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A Lady without a Lord (The Penningtons: Regency Romance) Kindle Edition

by Bliss Bennet (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
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A USA Today Happy Ever After Must Read Romance

“another splendid historical from Bliss Bennet. It’s intelligent and inventive, poignant and gratifying and a radiant addition to a much-lauded series.” — USA Today Happy Ever After


A viscount convinced he’s a failure

For years, Theophilius Pennington has tried to forget his myriad shortcomings by indulging in wine, women, and witty bonhomie. But now that he’s inherited the title of Viscount Saybrook, it’s time to stop ignoring his responsibilities. Finding the perfect husband for his headstrong younger sister seems a good first step. Until, that is, his sister’s dowry goes missing . . .

A lady determined she’ll succeed

Harriot Atherton has a secret: it is she, not her steward father, who maintains the Saybrook account books. But Harry’s precarious balancing act begins to totter when the irresponsible new viscount unexpectedly returns to Lincolnshire, the painfully awkward boy of her childhood now a charming yet vulnerable man. Unfortunately, Theo is also claiming financial malfeasance. Can her father’s wandering wits be responsible for the lost funds? Or is she?

As unlikely attraction flairs between dutiful Harry and playful Theo, each learns there is far more to the other than devoted daughter and happy-go-lucky lord. But if Harry succeeds at protecting her father and discovering the missing money, will she be in danger of failing at something equally important—finding love?
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"Theo and Harry are likeable, attractive and fully-rounded characters whose flaws and insecurities make them seem that much more real. Theo is completely adorable; a loveable rogue who has spent so long believing himself to be the idiot his father kept insisting he was that he fails to see that his intelligence is of a completely different, yet equally valid kind, and that he is gifted in other ways." --All About Romance Praise for the Historical romances of Bliss Bennet:
"savvy, sensual and engrossing"--USA Today Happy Ever After
"reminded me of my favorite scene in Georgette Heyer's The Unknown Ajax." --Heroes and Heartbreakers
"effervescent. . . . a series well worth following." --Historical Novel Society Indie Reviews
"[Bennet has] the rare, and becoming rarer, ability to create main characters who reflect their times and are in turn uniquely, likably themselves." --Miss Bates Reads Romance
"A beautifully written love story that has everything you want in a great historical romance: heart-wrenching emotion, heartbreak and a great HEA... Cannot wait for the next one in the series." --The Reading Wench

About the Author

Despite being born and bred in New England, Bliss Bennet has always been fascinated by the history of that country across the pond, particularly the politically volatile period known as the English Regency. So much so that she spent years writing a dissertation about the history of children's literature in the period. Now she makes good use of all the research she did for that five-hundred-plus-page project in her historical romance writing. Bliss's mild-mannered alter ego, Jackie Horne, muses about genre and gender on the Romance Novels for Feminists blog. Though she's visited Britain several times, Bliss continues to make her home in New England, along with her husband, daughter, and two monstrously fluffy black cats.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01MSWXGEF
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bliss Bennet Books (February 14, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 14, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5084 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 285 pages
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Bliss Bennet writes smart, edgy novels for readers who love history as much as they love romance. Despite being born and bred in New England, Bliss has always been fascinated by the history of that country across the pond, particularly the politically-volatile period known as the English Regency. Though she's visited Britain several times, Bliss continues to make her home in New England along with her spouse and an ever-multiplying collection of historical reference books.

Bliss's Regency-set historical romances have been praised as "savvy, sensual, and engrossing" by USA Today, "catnip for the Historical Romance reader" by Bookworlder, "romantic, funny, touching, and extremely well-researched" by All About Romance, and "everything you want in a great historical romance" by The Reading Wench. Bliss's latest book is Not Quite a Scandal, the second book in The Audacious Ladies of Audley series.

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Emma Ghows
5.0 out of 5 stars Why isn't Bliss Bennet more well-known?
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2018
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Seriously. This was the first Bliss Bennet book I read (and so far only, but I'm working on that), and I loved the characters and story-telling. The struggle that Harriot's father (and Harriot by extension) has with his dementia resonates strongly with me. There's this intergenerational trauma, where Harriot's father can tell that his mind is going and gets super defensive as a result. Because of his pride, he inflicts emotional pain on his daughter and puts her at legal risk, i.e. transportation to Australia for embezzlement, which of course adds this incredible guilt to Harriot's conscience on top of the usual woes of having a parent with dementia, where she realizes that she has to protect her dad from the law by covering for him. And I haven't even gotten into Theo's dyscalculia, which parallels Harriot's father's dementia, in that his condition causes him no small amount of stress and self-loathing. I applaud Bliss Bennet for writing all this into a happy-ever-after story and making it all work!

