Lady Violet Attends a Wedding

The Lady Violet Mysteries, Book 2

By: Grace Burrowes

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Lady Violet Belmaine is just finding her balance as a widow who has recently put off mourning when she’s summoned to the family seat to celebrate a sibling’s wedding. Hugh St. Sevier’s escort makes the journey somewhat bearable, while Sebastian MacHeath’s presence among the guests is a more dubious blessing.

Violet is managing as best she can with her stubborn Papa, difficult brothers, and well-meaning aunties, when the bride goes missing. Tempers flare, old secrets come out at the worst times, and Violet can rely on only St. Sevier and Sebastian to help her find the bride…until she discovers that St. Sevier was the last person seen with the missing lady!

©2021 Grace Burrowes (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

I’m enjoying this new series

I’m a series fan and love the subtle development of relationships at the speed of real life. Of course in real life we don’t solve mysteries every few months but I like mysteries too so I’m eager to get the next installment.

Unlike Burrowes’ other books we aren’t seeing the hero and heroine repairing to the bedroom less than halfway through the book. We have a widow here and two suitors. Having them repair to the bedroom would be too morally icky for my comfort. So in the future one of the suitors will have to win first place. But who will it be? I know who I want it to be.

I just love this series

We meet the family. Lady violet father and her brothers and the fiancé. We have one more mystery. no killing or dark crazy people. just some fun.

Violet is confused!

The narrator is just amazing

A pleasant canter through the country side

Interesting characters. A story that leads one to want more. Enticing vocabulary and multi-faceted characters.

Entertaining

Lady Violet returns home for her youngest brother's wedding. But all does not go well. The bride's parents have not arrived, the groom's father does not approve and to top that; the bride is kidnapped! Lady Violet has a chance to say some things to her father that she has been saving up for a long time. I love how Violet, Sebastian, and Henri go about finding the bride and the culprit. The narrator is quite good, moving through all of the voices easily.

Lady Violet is my Spirit Animal

Lady Violet and Sebastian are an absolute dynamic duo! Earl Grey meets Highlander x Poirot and Miss Marple