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ABOUT THE BOOKS
When a young woman trades places with her noble cousin, their innocent ruse leads to true love in this sparkling new Regency-era romantic comedy of manners from the author of Mr. Malcolm’s List. When Arabella Grant’s wicked aunt dies suddenly, both Arabella and her cousin Lady Isabelle cannot help but feel relieved. She’d made their lives miserable, and now Lady Issie is free to read to her heart’s content, and Bella is free from taunts about her ignoble birth. Their newfound freedom is threatened, however, when Issie’s great-aunt commands her to travel to London for a come-out Issie has never wanted. Issie, who is in poor health, is convinced she’ll drop dead like her mother did if she drops into a curtsy before the queen. So when her great-aunt turns out to be nearsighted and can’t tell the noble Lady Isabelle from her commoner cousin Arabella, Issie convinces Bella to take her place. Bella can attend all the exclusive entertainments that her lower birth would typically exclude her from, and Issie can stay in bed, her nose in a book. Bella agrees to the scheme for her cousin’s sake, but matters turn complicated when she meets the irresistible Lord Brooke. He begins courting her while under the impression she’s the rich and aristocratic Lady Isabelle, who, unlike Bella, is a suitable bride for an eligible young earl. And Bella, who is convinced that she has met “Lord Right,” worries what will happen when she reveals that he’s actually fallen for…the wrong lady.
OPENING LINES
Lady Strickland considered it exceedingly vulgar for a lady to display any glimpse of her nether limbs in public, or even to make mention of them. So when she suffered a sudden fit and collapsed, she would have been quite pleased (had she been conscious) that her maid ensured she was decently covered before calling for help.
GUEST REVIEW by Sophia Rose
When her cantankerous aunt dies, and her invalid, bookish cousin Issie has no desire for a London Season, poor relation Bella reluctantly masquerades as her cousin. All is well until love complicates the scheme. In the spirit of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer, Suzanne Allain pens another delightful romantic romp that left me laughing for pages.
I’ve always enjoyed Suzanne Allain’s entertaining prose; she draws me in with flirty dialogue, historical details, and twisty, humorous romance schemes. I’m not generally one for big secrets in a romance, but I was on the edge of my seat with Issie and Bella’s machinations, wondering ‘when’ and ‘how,’ not ‘if,’ the truth would come out.
Bella shines when not under her ogre of an aunt’s oppressive blame for being the unwanted relation. Well-liked for her sparkle and winsome ways, she gathers a clutch of friends who may not be the toast of London but instead social disasters. Rather than resent Bella for her energy, sweetness, and good looks, Issie gains her own strengths that her mother tried to repress in her and makes the most of her heart palpitations when the handsome, yet serious doctor comes to call. Lord Brooke might be confused by the change in 'Lady Belle' since he met her, and his heart leads him right into the tangle of lies and miscues that I wondered how they would ever untangle.
All in all, this quick, engaging historical romantic comedy left me sighing and fondly recalling scenes days after I turned the last page. Curl up with a cup of tea and The Wrong Lady Meets Lord Right for a light-hearted diversion.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Suzanne Allain adapted her novel Mr. Malcolm’s List into a screenplay, and it was made into a movie starring Freida Pinto, Theo James, SopeDirisu, Zawe Ashton, and Oliver Jackson Cohen.
Her most recent novel, The Ladies Rewrite the Rules, released January 9, 2024, and The Wrong Lady Meets Lord Right will release December 3, 2024.
If you’d like an autographed copy of any of Suzanne’s books, please contact Midtown Reader, an indie bookstore in her hometown.
ABOUT SOPHIA ROSE, REVIEWER
Sophia is a quiet though curious gal who dabbles in cooking, book reviewing, piano-playing, and gardening. Road trips and campouts, museums and monuments, restaurants and theaters are her jam. Encouraged and supported by an incredible man and loving family. A Northern Californian transplant to the Great Lakes region of the US. Lover of Jane Austen, baseball, cats, Scooby Doo, and chocolate.
As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing. In 2012, she submitted her first book review and is currently an associate reviewer.
Sophia is a prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience many wonderful books, authors, and narrators. Few genres are outside her reading tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and romance. Sorry, no horror...or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby. Connect with Sophia via FACEBOOK GOODREADS Twitter/X
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