Thursday, May 14, 2015

BOOK REVIEW- LADY FIASCO


Can a lady with a reputation for disaster, stumble into love? 
An unusual heroine, Fiona Hawthorn grew up running free. Without a mother to restrain her, she spends her days riding her horse neck or nothing across her father’s fields and swimming like a sea nymph. But inside a prim and proper Regency sitting room Fiona is bound to overturn the teapot or accidentally trip the footman. Her illustrious Aunt Honore decides to take the hoyden in hand, but amidst the strictures of the Beau Monde, Fiona is a fish out of water. 
When she was younger, Lord Wesmont was her hero. Sadly, he came home from fighting Napoleon a hardened man. Nothing can breathe life back into his cold heart, nothing except, perhaps, the love of an unusual young woman who regularly turns his life upside-down. 
Lady Fiasco is a Sweet Traditional Regency Romance.    AMAZON

I really liked this story and it had me laughing out loud more than once.  Fiona wasn't really the disaster that people made her out to be but there were some interesting mishaps just the same.  She often was just the scapegoat for others.  Their superstitious "fears" often even caused some of the accidents.  No matter how hard Tyrell, 
(Lord Wesmont) tried, he just couldn't forget Fiona.  Its not just because of their history of knowing each other as children either.   He doesn't want to want her or get married to anyone.  But she keeps getting under his guard no matter how distant he tries to remain.  Fiona has loved him for years, but feels like she can't find her balance with him.  One minute he is passionate towards her and the next he's pushing her away. I liked how unque and free loving Fiona is even though she's not doing so well being contrained by society's rules.  Her Aunt Honore, is really something else.  She really doesn't care to much about society rules, and gets away with a lot.   Aunt Honore and Tyrell are a handful of people who don't believe in the "jinx" attitude that people have towards Fiona.  There was a secondary plot going on when it came to Aunt Honore's stepson.  Not too hard to figure out but watch out for when Honore finds out.   There is of course a HEA for Fiona but there will be some hoops that need to be jumped through first.  

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