Thank you to Bethany House & Baker Publishing Group for the opportunity to read and review this book before it's publication date! This in no way affected my review, opinions are my own.

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💬 What's a genre (or sub-genre) that you'd like to read more of? After finishing this one I realized how much I've loved pretty much every Regency Historical Fiction/Romance I've ever read, but also how few of them I've read! (personal favorite: Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson!)
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First things first, I need to read more Regency Historical. Because every single book I've read in this genre has been in between a 4 and a 5 star read, and I really cannot explain why I've been sleeping on this genre.

Second things second, I loved this book and am BEREFT that I have to wait however long for the next in this new series.

Third things third, if you're looking for a book to gently lull you into the New Year, I could not recommend this one highly enough!

I was hooked into this story and reading about this family from practically the first page, and honestly found absolutely any excuse to read it - generally I prefer longer reading sessions for books (30mins to an hour) but for this one I found myself picking it up at any spare moment, whether that be for 2mins, 5, or 15.

I loved the relationships between all the family members, and loved all of the side characters - while there were a lot, I didn't find any of them unnecessary and truly enjoyed the way the town and its inhabitants were formed in my mind, and the way this creates a really rich setting at the beginning of a planned series.

And Viola? LOVED. HER. Emily? Yup, loved her too. Susan? Yep. She was great. Georgiana? Adored. (And the menfolk? Also quite lovely, and particularly swoonworthy!)

Overall, this one comes highly recommended from me and I will gladly take any Regency recs you have!!