novel packed with surprising revelations, which all comes wittily, gloriously, good in the end. Perfect for fans of Gill Hornby, Janice Hadlow, Jane Austen, and anyone with a Bridgerton-shaped hole in their lives.

 

This was very sweet, especially if you want a closed door, historically accurate regency romance.  It was a bit long but not boring.  The characters came off the page and I think the historically accurate prose was excellent.  I will be looking for more from this author in the future.  Definitely add this one to your TBR pile!

The Marriage Season comes out next week on January 26, 2023 and you can purchase HERE.  

And with that, he stood up, so tall next to Sybella and James she found herself tilting her head to meet his eyes.  He bent to shake her son's hand and, taking her own, brushed her fingers with his lips. He hardly glanced at her, but she sensed an energetic force in the room. Pulling on his gloves, he opened the drawing room door for her and together they descended the staircase to the hall where he collected his coat from Samson.