Libby’s London Merchant and One Good Turn are connected novels and more lovely, consistent, sincere stories from Carla Kelly. Clearly, I am going to read and find something to enjoy in every Regency romance novel in her catalog. This time, my attention was again captured by Kelly’s consistent strengths and minor imperfections (the enjoyable prose; the successful historical setting; her belief in the inherent goodness of people and it’s power to improve lives; her fascination with military history; and, her ability to create truly dastardly villains and then redeem them too easily), as well as the very first time I read a romance and wasn’t sure which man the heroine was going to end up with. Spoilers necessarily follow.
The rest of this review can be found on my blog.
Libby’s London Merchant is definitely the better of the two. I find Carla Kelly very comforting. Very nice reviews.
Interesting! I’m definitely intrigued by the idea that you don’t know which one the heroine ends up with. I shall save the rest of your review till after I have read them to not ruin the surprise!
If you haven’t read any Carla Kelly, I recommend her highly. I have a list of her catalog you can visit on my blog.
She’s been on my list, but it’s not like the old days where I could read a romance a day. I am on travel this week though, so I downloaded the two above from the library, and once I finish the Florand I’m in the middle of I’ll give them a go!