jjares reviewed on 7/30/2019 + 3413 more book reviews

LADY WHILTON'S WEDDING -- At the opening of this story, Daphne Whilton has dumped her informal (life-long) engagement to Lord Graydon Howell. When he can't get Daphne to reinstate the engagement, he buys a commission and goes to fight on the Peninsula. After two years, he comes back wounded. His father and Daphne's mother, both having outlived their partners, have fallen in love and plan to marry.

Gray is dedicated to the idea of getting back together with Daphne as part of the wedding party. However, Daphne is considering a marriage proposal from the local magistrate. In the mix of all these happy and unhappy emotions flying around, Baron Whilton, a drunken ne'er do well, invades the wedding and tries to derail it. Then the fun begins; the author is in top form with the ridiculous and the wild antics of a baron who keels over dead, a valet who tries to ransom two children for lots of loot, Gray's old mistress who gets the wrong message and tries to disrupt the wedding, etc.

AN ENCHANTED AFFAIR -- This is a very different story from the usual Barbara Metzger fare. Lisanne Neville grew up with tales of faeries and long walks through Sevrin Woods (nearby but not belonging to the Neville family). Her parents died when she was young and a greedy uncle moved in and started stripping the value from Lisanne's inheritance. Now, Lisanne hears that her beloved woods is about to be sold to pay off the gambling debts of the young Duke of Sevrin.

Lisanne asks St. Sevrin to marry her. She will trade her immense fortune for his woods. When they enter into marriage, everything changes. This is a charming tale.

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