Forlorn Hope

One never knows what to expect from a Judith Everett book (which is very much a good thing, in my estimation). After two books set in the same immediate family, this one veers off at a tangent with a minor character from book 2, Geoffrey Mantell, a second son making a career in the army, and the str......more

The third installment of the Branwell Chronicles -- I have enjoyed all three! In flavor, vocabulary, language usage, cadence, and sentence structure, Judith Hale Everett comes closer to capturing the style of actual Regency authors than any other writer I have read. Her command of the English langua......more

Geoffrey and Emily were childhood friends and he started having deeper feelings for her, however he joined the army and was sent to the war in Europe. On his return he found that she had married, leaving him lovelorn and looking for a suitable wife. This is the second book by this author that I've r......more

One of the best examples of pining, "unrequited" love, with honorable, true-hearted lovers separated by circumstances that I've had the pleasure to read. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this series.......more

Gorgeous and Romantic I loved everything about this novel. The author just gets better and better. This is a story I will read again, and I never read stories a second time. Five stars. Well deserved. I love these characters and how I loved the happy ending.......more