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A June Bride
256 pages
A delightfully cozy Regency romp where strict rules of propriety collide with the irresistible pull of shared pillows and midnight card games.
What it feels like
Reading this traditional Regency is like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket on a chilly night, perfectly capturing the cozy, simmering tension of forced proximity. The narrative unfolds at a steady, character-driven pace, entirely focused on the delicious agony of two virtual strangers forced to share a bed while strictly maintaining their virtue. The tone is gently witty and playful, leaning into the absurdity of their situation with wry internal monologues and polite but increasingly charged banter. It feels intimate and domestic, stripping away the grand ballrooms of the ton to focus on the quiet, midnight moments between a husband and wife. It is a perfect, sweet treat for readers who love the 'one bed' trope and the slow, inevitable melt of strict social rules into genuine affection.
- Mood
- cozy
- intimate
- warm
- simmering
- Tone
- playful
- wry
- gentle
- romantic
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- forced proximity · the tension of restraint · absurdity of social conventions · quiet domesticity · mutual pining
- The writing
- Charming and gently witty, leaning heavily on polite banter and amusing internal monologues.
- The arc
- Moves from awkward, rule-bound obligation to a simmering, affectionate mutual surrender.
- Who it's for
- Readers who delight in the delicious, slow-burn agony of the 'one bed' trope wrapped in strict Regency propriety.
About the book
A hasty marriage to redeem her reputation was bad enough, but Alessandra's punishment for an innocent moment in the park was not to end there. Only if she and her new husband Jeffrey Huntingsley managed to share sleeping quarters for a month, yet leave their marriage unconsummated, would Alessandra's father agree to an annulment. A needlessly tedious exercise, Alessandro fumed, since it was a simple matter to remain at arm's distance from a husband she scarcely knew. Although he was a most handsome and agreeable gentleman. And the nights did seem inexplicably colder, longer, and lonelier than ever before....
Observing the terms of the "annulment agreement" should have presented no difficulty for a gentleman Jeffrey Huntingsley. All it took was a scrupulous consideration for Alessandra's sensibilities, a modicum of self control, and a few pillows dividing the marriage bed down the middle. If all else failed, a midnight card game or two ought to do the trick. But the sight of his bride, adorably attired in a modest nightgown, was distinctly unsettling. Alessandra was proving a decent sort, and Jeffrey would be a scoundrel indeed to take advantage of her innocence, despite the inviting warmth he was convinced he saw in her eyes....
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