A Love of Regency with Rosemary Morris
I’m a big reader of Regency Romances and I’ve found Rosemary
Morris’s stories great to read. I’ve read everything she’s written but I’ve
been reading and reading her days of the week series. When I’m rough drafting a
new story, I enjoy rereading stories I’ve read before. Meeting old friends
gives me a break from the deep thought that goes into the start of a new
story. Reading these books has kept me
on track since they are very different from what I’m writing.
I once thought I’d like to write Regencies and I have one
Regency historical written. There were three more books planned but after
finishing the one, I knew I didn’t have the stamina for the research for the
other ones. I’ve decided to leave that for my favorite Regency writers.
Rosemary is one of those. I’m enjoying reading the days of the week stories and
those are the ones I’ll speak about here.
Thursday’s Child is the last one of the series I read. In
this book, we read about a young woman who is outspoken and naïve. Her charm
lies in her innocence and her real caring for others. For her journey, love
brings lessons and an understanding of herself and others. The writing allowed
me to enter her world and to care about her and the other characters in the
book. Indeed, she has far to go.
Here’s the blurb:
On their way to a ball, eighteen-year-old Lady Margaret is
reminded by her affectionate brother, the Earl of Saunton, to consider her
choice of words before she speaks. Despite his warning, she voices her
controversial opinion to Lady Sefton, one of Almack’s lady patronesses, who can
advance or ruin a debutante’s reputation. Horrified by her thoughtless
indiscretion, Margaret runs from the ballroom into the reception hall where she
nearly slips onto the marble floor.
Baron Rochedale, a notorious rake catches her in
his arms to prevent her fall. Margaret, whose family expect her to make a splendid
marriage, and enigmatic Rochedale, who never reveals his secrets, are
immediately attracted to each other, but
Rochedale never makes advances to unmarried
females.
When Margaret runs out into the street, out of
chivalry it seems he must follow the runaway instead of joining his mistress in
the ballroom, where anxious mothers would warn their daughters to avoid him.
Rochedale’s quixotic impulse leads to
complications which force him to question his selfish way of
life. Entangled by him in more ways than one, stifled by polite society’s
unwritten rules and regulations Margaret is forced to question what is most
important to her.
Sunday’s Child began the series.
Blurb:
Georgianne Whitley’s beloved father and brothers died in the
war against Napoleon Bonaparte. While she is grieving for them, she must deal
with her unpredictable mother’s sorrow, and her younger sisters’ situation
caused by it.
Georgianne’s problems increase when the
arrogant, wealthy but elderly Earl of Pennington, proposes marriage to her for
the sole purpose of being provided with an heir. At first she is tempted by his
proposal, but something is not quite right about him. She rejects him not
suspecting it will lead to unwelcome repercussions.
Once, Georgianne had wanted to marry an army
officer. Now, she decides never to marry ‘a military man’ for fear he will be
killed on the battlefield. However, Georgianne still dreams of a happy marriage
before unexpected violence forces her to relinquish the chance to participate
in a London Season sponsored by her aunt.
Shocked and in pain, Georgianne goes to the inn
where her cousin Sarah’s step-brother, Major Tarrant, is staying, while waiting
for the blacksmith to return to the village and shoe his horse. Recently, she
has been reacquainted with Tarrant—whom she knew when in the nursery—at the
vicarage where Sarah lives with her husband Reverend Stanton.
The war in the Iberian Peninsula is nearly at an
end so, after his older brother’s death, Tarrant, who was wounded, returned to England where
his father asked him to marry and produce an heir. To please his father, Tarrant agreed to marry, but due
to a personal tragedy he has decided never to father a child. When Georgianne, arrives at the inn, quixotic Tarrant
sympathises with her unhappy situation. Moreover, he is shocked by the
unforgivable, brutal treatment she has suffered.
Full of admiration for her beauty and courage
Tarrant decides to help Georgianne.
The other books in the series so far are Monday’s Child,
Tuesday’s Child and Wednesday’s Child. If you love Regencies, you’ll find every
one of these books a great read. I’ll also be rereading them in the months to
come.
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