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With the dazzling storytelling that has become her trademark, acclaimed author Connie Brockway sweeps readers to Victorian England—a glittering world of titled society and scandalous secrets—in the enchanting tale of a woman who commits the most startling indiscretion of all: She falls in love.
Letty Potts, a petty schemer by necessity, has decided to go straight. But after narrowly escaping the wrath of her partner in crime, she finds herself at Paddington Station with nothing but the gown she’s wearing and another woman’s train ticket clutched in her hand. Masquerading as the redoubtable “Lady Agatha” of Whyte Wedding Celebrations, Letty arrives in the backwater burg of Little Bidewell, where she is to arrange the nuptials of a young society bride.
Amid the dizzying whirl of pre-wedding festivities, nobody suspects Letty’s secret—except Sir Elliot March. A war hero who has forsworn love, Elliot senses something decidedly amiss about this outspoken young woman, yet she awakens in him a passionate yearning he’d thought was lost forever. Soon, though, a desperate deception embroils them both in a web of scandal and danger as Letty’s past catches up with her, threatening not only her life but Elliot’s—and their love.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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"The Bridal Season" is another gem of a romance written by this admirably talented author. The story is set in late Victorian England mostly in a small backwater town called Little Bidewell. Letty Pott a young and sophisticated musichall performer is desperate to get away from London and leave her problems and slightly tarnished past behind. By sheer luck she picks up a ticket at Paddington Station and travels down to Little Bidewell. To her surprise there is a friendly aristocratic family awaiting her at the station believing that she is Lady Agatha Whyte, a professional society wedding planner who came to organise Angela Bigglesworth's upcoming nuptials. Letty is a practical girl and she accepts her role with natural grace until she can get away. The Bigglesworths treat her with friendly respect and Letty's softer emotions threaten to overpower her. She meets Sir Elliot March a handsome young bachelor who is not only a good family friend but the local magistrate too. Their attraction is noticable since their first meeting and it grows from day to day. Elliot is intrigued by Letty's charming outgoing behaviour and he suspects she is hiding something. He is a dutiful young man hardened by his years in the war and he hasn't thought himself capable of love. He cannot resist Letty's natural sensuality and he decides never to let her go. Letty is full of remorse and guilt because of her deception and her growing love for Elliot makes her re-think her life when her dangerous past catches up with her. The author has a dazzling style of storytelling, which she demonstrates in this wonderful book too. Letty and Elliot are introduced to the reader with great feeling showing their deep character and human shortcomings. The secondary characters are an entertaining lot actively participating in the lives of the leading couple. The storyline is fast-paced, the dialogues well phrased and there is a good infusion of excellent humour in the story too. Ms. Brockway describes her love scenes with taste and they are passionate and sensual.
THE BRIDAL SEASON is an excellent historical romance delivered by an author who can surprise her readers with refreshing plots and alluring surroundings. The book is greatly entertaining and a very fast read. I warmly recommend it to all appreciative fans of the genre.
THE BRIDAL SEASON is an excellent historical romance delivered by an author who can surprise her readers with refreshing plots and alluring surroundings. The book is greatly entertaining and a very fast read. I warmly recommend it to all appreciative fans of the genre.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
villain gets to cheat, lie, steal, and kick the dog, cause..
5 Jun 2005
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Stepping politely over the failures which some Regencies set purely in London court, Connie Brockway charms entirely within the confines of a little traveled village & and it's occupants.
Being only my second novel from this author, I didn't know to look forwards to a plot with a `confidence trickster' masquerading as a Duke's daughter - instead I dreaded it. Until about 10 pages in when I realized it was absolutely perfect!
The brash Letty impersonates Lady Agatha White & fills her shoes in arranging a wedding for a country miss. She becomes involved unwillingly drawn into the lives and mini melodramas of the people around her, and falls hard for the local magistrate - Elliot. And that is enough of a plot synopsis for you lot! (greedy eyes)
Charming where it could have been ridiculous, bold when it could have been trite, the simple ease and humor with which the author delights and entertains the reader is impossible to describe.
