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A truly lovely story of family that overwhelms the central romance

April 27, 2018 by Ellepkay 2 Comments

This is the third book in the Westcott series.  I skipped the first and reviewed the second here.  This third book was very good.  The overarching theme throughout the series of family and acceptance was at its peak here, and I loved it.  I always enjoy a series about a close family, but this takes it beyond the nuclear family to aunts/uncles/cousins, and it’s just wonderful to see people treating each other well. Alexander Westcott was happy with his life as a gentleman, but when […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: historical romance, Mary Balogh, Westcotts

Ellepkay's CBR10 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: historical romance, Mary Balogh, Westcotts ·
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Good enough to finish – bad enough to have forgotten already

April 24, 2018 by Ellepkay 5 Comments

The premise of the Westcott series (non-spoilers: this is all basically in the cover copy) is that an earl was secretly married and had a daughter, and then he married again and had three more children.  Upon the earl’s death the three presumptive heirs find that they are illegitimate and the orphaned child gets a huge inheritance.  The first book is about that orphan, and she and her new husband make a bunch of appearances in the following books.  I tried to read the first […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: historical romance, Mary Balogh, Westcotts

Ellepkay's CBR10 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: historical romance, Mary Balogh, Westcotts ·
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