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Summer in Hanover Square
384 pages
A sparkling, witty romp through the London Season where drawing-room banter masks a slow-burn romance.
What it feels like
Reading this traditional Regency romance feels like stepping into a brightly lit London ballroom filled with rustling silk and sharp-witted banter. The narrative moves at a brisk, delightful clip, sweeping the reader through the glittering rituals of the Season with a wry, observant eye. It is a cozy, elegant escape that trades heavy angst for sparkling dialogue and the delicious tension of a misunderstood heroine holding her own against a cynical aristocrat. The prose is crisp and period-appropriate, capturing the manners and mores of the era without ever feeling bogged down. It is a perfect, comforting read for those who devour classic, closed-door historical romances and delight in the slow, satisfying thaw of an enemies-to-lovers courtship.
- Mood
- sparkling
- cozy
- elegant
- cheerful
- Tone
- wry
- lighthearted
- observant
- romantic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- social maneuvering · enemies to lovers · hidden depths · the marriage mart
- The writing
- Crisp, period-appropriate, and laced with gentle drawing-room wit.
- The arc
- From defensive misunderstanding and societal suspicion to mutual respect and sparkling romance.
- Who it's for
- Fans of traditional, closed-door Regency romances who love sharp banter and slow-burn societal courtships.
Content notes
- classism
About the book
The impoverished Margaret Lambart is suddenly flung into all the glitter of the Season in Regency London. Suspected by her godmother's nephew, the influential Marquis St. George, of being merely a common adventuress, she has, nevertheless, a brilliant success, and attracts the attentions of the young Duke of Oxford. However, when the Marquis discovers that Margaret is far from wanting a husband he finds he has to revise his estimate of her true worth.
Description from Open Library.
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