Then comes the part where a youngish, but sliding-into-spinster-territory, orphan governess, Abigail Chantry/Chance, with a heart of purest platinum, is pulled aside on the streets of London by a young woman with a limp and a Cockney accent, telling the governess that her sister is in a bad place and that she has to rescue her. Young Lordling (the capital indicates his having received the title, even if the title was really Lord of Debts and Protector of Beloved Aunt’s Presumed Positive Memories). At this point, I got sidetracked by the question of why at least one of the family homes wasn’t entailed, but I digress. Actually, I think the story began nine years earlier in 1806 when the spicy-shrimp guy was a young lordling in England and his uncle died with crippling debts, which meant the 18-year-old heir would have to sell the many family estates, including the house where his aunt lived. The letter seems to indicate that his beloved aunt was being mistreated by her staff. Another guy had a letter that had been dropped in the ocean, so only parts of lines were still readable and the rest was a lavender smear. One of the guys, from Ireland, was dressed exceptionally flamboyantly, “like a pirate,” complete with a gold earring. India? Nope, Malacca, in 1815 eating shrimp, hot and spicy for one, with a piquant dipping sauce for the other two. The book begins with three young men meeting in a hot place. I’m looking for a book that I read on my Kindle, so there is no cover art to confound or provide clues. This book begs to be the subject of an HaBO, which might run something like this: It's the perfect situation, until Lady Beatrice’s dashing and arrogant nephew, Max, Lord Davenham, returns from the Orient-and discovers an impostor running his household…Ī romantic entanglement was never the plan for these stubborn, passionate opponents-but falling in love may be as inevitable as the falling of autumn leaves… Appalled, Abby rousts Lady Beatrice's predatory servants and-with Lady Beatrice's eager cooperation-the four young ladies become her “nieces,” neatly eliminating the threat of disaster for all concerned!
Instead of treasures, though, she finds the owner, Lady Beatrice Davenham, bedridden and neglected. Governess Abigail Chantry will do anything to save her sister and two dearest friends from destitution, even if it means breaking into an empty mansion in the hope of finding something to sell. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Historical Romance category.
This RITA® Reader Challenge 2014 review was written by Qualisign.
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