A Gentleman's Offer

De: Emma Orchard

Narrado por: Polly Edsell

'If you're girding your loins for Bridgerton, you may want to indulge in this Regency romp' - THE TIMES

Summer, 1817: Will this be the wedding... or the scandal of the season?

Sir Dominic De Lacy – one of the season’s most eligible gentlemen – has recently proposed marriage… to a woman he scarcely knows. But his father’s choice for him, Miss Maria Nightingale, seems amiable, and at 29, Dominic cannot live the life of a bachelor forever. He hopes he can provide a happy future for her as they learn to care for each other.

Maria, however, has other ideas. Midway through their engagement celebrations, she confesses to Dominic that she is not Maria at all, but her identical twin sister, Margaret. Maria has disappeared, and Margaret’s been persuaded to take her place until she’s found – and for that she needs Dominic’s help. The pair quickly find they make a formidable team, but with just three weeks to avoid the biggest scandal of the season, time is against them.

But even if they find Maria, can they really hope the wedding will happen? Because, as they are starting to realise, chemistry can’t be arranged – and Sir Dominic might just be engaged to the wrong Miss Nightingale…

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Underwhelming

This was a sweet story, but a bit underwhelming. While the author cleverly called her story anticlimactic herself, it is, in fact true. The plot was sweet, and was nice in the way that it did not cause much anxiety. However, if you are looking for a really exciting story, this may not be it.