The Viscount and The Vicar’s Daughter: A Victorian Romance by Mimi Matthews
The Viscount and the Vicar's Daughter by Mimi Matthews on January 23, 2018
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Clean & Wholesome, Fiction / Romance / Historical / Victorian
Pages: 230
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"Matthews' tale hits all the high notes of a great romance novel...Cue the satisfied sighs of romance readers everywhere." -Kirkus Reviews
A World-Weary Rake
After years of unbridled debauchery, Tristan Sinclair, Viscount St. Ashton has hit proverbial rock bottom. Seeking to escape his melancholy, he takes refuge at one of Victorian society's most notorious house parties. As the Christmas season approaches, he prepares to settle in for a month of heavy drinking...until an unexpected encounter changes his plans--and threatens his heart.
A Prim Vicar's Daughter
Valentine March is not the drab little spinster she appears to be. When her new job as a lady's companion lands her smack in the middle of Yorkshire with England's most infamous rake, she resolves to keep her head down and her eyes fixed firmly on her future--a future which most definitely does not include a sinfully handsome viscount.
A Match Made in Scandal
A friendship is impossible. An affair out of the question. But when one reckless act binds them together, will two star-crossed souls discover there's more to each other than meets the eye? Or will revelations from the past end their fragile romance before it begins?
In my humble opinion, The Viscount and the Vicar’s Daughter: A Victorian Romance by Mimi Matthews is an absolute jewel of a book. This author has such a wonderful way of shining a bright light on deeper things in the human heart. The human struggle to find parental approval and yet establish independence. Every person’s desire to be known and loved unconditionally. In this book, the hero Viscount St. Ashton is no saint. He’s lived a life of debauchery and selfishness and comes up empty and hollow inside. He attends a house party at a decrepit estate which represents a place of over indulgence and dissipation. While there, he meets the lovely Miss Valentine March, a lady’s companion, who is unlike anyone he has ever encountered. She is delicate, innocent and without guile. He feels instantly drawn to her. But attending the same party is his father the Earl of Lynden who is deeply disappointed in St. Ashton and his hedonistic ways. St. Ashton is told to attend to the neglected property he was given years before and that funds will be cut off from him. It’s the final straw and the last effort of the Earl to get his son to act like a responsible grown up. Will he be able to please his father and turn his life around to become a man worthy of Valentine’s love?
Matthews uses several wonderful romance tropes as she weaves her tale: mistaken identity, friends to lovers, etc. This is a sweet romance with only a few kisses. I highly recommend it.
