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Lovers' Vows
First published 1981 · 223 pages
A sparkling, theatrical romp where practical wit quietly steals the spotlight from conventional beauty.
What it feels like
Reading this traditional Regency romance feels like stepping into a bustling, cheerful country house where a play is being rehearsed and everyone is delightfully in each other's way. The narrative moves at a brisk, dialogue-driven pace, carried by a wry and affectionate tone that celebrates practical competence over swooning melodrama. The prose is crisp and sparkling, perfectly suited to a heroine whose sharp tongue and sensible nature make her the quiet anchor of the story. It is a cozy, sunlit reading experience that wraps the reader in a comforting atmosphere of community theatricals and slow-burn affection. Fans of Georgette Heyer who love a plain but witty heroine gently managing an eccentric aristocrat will devour this charming, lighthearted romp.
- Mood
- cozy
- cheerful
- bustling
- romantic
- Tone
- wry
- lighthearted
- affectionate
- theatrical
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- the beauty of competence · finding love offstage · surface beauty versus inner wit · community and duty
- The writing
- Crisp, dialogue-driven, and sparkling with dry Regency wit.
- The arc
- Moves from practical exasperation to a surprising, warm-hearted romantic realization.
- Who it's for
- Fans of traditional, closed-door Regency romances who prefer a sensible, sharp-tongued heroine over a swooning beauty.
About the book
Lord Dewar visits St. Alton's Abbey, his ancestral estates, infrequently, preferring the cultural atmosphere of London, for the handsome young landowner is a great devotee of the arts, music painting and especially the theatre.
Holly McCormack had no beauty but combined a beautiful voice with a witty tongue and a sensible approach to life. She lived with her aunt and beautiful cousin Jane near the Abbey, Lord Dewar's home. He announced he would produce Romeo and Juliet, with Jane to star. Holly found herself immersed with costumes, nagging Dewar to accomplish things for the neighborhood, and falling in love.
Description from Open Library.
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