📖 Blog Tour ~ Lady for a Season by Melissa Addey

Letterpress Publishing
27 August 2024
Regency Outsiders #1

My thanks to the author and Rachel's Random Resources for my copy of the book
 for my invitation to the tour

A young duke declared mad. His nurse masquerading as a lady. One social season in which to marry him off. What could possibly go wrong?When foundling Maggie takes a job caring for Edward, she knows him only as a young man declared mad and kept privately under the care of a physician to avoid any scandal for his family.

But Edward is the heir to the Duke of Buckingham and when his father dies his family determine to marry him off to secure the title and the estate. Edward insists that Maggie stay by his side, so she must be passed off as a lady for one social season, during which time a marriage can be arranged.

When a midnight carriage comes for Maggie, is she ready for the makeover of a lifetime? Can she remember all the rules, keep the secrets of Atherton Park… and above all, avoid falling in love?

A delightful Regency romance, full of historical detail and emotional choices, as two downtrodden characters come to know their true worth and what they mean to each other. The Season has begun, the ton is gathered… and the clock is ticking for Maggie and Edward.

📖 My Review ..

Maggie Stone is given the chance to move from the London Foundling Hospital, where she has lived for most of her life, to become the nurse/companion to a young man with mental health issues. There at Ivy Cottage she gets to know and care for Edward until he is suddenly removed to his family home. What then follows is a gentle rags-to-riches story which sees Maggie given opportunities she could never have dreamed of when she was an abandoned foundling child.

The historical aspect works well, the Regency era with all of its social constraints is beautifully described and I enjoyed seeing London through Maggie’s eyes as she experiences the richness of a world she could never have imagined. The caring relationship between Edward and Maggie works well and a gentle love story evolves quite naturally and is a joy to observe. Georgian attitudes towards the treatment of those with mental health issues and the horrific treatment given to those who were considered to be suffering from lunacy is vividly described along with the unscrupulous charlatans who treated them so abominably.

Lady for a Season is an emotional Regency romance with two unforgettable central characters in a delightful love affair which survives against all odds.  

About the Author

Melissa grew up and was home educated on an Italian hill farm. She now lives in London with her husband, two children and a black and white cat called Holly who enjoys the editing process as there is so much scrap paper involved.

She mainly writes historical fiction, inspired by what she calls ‘the footnotes of history’: forgotten stories or part-legends about interesting people and places. She has a PhD in Creative Writing, and enjoys moving from one historical era to another, finding stories to share, like a travelling minstrel. So far she’s been to Ancient Rome, medieval Morocco and 18th century China. Lady for a Season is her first Regency romance, although her books have always had a romantic streak to them. 

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