Blackmoore by Julianne Donaldson

Blackmoore

by Julianne Donaldson 

 

Kate Worthington knows her heart and she knows she will never marry. Her plan is to travel to India instead—if only to find peace for her restless spirit and to escape the family she abhors. But Kate’s meddlesome mother has other plans. She makes a bargain with Kate: India, yes, but only after Kate has secured—and rejected—three marriage proposals.

Kate journeys to the stately manor of Blackmoore determined to fulfill her end of the bargain and enlists the help of her dearest childhood friend, Henry Delafield. But when it comes to matters of love, bargains are meaningless and plans are changeable. There on the wild lands of Blackmoore, Kate must face the truth that has kept her heart captive. Will the proposal she is determined to reject actually be the one thing that will set her heart free?

Set in Northern England in 1820, Blackmoore is a Regency romance that tells the story of a young woman struggling to learn how to follow her heart. It is Wuthering Heights meets Little Women with a delicious must-read twist.

(summary from goodreads.com)

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I loved it! Sigh. I love regency romances. This was another delightfully fabulous book by Julianne Donaldson - swoony and pure brain candy and the perfect book to curl up with. I loved her quirky heroine and the romance and the setting. Let's all go visit the moors of England! If you liked the first one you'll love this one. It was all I had hoped for and more. I love romance stories between best friends and I was swept away with the story. A lovely way to spend an afternoon.

Mom note: As a mother of readers, I also want to make a note to myself (and others if they care) why I would or would not have my children read this book, because honestly, sometimes I forget. This is an adult book, though everything is still within YA strictures. Violence: mild; Profanity: none; Sex: no, regency vague innuendos