- ISBN13: 9780440236740
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
The acclaimed, award-winning author of The Bridal Season returns to the elegant drawing rooms and sprawling country estates of Victorian England…in the captivating tale of a woman who must prove she can keep an irresistible nobleman’s most scandalous secret–without losing her heart …
Evelyn Whyte has never forgotten the night she first met Justin Powell–or the shocking indiscretion that left the raffish military hero eternally in her debt. Now, desperate to save her aunt’s foundering nuptial planning enterprise, she’s ready to call in her IOU. All she needs is Justin’s scenic ancestral home, where she’s determined to show the world that even a woman innocent in the ways of love can turn a simple wedding into the social event of the season.
Ten years earlier, Evie single-handedly saved him from scandal-wagging tongues, and Justin never reneges on a favor. Now, unaware of the daring double life he conceals behind a cloak of amiable gentility, Evie and her wedding party descend on North Cross Abbey, where her curiosity and forthright manner could imperil them both. Pursued by enemy agents amid a whirl of festivities, Justin vows to keep Evie safe. But who will protect him from the charms of this alluring woman–and the promise of a matchless love worth any risk?
Bridal Favors
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This book was given 3 stars because it was very slow, and the characters always flirted, but it never led anywhere, and the first kiss was chapters further than what I would have thought. Other than those things, the book was good.
When 15-year-old Evelyn interrupts what she takes to be a tryst between Justin and a prominent diplomat’s wife, she exacts a note of debt from the ruffled 23-year-old in return for her silence. Ten years later, Evie, who is filling in for her aunt as a society wedding planner, comes calling with her note. She needs Justin’s familial estate for the wedding of the season. He agrees reluctantly, complaining it will interfere with his bird-watching he’s an ornithologist on the tail of the elusive Bubo Formosa Plorimus (Most Beautiful Owl) but in truth, the nuptials will provide an excellent cover for his espionage activities. Far from the frivolous ladies’ man Evie thinks he is, Justin is really a spy, but his latest mission to hide a “diabolical machine” being shipped to him by his handler may put them both in danger.
Rating: 3 / 5
Connie Brockway’s talent for weaving a great story is again evident in Bridal Favors, the second in a thoroughly enjoyable Victorian romance series.
Evelyn Whyte-a confirmed young spinster with dazzling wit, intelligence and determination-persuades Justin Powell, an apparent dilettante, to allow her to put on the wedding of the season at his old family manor, North Cross Abbey. But Justin is much more dangerous than he appears to be, and suddenly Evie’s life-and her heart-are in peril.
Bridal Favors is a delightful read-Brockway’s characters are multidimensional and fascinatingly real while her plots are fast-paced and exciting. The witty, playful and clever banter-especially between Justin and Evie-is a lot of fun to witness. Brockway’s wide-ranging and precise descriptive language is a pleasure to experience. Having read every one of her novels with relish, I can confirm that her master storytelling skills never fail to amuse, delight and move the reader. Don’t miss Bridal Favors or any of her previous books.
Rating: 5 / 5
I loved Justin, he was witty, handsome, and had one of the best personalities in a hero ever created. Evie was lovely and wonderful as well, and a perfect match for Justin.
The problem? By about page 100, the outcome of this book was pretty well set. From the onset we know Evie and Justin will end up together, of course, but since the direction of the spy ring plot came out so early in the story, that was pretty much it for me, as that was the whole story. As great as Evie and Justin were, the story no longer held my interest.
Rating: 3 / 5
Justin is a master spy posing as an avid birdwatcher. Evie is the niece of Agatha, (the wedding planner in “Bridal Season” who eloped with a Frenchman) and is trying to keep her aunt’s business afloat while Agatha and her new husband enjoy an extended, seemingly endless honeymoom. Evie hasn’t had a single thing go right in her wedding planning attempts, and when she’s asked by a wealthy American lady to plan a wedding extravaganza at North Cross Abbey, owned by Justin/master spy/birdwatcher, Evie determines to make it work and convinces Justin to allow her to refurbish and use his abbey for the wedding, cashing in on a favor he owes her from a brief but memorable encounter ten years prior. It just so happens that Evie’s plans coincide beautifully with Justin’s latest assignment – to receive a top-secret delivery at North Cross Abbey – and Justin believes the pre-wedding activity will help avert suspicion from him as he awaits the shipment. He agrees to Evie’s proposal, and the two of them pack their bags and head to the old abbey…but they are being watched.
This is probably Ms. Brockway’s frothiest and lightest literary creation, a witty and humorous novel that, while enjoyable, does not quite capture the essence of passionate romance that her other novels do. A pleasant and enjoyable read.
Rating: 3 / 5
Not as good as Bridal Season, the first in Brockaway’s “Bridal” series. Bridal Season had one of my all-time favorite heroines, Letty. Bridal Favors has Evie, who I liked at the beginning and the end, but in the middle she was the ’spunky but insecure’ heroine I detest reading about. Overall, a fun enough read, but nothing particularly memorable.
Rating: 3 / 5