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Isabella Beverley is married
and living happily in Ireland, but her five sisters still
long for their lost home. The eldest sister might have failed
to win back Mannerling, but now it is Jessica’s chance.
Surely she can win the heart of the new owners’ son,
the handsome Harry? Everybody else knows his bad reputation
but Jessica can only see herself back in her old home. But
Harry has a cousin, Professor Robert Sommerville. He too is
good looking and much better husband material, but unfortunately
he is not the owner of Mannerling?
Existing readers of Beaton’s Regency romances will know
what to expect from her sextets, but what can any new readers
hope to find? Not a bodice ripper certainly, but a pacy, witty
and well-researched story crammed with incidents. This can
be a rather derivative genre, with many authors hoping to
emulate the works of Austen and Heyer. But Beaton brings something
new to the genre, humor that is genuinely funny and a keen
sense of what will please modern audiences. There is a feeling
in all her books that people don’t change in two hundred
years and it is this that makes it more than just another
historical romance. Another delightful series.
Reviews
of other titles in this series
Banishment
- Book I
Intrigue
- Book II
Deception
- Book III
Folly
- Book IV
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