It also frustrates Jason and irritates the uptight barrister.Īs Jason and Mariposa work to track down answers and more questions arise, they are thrust together in sometimes absurd situations that help them see past their barriers and learn that’s it’s OK to accept help and that love can come in unexpected places. She’s created a persona to survive, which also served her well during the war, and she worked to help the English soldiers, and it’s helped her steer clear of the French.
Mariposa, who has worked to survive the war in Spain and meets Jason on the recommendation of one of his brothers, is in search of information to help reunite her family. Jason has also tried to be a gentleman, like his father and brothers, but Mariposa Thornton somehow tries his patience. “A Fine Gentleman” shares the story of barrister Jason Jonquil in this next installment in her Regency era series about the Jonquil family and the fourth book to feature one of the brothers. Eden, Covenant Communications, $15.99, 317 pages (f) There is no swearing, and the romance doesn’t go beyond kissing. While there are specific threats of violence, none are carried out in detail. Readers of Eden’s other books will likely recognize some of the minor characters, too. And many of the family members have picked up Adam’s penchant for colorful and violent threats. But she does find a way to find love and build trust in a society that tends to value neither.Īlso, it’s gratifying to see other characters, including Persephone, Adam, the dramatic Artemis and sailor Linus, after several years and the developments in their family, especially as they work together to help Daphne. “Romancing Daphne” is an enjoyable story about a young woman who isn’t the belle of the ball (and usually doesn’t stay as long as her brother-in-law, Adam Boyce, the Duke of Kielder and known as the Dangerous Duke, who tends to scare off suitors). But his home life hasn’t ever been calm, and he’s faced with decisions that can affect his mother and brother.īut when she finds there are other intents at work and she and James are caught up in others’ plans, Daphne isn’t sure if that trust can be rebuilt. James is surprised by the quiet yet capable and intelligent woman that Daphne is, proving that his initial impression of her needs some revising. She thinks she might have success after all. When she meets James Tilburn, whom she met briefly as a young girl but who didn't seem to connect to her, they slowly build more than just an acquaintance. The third in her series about the Lancaster family, “Romancing Daphne” shares an enjoyable and thoughtful story about the third sister Daphne and her debut London season in 1812.ĭaphne knows that she won’t make the splash in the social whirl that her older sister Athena did several years ago, but is determined to at least try to not be a disaster. Eden and is about Daphne Lancaster's season in London.
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