Miss Burton Unmasks a Prince Author: Jennifer Moore
Genres: Historical Romance
Format: Audio, eBook, Print
Pages: 208
Date: April 1, 2015
Publisher: Covenant
1812 Southern belle Meg Burton is her parents last hope of avoiding financial ruin, and a distant cousin’s kind gesture seems an ideal solution: He will sponsor Meg for a London Season. The pursuit of a wealthy husband was not exactly how the bookish young woman had envisioned first trip abroad after all, what does a girl from Charleston, South Carolina, know about being a lady?
Amidst the stunning gowns and extravagant balls of the ton, Meg feels like an imposter. Thankfully, she has one friend who knows her true self Carlo, handsome stable hand. Despite their difference in station, love blossoms between the unlikely pair, and Meg is sure of one thing: She wants nothing to do with the insufferable European aristocracy.
Prince Rodrigo de Talavera has lost everything to Napoleon. Jaded by war, he has become bitter and miserable until he meets Meg, an American woman whose eccentric schemes and passion for life remind him what it is to laugh and to love. If only she knew him for himself and not as Carlo the stable hand. With the shadow of deception looming over their happy acquaintance and the dangers of war drawing evermore near, can Meg and Rodrigo find the courage to put aside their pretenses and discover if they can beloved as they truly are?
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About Jennifer Moore
Jennifer Moore is a passionate reader and writer of all things romance due to the need to balance the rest of her world that includes a perpetually traveling husband and four active sons, who create heaps of laundry that is anything but romantic. Jennifer has a B.A. in Linguistics from the University of Utah. She lives in northern Utah with her family, but most of the time wishes she was aboard a British frigate during the age of sail. She writes Regency, Historical, and Contemporary Romance.
Love Jennifer Moore’s books! I didn’t realize at first that this book ties in with the other two I’ve previously read. I love the characters and their interactions with each other. I hope there’s more to come!
This is a sweet young adult Regency romance, with a feisty heroine trying to make her way through a season in London- conflicted by her family’s expectations of an advantageous marriage to save their failing business and her own dreams for her life. Her friendship with “Carlo” provides relief from the judgements and pretensions of some of the other guests in the duke’s home. While I didn’t think it was well-done of the prince to willfully deceive Meg, his intentions are understandable. The book reads like a storytelling, which makes it a little more difficult to experience the emotions of the characters. The intrigues of war add tension to the plot as the prince is caught between a desire to find the abducted members of his royal family and remaining safe for the future of Spain. Recommend for young adults and adults who enjoy clean historical romance.
This is the first book I’ve read of Jennifer Moore’s and I loved it! I really enjoyed the different adventures that Meg and Rodrigo went on. It was really well written and I can’t wait to read more of her books!
I loved this book!! Meg was a wonderful heroine! She was smart and charming and adventurous. Rodrigo was so perfect for her. I loved the fun, adventure, and playfulness of their courtship. I’m glad she got to see Rodrigo for who he was and not for his title. This is one I will be re-reading in the future!
This is a really good story! It was different than I expected, but in a good way. I listened to the audiobook, which I think made it even better. The narrator’s portrayal of Prince Rodrigo’s Spanish accent made him sound so exotic.
This book was clean and enjoyable. A light read. I think my favorite character was Colonel Stackhouse. He bluntly states the things that I longed to hear someone say. I also thought Meg’s relationship with Carlos was cute. And Lord Featherstone was as obnoxious as he was intended to be. I was annoyed by Meg’s brother Daniel. Why couldn’t he be the one to marry wealthy and save the family instead of feeding his sister to the wolves? It seemed that he would have had plenty of opportunity.