In the unlikely Letty, we find no shrinking heroine, but a `woman of the world' who is quite aware of her own appeal and not a bit above using it. Every chapter begins with a maxim, and I came to thoroughly enjoy them - take for example, `The villain gets to cheat, lie, steal, and kick the dog, because in the end you shoot him'. All slightly stage centered advice passed on from her mother and the applicable line before each short chapter.
Even the hero is thoroughly believable and wonderfully suave.
Setting the time frame a little later than Regency England, into the last decade of Queen Victoria's reign, the dress provides a refreshing change from all that dampened muslin and so on! Sweeping hats are delightfully apparent, and our heroine sashays well..
A wonderful companion novel to Bridal Favours by Connie Brockway
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Being only my second novel from this author, I didn't know to look forwards to a plot with a `confidence trickster' masquerading as a Duke's daughter - instead I dreaded it. Until about 10 pages in when I realized it was absolutely perfect!
The brash Letty impersonates Lady Agatha White & fills her shoes in arranging a wedding for a country miss. She becomes involved unwillingly drawn into the lives and mini melodramas of the people around her, and falls hard for the local magistrate - Elliot. And that is enough of a plot synopsis for you lot! (greedy eyes)
Charming where it could have been ridiculous, bold when it could have been trite, the simple ease and humor with which the author delights and entertains the reader is impossible to describe.
In the unlikely Letty, we find no shrinking heroine, but a `woman of the world' who is quite aware of her own appeal and not a bit above using it. Every chapter begins with a maxim, and I came to thoroughly enjoy them - take for example, `The villain gets to cheat, lie, steal, and kick the dog, because in the end you shoot him'. All slightly stage centered advice passed on from her mother and the applicable line before each short chapter.
Even the hero is thoroughly believable and wonderfully suave.
Setting the time frame a little later than Regency England, into the last decade of Queen Victoria's reign, the dress provides a refreshing change from all that dampened muslin and so on! Sweeping hats are delightfully apparent, and our heroine sashays well..
A wonderful companion novel to Bridal Favours by Connie Brockway
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Delightful
15 Feb 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I just love Connie Brockway. Her characters are vibrant, real people that you would like to know. "A Bridal Season" was laugh-out-loud funny. Lily Potts is charming, witty, and flawed. Her attempts at aristocratic social graces are laughable, she's loud, ambitious, an opportunist, and something of a vamp, but she is so full of honest good will and humor you love her for it. Elliot March is sexy. If he wasn't make-believe that is. He is a man of integrity and honesty, a man who truly lives by what he feels is right and wrong, which I admire. But under his reserve lies a wonderfully open and humorous spirt, and he loosens up when he meets the woman of his dreams to give as good as he gets. My favorite thing about Brockway's heroes is how hard they fall for the women they love. And Elliot is no exception. I just love the scene at the end where Elliot claims his bride-- throwing all his reserve and propriety to the wind. My only regret is that Ms. Brockway did not show us as much as I would have liked of Lily and Elliot's love scene. Elliot is a very sensual man, but I felt that scene was only half completed. This aspect keeps "A Bridal Season" from being one of my favorite Brockway books. But truly, a delightful & hilarious story. Connie Brockway is one of a handful of writers I buy on name only.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Pure delight!
6 Dec 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
THE BRIDAL SEASON immediately shot to the top of my "Best Reads of 2001" list. It's fresh, funny, and thoroughly delightful from the first page to the last. You can't help but root for Letty and fall in love with Elliot. It's not Letty's strengths, but her flaws that make her such a compelling character. I hate reading about perfect women because I've never been one! The croquet game is truly a classic scene. All of the secondary characters are perfection, even Fagin/Lambikins. I liked this book so much that I ordered it in hardcover (...) after I'd already read it in paperback. Bravo, Ms. Brockway!
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