Review: The American Bride by Karla Darcy
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 12, 2014
To me, an historical novel is one in which the  customs,  manners, morals and events of the times drive the plot and characters.  Such a book is War and Peace.  I would not classify The American Bride as an historical novel, but I do recognize there is a quite different sort of category know as romance novels.  A very popular subdivision of this category is what is known as the Regency romance  which is an extremely popular genre at this time.  The basic plot of The American Bride revolves around an American heiress who has been unwillingly married by proxy to an unknown English lord.  To observe her husband inconspicuously before moving in with him she dresses herself in dowdy dresses  and a peculiar headdress which stands out far more than the ordinary cap which many women of the time wore.  She lands the job as governess to the lord's maladjusted niece and nephew and with all the aplomb of Mary Poppins or Maria von Trapp (sans guitar) she, in a very short time, has them well adjusted.  She also has her husband torn between irritation and attraction until the final resolution.  I suspect that the usual readers of this type of book will  readers will eat it up.