Enticing Her Unexpected Bridegroom
Lady Lancaster Garden Society, 4
Catherine Hemmerling
Entangled Scandalous
January 25, 2016
Tagline: Their unexpected marriage will either end in rapture…or ruin.
Blurb:
Sarah Jardin has been quite dreadfully in love with David Rochester her whole life. As the youngest of five daughters, her family and society neglect her. She's outspoken, brash, and terribly ungraceful. In short, not at all a lady...until she's taken under the benevolent wing of Lady Lancaster and invited to join the Young Ladies Garden Society.
But Sarah's new life—filled with the mysteries and intrigues of high society—is interrupted by an unexpected scandal. Her scandal. In a moment of kindness, David comforts her...and they are discovered and forced to marry. Even as the newlyweds must come to terms with their new arrangement, they find themselves drawn into the investigation of a dangerous conspiracy.
With life and love on the line, their unexpected marriage will either end in rapture...or ruin.
My Thoughts:
Goodness gracious, I was a mess at the beginning of Enticing Her Unexpected Bridegroom, it began to wane towards the middle, and by the end I was a watering pot again. So, I loved the beginning. We meet Sarah and see how she's a gawky, clumsy teenager trying to fit into society, but was more like a blight on society. Automatically feel bad for the girl, but when she meets Hannah Rochester she finally finds a friend. At the same time develops a crush on her handsome older brother, but she has to lock that away.
Goodness gracious, I was a mess at the beginning of Enticing Her Unexpected Bridegroom, it began to wane towards the middle, and by the end I was a watering pot again. So, I loved the beginning. We meet Sarah and see how she's a gawky, clumsy teenager trying to fit into society, but was more like a blight on society. Automatically feel bad for the girl, but when she meets Hannah Rochester she finally finds a friend. At the same time develops a crush on her handsome older brother, but she has to lock that away.
Then we jump ahead 15 years later. She still has a crush on her best friend's brother, but knows nothing will come about it until she ends up in a compromising situation. Sucks for her cause all David can think of her has a sister, this causes her internal turmoil. All David can think about that he's stuck in this situation and just needs to make the best of the situation. However, that isn't working to well for the two of them. Fortunately a case comes up helps Sarah forget her troubles at home. I liked how the case brings the two together. However, the middle of the story is a little slow and I did struggle a little with pacing. Fortunately the story picks up when pending danger arises. The end did turned me into me into a watering pot, because we have a lot going on.
Overall, a pretty good read. Pretty good beginning, middle I had to stick with the story, but the ending was a nice touch. I adore Sarah, because she was a sweet girl who would do anything for those she love. David's inner dialogue was a little boring, but I did like how realize that he did love Sarah. It just took him sometime to realize. Pretty good read.
Copy provided by Entangled via NetGalley
Excerpt from Enticing Her Unexpected Bridegroom:
“How did you sleep, Sarah? I trust, well?” David asked as he slathered butter over a lightly browned piece of toast.
Sarah looked up from her own plate of eggs and kippers. “Very well. Thank you.”
“Excellent.”
Silence reigned for a few moments as the two silently chewed on their respective repasts, and then David said, “I was out at the stables earlier this morning and it looks to be another lovely day.”
“Oh?” Sarah countered civilly. “Then the sun is shining again today?”
“My, yes. It is very bright and I could hardly hear the grooms’ ‘hellos’ over the sound of birds chirping.”
“It has been an uncommonly beautiful summer, hasn’t it?”
“Quite so.”
“Do you have any plans today, David?”
“Hmmm?” David murmured, looking up from his plate again, surprised by the new topic. Usually their breakfast conversation covered the weather and not much more. “Oh, no, not really. I thought I might go over to Simon’s place after breakfast. He has just purchased a new broodmare, and I thought I would take a look at her.”
“Simon’s?” Sarah asked, perking up. “Do you think I might come along?”
David was perplexed. “I don’t honestly think you would be interested, Sarah-dear.”
“‘Sarah-dear’?” Sarah snorted. “I am not your ‘dear.’ You have made that abundantly clear, and how would you know what I am interested in or not? We never talk!”
“We are talking right now, Sarah-dear,” David responded tightly, “and as your husband, I may call you anything I like.”
“No, you may not!” Sarah cried, throwing down her napkin and standing abruptly. “You may have married me, but we are not husband and wife. And this—” At which point Sarah gestured wildly to the farce of a breakfast before them. “Is not talking. This is…this is…this is idiotic!”
And with that, Sarah spun around, tripped over her chair, and fell face first onto the plush carpeted floor with an inelegant “oomph.”
“Sarah! Are you all—” David burst out, getting up to come to her aid. But he was stopped cold in his tracks when his bride leaped to her feet and skewered him with a look that could maim.
“Don’t even think of helping me,” she snarled. “You are not allowed to be nice and gentlemanly when I am angry with you!”
And she proceeded to stomp out of the room. A few seconds later, David heard the front door slam as Sarah left the house for destinations unknown, and he wondered what in the hell had just happened.
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Author Bio:
Catherine Hemmerling has been a technical writer in the software industry for nearly twenty years and has published many user manuals and technical documentation in that time. She has always had a love of writing fiction but has never pursued publication in that genre until recently.
Hopefully it is the beginning of a long new journey with Lady Lancaster and the Garden Society girls. Certainly historical romance (especially the scandalous kind) is more fun than writing technical documents!
This author happily resides in Tehachapi, California with her family.
Catherine writes for Entangled Publishing's Scandalous historical line and is thrilled to be part of their family of writers!
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