Title: A Lady of Esteem (Hawthorne House #0.5)
Author: Kristi Ann Hunter
Pages: 159
Year: 2015
Genre: Historical Romance (London, 1812 – Regency Era)
Publisher: Bethany House
Format: eBook (only - FREE on most sites)
About the book:
Miss Amelia
Stalwood may live in London at her absent guardian’s townhouse, but she’s never
actually met any nobility, and instead of aristocrats, her closest friends are
servants. Quite by happenstance, she’s introduced to the Hawthorne family and
their close family friend, Anthony, the reformed marquis of Raeburn. They
welcome her into their world, but just as she’s beginning to gain some
confidence and even suspect she may have caught Anthony’s eye, she’s blindsided
by an unexpected twist in her situation accompanied by nasty rumors. Will she
lose her reputation when the world that has only just accepted her turns its
back on her, or will she rest in the support of the friends who’ve become like
family and the man who’s shared his faith and captured her heart?
A Lady of Esteem is an e-only novella
that gives an exciting introduction to Kristi Ann Hunter’s new Regency romance
series about the aristocratic Hawthorne family! Includes an extended excerpt of
Kristi’s debut full-length novel, A Noble
Masquerade.
My review:
A delightful
historical romance novella!
This wonderful
story introduces us to a new writer and her first series of books. I love her
style of writing and found that she has a wonderful knack for inserting very
humorous situations throughout the story.
The development
of the main characters is fantastic. I fell in love with Amelia Stalwood from
very early on. We are given a glimpse of what her childhood was like in the
prologue. It made me feel like wrapping my arms around her and to help her to
feel loved. I then found that she hadn’t let it make her mean in any way. She
cares about others and that shines through with everyone she meets.
Anthony Pendleton
is carrying memories of what he used to be like and he expects everyone to
still be judging him by his past mistakes. That includes people that didn’t
even know him before he changed. I enjoyed seeing his journey as he dealt with
this.
I’m looking
forward to reading the rest of this series. I’m very glad that I have the first
full-length book waiting for me in my to-be-read pile already. I have to give
this sweet novella a rating of 5 stars. I’m highly recommending it. I think I
may have found another favorite author.
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