About the Book

Title: Miss Fanshawe’s Fortune 54593789._SY475_

Series: #2 The Brides of Mayfair

Author: Linore Rose Burkhard

Publisher: Lilliput Press

Genre: Christian Regency Romance

Released: August 2020

Respectability was all she needed to win his heart…and precisely what she lacked.

Miss Frances Fanshawe’s past is shrouded in mystery. Raised genteelly as an heiress to a fortune, she is forced to question everything after her mother dies and leaves her with only a single clue to the money. Unless she can locate her father or otherwise prove her heritage, not only the fortune but her very respectability is at stake.

In line for a baronetcy, Sebastian Arundell has no time for sorting out questionable tangles for young women with dubious histories. No matter if they are young, appealing, and have ridiculously large chocolate eyes to melt a man’s heart. But when it becomes apparent that other people are after Frannie’s supposed fortune, he is drawn to investigate. As the search deepens, Frannie falls in love with handsome, proper Sebastian. But if it only proves what he suspects—that she’s an illegitimate pauper—will all hope to win his heart be lost?

My Review

Whoa. This is a Dickensian Regency that will have you learning as you laugh,

wonder, and swoon with the story.

For all its ostentatious words, Miss Fanshawe’s Fortune by Linore Rose Burkhard is a

very clean, fun, and relaxing weekend read.

The first item that made me a happy reader was the inclusion of a glossary, timeline,

and map at the back of the book. These appendices are mentioned in the front, so

you know what tools are available, should you desire.

“Edward Arundell suspected from the moment he almost ran her down on

Monmouth Street, that Miss Fanshawe would be trouble.” Second inkling this will be

a great book. A great opening line.

A dear widow woman who has been ousted from society because of a terrible

accident, Mrs. Arundelle is both a delight and an enigma, as she holds a longstanding

grudge. Yet, she quickly insists that homeless Miss Fanshawe should be her society

companion and eventually, an inexplicable part of the family.

Of course, who would not love poor, sweet Frannie, who only wants respectability

and answers? I felt like I was watching a play, cheering for a romance between

Frannie and somewhat stern Sebastian (Beau).

Roadblocks to the romance and to any answers to Frannie’s ancestry are plenty. This

is where the unbiased observer can see just how far Sebastian goes in his search for

Frannie’s answers until the search becomes his quest, too. Got to love a gentleman

like that.

But if this were a play, the supporting actress award would have to go to Mrs.

Fanshawe. Bold, manipulative, shrewd, and cunning, she is also overbearing,

designing, and determined. What a character. She certainly drives a lot of the action.

Hopefully, others can put on the brakes.

If you like Regency romances with faith, mystery, and high-brow language of the ton,

then this is a great book for you.

I received a complimentary copy of this book, plus I bought my own. All opinions are

my own. No positive review was required.

My Rating

5 Stars- Hits My Reading Sweet Spot

About the Author

Linore Rose Burkard

Website

http://www.linoreburkard.com

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https://www.goodreads.com/linrose

Linore Rose Burkard ( L.R.Burkard) is a serious watcher of period films, a Janeite, and hopeless romantic. An award-winning author best known for Inspirational Regency Romance, her first novel (Before the Season Ends) opened the genre for the CBA. Besides historical romance, Linore writes contemporary suspense (The Pulse Effex Series, as L.R. Burkard), contemporary romance (Falling In), and romantic short stories (ie., “Three French Hens”). Linore has a magna cum laude English Lit. degree from CUNY which she earned while taking herself far too seriously. She now resides in Ohio with her husband and family, where she turns her youthful angst into character or humor-driven plots.

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Miss Fanshawe’s Fortune, #2 The Brides of Mayfair, by Linore Rose Burkhard