Allison & Busby To Catch a Husband: The heart-warming Regency romance from the author of Kingscastle

The heart-warming Regency romance from the author of Kingscastle. Gloucestershire, 1813. Miss Mary Lound of Tapley End would be the first to say that she demonstrates more grace with a fishing rod in her hand than she might ever twirling in a ballroom. This was not, however, a problem until her ne'er-do-well brother sold the family estate, leaving Mary and her mother in very straitened circumstances. When the new owner, Sir Rowland Kempsey, takes up residence, Mary decides to direct her energies into recovering her beloved home by catching a husband.Promisingly, Sir Rowland thinks Miss Lound is a breath of fresh air. But with awkward attempts at flirtation, a duplicitous predator at large in the neighbourhood and the emergence of feelings that complicate her pragmatic goal, Mary discovers that landing the man she wants is more difficult than she had anticipated. A classic Regency romance in the tradition of Georgette Heyer's beloved novels A genre that has seen a surge of interest following the Netflix adaptation of Bridgerton and books such as A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting The next instalment of Sophia Holloway's Regency romances follows on from the recent success of Kingscastle and The Chaperone Autorid: Sophia Holloway