Ormsley

Confirmed Bachelors, Book 4

De: Jenny Hambly

Narrado por: Helen Taylor

He wants a respectable bride who will not ask for more than he can give–love. She has no need or desire to marry, and love is the only thing that might change her mind.

Hugh Brandforth, the seventh Earl of Ormsley, returns to his estate after wasting several weeks searching for a bride. He is looking forward to some much-needed rest and recreation. All is not as he left it, however, and within the space of an hour, he finds himself berated by his old nurse, assaulted by an eccentric termagant, and subjected to the disrespect of her coachman.

Wishing to escape Bath and avoid the imminent proposal of a determined rake, Miss Cressida Harrington accepts Lady Ormsley’s offer of the dower house at Leighfield Park. A peaceful sojourn in the country is just what she needs. If Cressy did not expect to find the house in disarray and the garden a wilderness, these minor inconveniences do not have the power to disturb her. The unexpected presence of an earl she had no notion existed is quite another matter.

Secrets and scandal lurk behind the respectable façade of the house and grounds. Will they bring them together or drive them apart?

©2022 Mrs. Jennifer A. Hambly (P)2022 Mrs. Jennifer A. Hambly

Very Good Interesting Regency - Excellent Narrator

This is a Traditional or Sweet Regency Romance with a typical sort of aristocratic Hero with a cold upbringing by a set of seemingly unfeeling parents (now dead). Very much in the Georgette Heyer mold. And then there is the heroine - intelligent, rich enough to not need to marry and ( according to the hero) full of prickles. They set each other’s back up, but….. there is something there that attracts them to each other. To make things better, she is running from a notorious rake and this man is an enemy of the hero. There is a really ‘great’ villainess and some other very good secondary characters. A well-developed, interesting story that I enjoyed very much. And to add to the story is one of my favorite narrators. Great.