Title: The Viscount's Unconventional Lady
(The Talk of the Beau Monde Book 1)
Author: Virginia Heath
Published: February 2021
Genre: Historical Romance, Regency, Mills & Boon Historical, Harlequin Historical

Blurb:

The notorious viscount

And the most gossiped-about lady…

After years as a diplomat in the Napoleonic Wars, Lord Eastwood is reluctant to return to London society. His scandalous divorce has made him infamous, not to mention cantankerous! To halt the rumor mill, he should marry a quiet noblewoman—instead it’s bold, vibrant artist Faith Brookes who’s caught his attention. They are the least suitable match, so why is he like a moth to a flame? 

Prologue ...

Whoot whoot … I eventually managed to finish reading this book after having dealt with the school’s administration. I still couldn’t believe that this book had made me read it in a day. A day!! And I didn’t give a fig that I spent my entire weekend on turning the pages over and over like I had nothing to do despite the preparation for online classes.

 My Review:

So, where to begin? Alright, the story begins when The Earl and Countess Writtle ask the brilliant artist, Augustus Brookes, to paint family portraits for the grand ball. The artist himself can’t paint the portraits without his talented daughter’s assistance, Faith Brookes, despite his wife's insistence not to take the daughter. The mother is terrified that The Earl Writtle’s son, the scandalous divorced Lord, Piers Eastwood, will likely affect her precious daughter into trouble somehow however the father assures her that he will protect the daughter. Apparently the encounter between Faith and Piers are unpleasant as Faith has had her preconceived impression that the Earl is as bad as the newspaper assumes. Eventually they apologize for their ill-mannered encounter and establish friendly relationship.

There are also several hilarious scenes especially when Piers’s 10-year-old niece involved, I can’t help but laughing (if you have equal sense of humour like mine) hence she becomes my most favorite character of all.

I would like to praise the author for the detailed and vivid description of the art, portraits, politics and everything relating within this book. It helps me to immerse myself into the story as well as the emotions beneath the secrets of Piers scandalous divorce that consequently make him become extremely insecure in spite of his high intelligence and Faith’s private secrets that make her incapable of confiding in gentlemen. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book (for every reader's information, I don’t speak English and I am clueless about certain history of England but I love reading English historical romance and this book helps me to comprehend it more)! thus I would like to rate this book 4.5 of 5. Thank you Virginia Heath for writing such a book, I can’t wait for reading Hope and Charity’s stories.

Rate: 5 of 5

About the author

When Virginia Heath was a little girl it took her ages to fall asleep, so she made up stories in her head to help pass the time while she was staring at the ceiling. As she got older, the stories became more complicated, sometimes taking weeks to get to the happy ending. Then one day, she decided to embrace the insomnia and start writing them down. Twenty books and two Romantic Novel of the Year Award nominations later, and it still takes her forever to fall asleep.

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