The Wicked Wedding of Miss Ellie Vyne by Jayne Fresina

Lazarus Kane has been searching for Sophie half of his life.

But even Sophie isn’t so scandalous as to marry a complete stranger. After all, it’s common knowledge that Sophie is a young lady In Need of Firmer Direction. When the darkly handsome, arrogantly charming Lazarus Kane shows up on her doorstep, the nosy residents of Sydney Dovedale are thrown into a gossiping tizzy. Sophie Valentine knew placing an ad for a husband in the Farmer’s Gazette would bring her trouble-and she was right. Idlers, time-wasters, and gentleman without other attachments need not apply.” -Miss Sophie Valentine Small dowry, several books, sundry furnishings, and elderly aunt included. “Wanted: one husband, not too particular. The Most Improper Miss Sophie Valentine by Jayne FresinaĪ / Amazon.ca / Barnes and Noble / KOBO/ The Book Depository I enjoyed being completely annoyed by a character in one book and then having the author make me adore them in another! That’s talent! 🙂 It was like reading a sequel to the first or second book while enjoying a whole new story that you see forming in previous books. These three books do span over many years and I absolutely LOVED THAT.

It’s a town where relationships are close (be it good or bad), people work hard and where you cannot get away with ANYTHING! There if still that line of “be proper” where the rich are rich and uppity and the poor are poor and had better remember their place. This town is outside of London England and in my mind I saw many farms, the main rich folk home on the hill, the mini “downtown” for marketing and the old bitty gossipers who knew everyone’s business (and you likely didn’t want them to know because it would be all over town within 5 minutes) by managing to be seen everywhere but their own homes. So what are these book about? Well the premise of these books are about some of the locals and not so local residents of a small town called Sydney Dovedale. I found myself laughing out loud at some of the situations, the conversations, the everyday bantering (you know I love me some banter.lol) that our hero’s, heroine’s and secondary characters engaged in. Jayne Fresina really came out with something different in the historical romance genre and that was to add a serious dash of comedy to the formal. I was pleasantly surprised to find another historical romance author to add to my “have to read” list. Jayne Fresina is a new author to me and I loved the covers of her books and the titles so much I had to check them out. Sydney Dovedale Series by Jayne Fresina- a multiple reviewĪ solid 4 out of 5 for the first three books of this series folks!

The Wicked Wedding of Miss Ellie Vyne by Jayne Fresina