The characterizations are beautiful, the copy-editing is beautiful (no typos, contradictions, etc.), the cover is beautiful (par for course for the series), the research done on the time period and dyscalculia is beautiful... everything about this book is beautiful. I got my library to purchase A Sinner Without a Saint based on how amazing this book is ;)
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J. R. G.
5.0 out of 5 stars A new author to love!
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2017
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I can't resist a Hero who is not your average cookie-cutter peer of the realm. Theo is utterly charming and endearingly fallible. While Harry is a stand-up gal who is everything responsible. These opposites are cleverly drawn together in a kind of one step forward, two steps back sort of dance that this romance reader relishes! If you crave a REAL flavor of the Regency period (a la Georgette Heyer) you will love this book and Ms. Bennet's suburb writing. I will be reading her other books!
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ReadAgain712
5.0 out of 5 stars A Lady without a Lord
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2017
As was with most heirs of the time, Theo's future was set. The responsibility of caring for the people on his family lands, taking his place in the political arena, and marrying well rest heavily on his shoulders. Unfortunately, he prefers London to the country, entertaining beautiful women than seeing to his tenants, and making merry with his friends than making sure his estate is financially well. All of this comes to an abrupt halt when his sister marries and he finds he cannot account for her dowry.

The journey home isn't one he wants to make but knows it's necessary. The family steward will know what's going on and, hopefully, he can make sense of the missing money and go on with his life.

Except he doesn't because he finds he can't.

It isn't the missing money that keeps him in Saybrook, though figuring out what happened to it remains his priority. It's his tenants and one very grown up Harriot Atherton, daughter of the family steward, that does.

Harriot, or Harry as she is fondly called, is perplexed by Theo's arrival. Though they practically grew up together, shared their first kiss together, their social standings do not allow them more than friendship. Which is quite sad. Because Theo is a different man with Harriot. Not only does he see his responsibilities clearly, he becomes involved in them. He talks to her about local issues, and she's more than willing to discuss the estate with him.

But their newly renewed friendship isn't entirely built on honesty. It wasn't commonplace for a woman to deal with numbers or understand the financial workings of an estate. Harriot did because she convinced her father to let her do it. He isn't the steward he used to be. His mind is slipping away. Errors are being made. To save her father from potentially being put into an asylum, and hoping not arouse suspicion from tenants and the new viscount, Harriot assumes her father's responsibilities and puts the books to rights.

If Theo had remained in London, if his sister's dowry were readily available, Harriot's secret would have been safe. He didn't, it wasn't, and now she's struggling to keep her secret without jeopardizing the relationship she's building with Theo.

While I enjoyed the friendship between Theo and Harriot, I struggled with their more-than-friendship attraction. At times it felt cool, definitely more in the friend zone, but there were moments when sparks flew, changing it to warm. But the intensity I thought would happen, didn't. It's not to say they weren't a good match. Many great love stories begin as great friendships. Perhaps I wasn't reading as deeply as I should have. Perhaps it wasn't there to begin with. I would have loved to watch those sparks smolder until an inferno exploded between them.

What I loved was how Theo and Harriot came into themselves. Theo slides from being a good-hearted wastrel to a responsible heir, who uses his charm and wit--once used to bed whomever he wanted in London--to deal with certain situations on the homestead. His friendly manner makes him approachable when his title alone would frighten many. Harriot is, by nature I think, a caretaker. She gives of herself to so many, her father included, that her own wants and needs are sometimes set aside. The insecurity she has about being with Theo--she doesn't consider herself as beautiful or charming or alluring as the women of London--fades as she sees herself through Theo's eyes. Her intelligence is not to be hidden, her patience is to be admired. As a whole, their lives are changed for the better because of what they see and find in one another.

Despite my feelings about the heat of their relationship, there is no denying the strength of their relationship. Their love is sincere. In a time when marriages were arranged for political and/or financial gain, this is an accomplishment that cannot be ignored. It eludes to the passion that burns between them even if I can't see it.

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