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Award-Winning Regency Romance Author on the Rise
Griffith, Duke of Riverton, likes order, logic, and control, and he naturally applies this rational approach to his search for a bride. He's certain Miss Frederica St. Claire is the perfect wife for him, but while Frederica is strangely elusive, he can't seem to stop running into her stunningly beautiful cousin, Miss Isabella Breckenridge.
Isabella should be enjoying her society debut, but with her family in difficult circumstances, her uncle will only help them if she'll use her beauty to assist him in his political aims. Already uncomfortable with this agreement, the more she comes to know Griffith, the more she wishes to be free of her unfortunate obligation.
Will Griffith and Isabella be able to set aside their pride and face their fears in time to find their own happily-ever-after?
Author Notes
Kristi Ann Hunter graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in computer science but always knew she wanted to write. Kristi is the author of the Hawthorne House series and a 2016 RITA Award winner and Christy Award finalist. She lives with her husband and three children in Georgia. Find her online at www.kristiannhunter.com.
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Hunter's final installment in the Hawthorne House series will delight those already invested in the series as well as any reader who enjoys stories set in Regency-era England. Finally it's time for family patriarch Griffith, Duke of Riverton, to find love after seeing all his siblings happily married. His chosen bride, Miss Frederica St. Claire, isn't sure about the attentions of a duke though, and may be in love with another anyway. It's her cousin, Isabella Breckenridge, who is the center of attention instead, with her stunning beauty and flirting ways. Griffith is attracted to her, and she is beginning to warm up to him, but there is much more to her story than anyone guesses. Although she maintains a beautiful façade for her society debut, Isabella's uncle has been pressuring her to use her single status to help him out of financial straits. Will the duke ever dance with Isabella? Will her uncle's plans succeed? As the London Season plays out, secrets are revealed, past loves return, and hearts align-despite a fair amount of underhanded conniving-to create a fitting finale to the series and a lovely addition to the Regency genre. Agent: Natasha Kern Literary Agency (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
Griffith, the Duke of Riverton, won't dance, so don't ask him. While other bachelors of the ton might seek their future spouses on the dance floor, Griffith has no need to resort to terpsichorean efforts to find a mate. In fact, using a highly logical process, Griffith has already selected the lady he believes will be the perfect next Duchess of Riverton: Miss Frederica St. Claire. The only problem is that every time Griffith tries to get to know Frederica better, he finds himself spending more time with Frederica's beautiful and enigmatic cousin Isabella Breckenridge than the woman he thinks he wants to wed. With the latest superbly written installment in her Hawthorne House series, RITA award-winning Hunter (An Uncommon Courtship, 2017) once again proves she has the key to inspirational-romance and traditional-Regency readers' hearts as she gifts them with another gracefully executed love story that delivers all of the richly nuanced characters, impeccably researched historical plotting, and sweet romance they could ever crave.--Charles, John Copyright 2017 Booklist
Library Journal Review
True love never runs a logical course, as Griffith, Duke of Riverton, soon learns. Caving to family pressure to marry, the rational groom-to-be sets his sights on a woman not for her heart but for her merits. But his quarry, Miss Frederica St. Claire, frequently avoids him and leaves him in the company of her flirtatious cousin -Isabella. Finding Isabella's coquettish nature distasteful, he does not realize her frivolity hides a woman trying to honor a promise in order to keep her family out of dire straits. -VERDICT Hunter's final book in the 'Hawthorne House' series (after An Uncommon Courtship) is Regency romance at its best, capturing the social pressures placed on both men and women of the time. Her characters play off each other and the societal rules, resulting in a feverish story line that keeps the pages turning. A must for Hunter fans. © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.