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Miss Whiting and the Seven Wards
223 pages
A cozy, whimsical Regency romp that reimagines a classic fairy tale through the lens of found family and sweet romance.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a sunlit, slightly chaotic country cottage where warmth and laughter chase away the shadows of the past. It blends the comforting familiarity of a traditional Regency romance with the playful whimsy of a fairy tale retelling, swapping out magical dwarves for seven rambunctious wards. The pacing is steady and inviting, allowing the reader to sink into the cozy found-family dynamics and the gentle, healing romance between two people bruised by prior betrayals. The prose is sweet and accessible, sprinkled with gentle wit and earnest emotion. It is an absolute delight for readers who crave low-angst, heartwarming historicals where love blooms amidst cheerful domestic chaos and everyone gets their well-deserved happily ever after.
- Mood
- cozy
- heartwarming
- whimsical
- cheerful
- Tone
- charming
- sweet
- lighthearted
- earnest
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- found family · healing from betrayal · fairy tale parallels · unexpected love · domestic chaos
- The writing
- Accessible and traditional, balancing gentle Regency wit with sweet, earnest sincerity.
- The arc
- Moves from lonely displacement and past betrayals to the warm, chaotic embrace of found family and true love.
- Who it's for
- Readers who adore sweet, low-angst historical romances featuring chaotic found families and playful fairy tale nods.
Content notes
- mild violence
- child abandonment
- war injuries
About the book
For best friends Sara, Ella, and Rosamond, life thus far has been anything but a fairy tale. Left to grow up at Mrs. Parson's Academy for Girls, they have little to look forward to upon graduation—not even a Season in London! But, as each young lady is about to learn, Fate, for all her fickleness, is sometimes kind—and happy endings may be found in the most unexpected places...
Mirror, mirror, on the wall...
For Miss Sara Whiting, the only thing harder than parting ways with her two best school chums is returning to a loveless home. Although she is aware of her stepmother's money-grubbing ways, Sara never suspects that the lady would turn to violence. But after a suspicious assault, she awakens to find herself in a warm bed in a cozy cottage—rescued by seven young boys in need of a savior of their own...
Who will be the first to fall?
War wounds have effectively retired Sir Evan Beaumont from his soldiering career, while his betrothed has jilted him in favor of a wealthy baron. To make matters worse, he owes a favor to the man who saved his life—namely to evict a widow and her children from his friend's property. But when Evan goes to investigate the tenants, he finds himself charmed by both the cottage and its inhabitants—particularly the lovely young woman whom he can't quite believe is the mother of seven strapping sons. The more time Evan spends with the lady, the more he suspects a secret...and the more he loses his heart.
Description from Open Library.
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