The Foolish Friend

Book Two in the Regency Romps Series

By: Elizabeth Bramwell

Narrated by: Julia Eve

Lady Henrietta has been in love with her neighbour since she was eight years old, and always known they were fated to be together. Unfortunately for her, Lord Cottingham seems oblivious to the fact they were made for each other.

When Henrietta is forced to acknowledge that Cottingham thinks of her as nothing more than a friend, she is determined to make him realise just what a diamond he has let slip through his fingers by making the ton fall in love with her instead.

When James Douglas, Lord Cottingham, returned home from a year in Montreal he expected life to be exactly as he left it. Unfortunately his best friend, Lady Henrietta, seems to have got a bee in her bonnet over his never replying to her letters, and suddenly he finds himself fighting for her time and attention not only with the best and the brightest of the ton, but with the handsome and roguish Duke of Devenish, who seems to be very taken with Henrietta.

As the two friends battle with their feelings for each other and the ton seeks to meddle at every turn, Henrietta must decide if there are better men out there than the boy she grew up with, and James must uncover the truth of his own heart before he loses something he loves forever.

The Foolish Friend can be enjoyed as a stand-alone novel or as part of the Regency Romps series.

©2016 Gemma Noon (P)2019 Gemma Noon

Delightful Story -- Fun, Witty and Engaging!

James Douglas, the 4th Baron of Cottingham has been away in Montreal tending to family business. His friend Henrietta Cartwright has faithfully written to him all the time he was gone, but he never responded to her letters. Henrietta has been in love with James forever, and has taken to wearing white and acting bored and insipid to please James and the rest of the Ton. It is evident to her that since James never admits to reading her letters, and he didn’t respond back, that he is not in love with her. In fact, James tells her it is high time for her to take the business of finding a husband seriously.

Henrietta decides to change her dress and behavior to help her find a husband – she will not settle for anything less than love. Her cousin Emma Loughcroft has a plan to make her “all the crack” and have the menfolk of London bowing to her knees in worship; for this task Emma has engaged the help of the Duke of Devenish, or the Devilish Duke (swoon). Thus, the romp begins, and whose heart will be broken at the end?

I love Elizabeth Bramwell’s characters and plots; I have read all her books, and they are all delightful. Her dialogue is fun and witty, and she always entertains! She keeps it clean, and the focus is on character development, and she creates a cast of engaging characters that one grows to love, and you will grow to love Henrietta, James, and the Devilish Duke. Just a warning, you may not be happy with the choices Henrietta makes!

Julia Eve made this a pleasant read; her voice is very pleasant to listen to and her transitions to characters is smooth.

I was given an audio book from the author; my opinions and thoughts are my own.

Great narration!

A wonderful story and miss Eve does an excellent job !! Perfect book to listen to and share with loved one.

Good story

What a wonderful story of loving someone all your life and finally realizing that he loves you too. The narration was good

Not as good as the first - but still GOOD

I only enjoyed the first in this series because I liked the characters a little more, but if you like books like 'Pride and Prejudice', this is right up your alley!
What a delightful story and brilliantly likeable and fully developed characters.
The writing is so descriptive that its easy to imagine life back in this time period!

Short and sweet regency romance

I am really enjoying this series. Lady Henrietta has been in love with Lord James since she was a little girl. James has never really paid her any attention. He goes away for a year and comes back and Henrietta realizes that James isn't ever going to look at her as anything other than a friend. So she decides to be herself and not try to be what she thinks James wants anymore. And she ends up having a lot of fun and alot of suitors. So that's obviously when James starts noticing her as more.

This book was extremely sweet. It's about two friends and I liked that. I liked that Henry was herself and I like that she enjoyed being herself.

I am looking forward to the next book!

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