Review: Historical romance with a load of humour!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 27, 2013
When Miss Celine Fairweather received a letter from her step-sister Penelope Radclyff, recently married and now the Duchess of Blackthorne, requesting her presence in London to help her with household and other duties, she made great haste. Along with her younger sister Dorothy they arrived at Blackthorne Mansion prepared to greet Penelope and Charles, the Duke.A week into their visit, and life was mundane and predictable. That is, until Lord Adair arrived with what appeared to be a dead body; it turned out to be a very drunk and loudly snoring Lord George Elmer, rogue and brigand, but cousin to the Duke. After Penelope dowsed him with a vase of water (flowers removed) he spluttered to life, gasping and yelling for brandy! But after being told he was to remain only that night (against the wishes of Lord Adair) Celine was persuaded to request his company for some weeks - he needed to hide out, or he would be killed....Meanwhile, Celine was searching for the love of her life - Philbert Woodbead had fled to London twelve months previously and Celine hadn't heard from him in six months. She was determined to find him, and grudgingly allowed Lord Elmer to assist her in her search. With letters and poetry their only clues, the searches of creaky old inns and smelly but busy streets had them risking life and limb many times over. But Celine was finding herself confused; her heart wasn't following her head - what was happening to her?This light, madcap adventure hurtles through the streets of London at a crazy pace, with the characters full of fun and frivolity. The grumpy Penelope (over being pregnant), the kind hearted Duke, the mischievous Lord Elmer and of course old Sir Henry, the stalwart of the household are all capped off by the sensible yet totally flappable Celine, who is finally having the time of her life!This is the second in the Fairweather Sisters series, with "Penelope" being the first. If you enjoy romantic historical fiction with a load of madcap humour, this is the series for you.With thanks to the author for my copy to read and review.