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Resisting Miss Merryweather (Baleful Godmother Historical Romance Series ~) Paperback – July 22, 2016

by Emily Larkin (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 1,019 ratings
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“A charming, romantic novella that shows how magical life can be with the right person at your side.”
~ Sara @ All About Romance

Sir Barnaby Ware made a mistake two and a half years ago. A massive mistake. The sort of mistake that can never be atoned for.

He knows himself to be irredeemable, but the captivating and unconventional Miss Merryweather is determined to prove him wrong.

The daughter of a dancing master and a noblewoman, Miss Merryweather had an unusual upbringing. She sees things no one else sees—and she says things no one else says.

Sir Barnaby knows he’s the villain in this piece, but Miss Merryweather thinks he’s the hero—and she is damnably hard to resist…


“Larkin has a writing style that I adore, and I wholeheartedly recommend this novella.”
~ Lady Blue @ Romantic Historical Reviews

“A moving story, with characters brimming with life and emotions.”
~ NetGalley Reviewer

Length: Novella of 33,000 words
Sensuality level: A hot Regency romance with steamy love scenes

Q & A with the author

Why did you write this book?

When I finished writing Unmasking Miss Appleby (the first book in the Baleful Godmother series) I was surprised by how sorry I felt for Sir Barnaby. He’d made a dreadful mistake and ruined the most important friendship in his life. I felt Barnaby deserved a chance to redeem himself, so I decided to give him one!

How would you describe this book?

It's a novella about friendship, forgiveness, and falling in love. There’s also a little science, and some magic. Although it’s a companion novella to Unmasking Miss Appleby, it can be read as a standalone.

How would you describe your writing?

Several reviewers have likened my writing to Georgette Heyer, which is the hugest compliment ever. I adore Georgette Heyer! She's why I write historical romance, and I reread her books over and over. (If you've not read The Grand Sophy, please do so!) I've also had readers compare my writing to Courtney Milan and Mary Balogh, which are also massive compliments.

What order should I read the series in?

Each book, whether a novel or novella, can be read as a standalone, but many readers prefer to read them in order. And although the series is set in Regency England, a quartet of medieval novellas form the prequel.

The ideal reading order would be:

The Fey Quartet (series prequel)
Maythorn's Wish
Hazel's Promise
Ivy's Choice
Larkspur's Quest

The Baleful Godmother series
Unmasking Miss Appleby
Resisting Miss Merryweather
Trusting Miss Trentham
Claiming Mister Kemp
Ruining Miss Wrotham
Discovering Miss Dalrymple

Plus more interlinked Baleful Godmother series to come.

Happy reading!
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    Baleful Godmother Large Print
  2. Print length
    120 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publication date
    July 22, 2016
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.3 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0994138431
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0994138439
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Emily Larkin is the USA Today bestselling author of the Baleful Godmother historical romance series, a series that readers are calling "sexy, unusual and vastly entertaining," and "ridiculously wonderful." When not reading or writing, Emily can be found hiking, preferably somewhere off the beaten track. She loves to travel, and has lived in Sweden, backpacked in Europe and North America, and traveled overland in the Middle East, China, and North Africa. Her varied career includes stints as a field assistant in Antarctica and a waitress on the Isle of Skye. Emily writes historical romances as Emily Larkin and fantasy novels as Emily Gee. She has been a finalist in the Romance Writers of America RITA award, National Readers Choice, Booksellers Best, and Sir Julius Vogel awards, and has won the Australian Romantic Book of the Year and New Zealand Romance of the Year awards.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Emily Larkin (July 22, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 120 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0994138431
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0994138439
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.3 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 1,019 ratings

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Emily Larkin is the award-winning and USA Today-bestselling author of the Baleful Godmother historical romance series, a series that readers are calling “sexy, unusual and vastly entertaining,” and "ridiculously wonderful."

When not reading or writing, Emily can be found hiking—preferably somewhere off the beaten track. She loves to travel, and has lived in Sweden, backpacked in Europe and North America, and traveled overland in the Middle East, China, and North Africa. Her varied career includes stints as a field assistant in Antarctica and a waitress on the Isle of Skye.

Emily writes historical romances as Emily Larkin and fantasy novels as Emily Gee. She has won multiple awards in New Zealand and Australia and has been a finalist in the Romance Writers of America RITA award, as well as the National Readers Choice, Booksellers Best, and Sir Julius Vogel awards.

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Narrelle
5.0 out of 5 stars A charming, snappy, happy read
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2017
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n this novella, following up on Unmasking Miss Appleby, we meet Anne Merryweather – known as Merry to her family and friends – and her encounter with Barnaby Ware.

Ware is on his way to meet his estranged friend Marcus Cosgrove and his new wife – none other than the Charlotte Appleby of the previous book! Barnaby is grappling with the way he cuckolded Marcus with Marcus’s devious first wife, and is unable to forgive himself although his friend is certainly ready to forgive him. But that betrayal means that Barnaby doesn’t think he’s fit for love. He thinks he’s irredeemable. Merry thinks he’s wrong, and sets out to prove it.

Readers of the first book in the series will know what Marcus’s betrayal was, and how he was not entirely to blame. He’s a very hangdog character for a while, though it’s easy to see his more admirable qualities. Fortunately, Merry – Charlotte’s cousin, whose father was a dancing master and her mother a noblewoman – has got plenty of joie de vivre for them both.

An accident while exploring a cave brings all these unhappy events and unresolved guilt to a head. Between Marcus and Charlotte Cosgrove, the sparkling Merry (and her imminent Faerie gift), self-respect, trust and hope are restored, love is declared and happiness ever after is achieved. It’s a charming, snappy, happy read
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GioGio
4.0 out of 5 stars A charming follow-up to the first in the series
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2023
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"Resisting Miss Merryweather" is an interesting second-in-a-series - there are ways in which it adheres to the inner logic of the world as introduced in the previous "Baleful Godmother" stories, and ways in which some fresh elements are introduced. As always, there is a likeable and relatable hero and heroine, but in this instance the birthday wish that provides the unifying thread to the series isn't made until quite late in this book. And while the first book is a bit over 400 pages, this story is listed as having 122, so it's necessarily less complicated. Ms. Larkin is skilled at her craft, however, so the characters are fully realized, and go through some development as people through the course of the story. We had been introduced to the hero in a previous book, where he was seen to have made a fairly catastrophic mistake; this story concerns the results and effects of that error on him, as opposed to the other party involved, which we saw in the first book. The heroine also plays a key role in sorting things through, as much by being the sort of person she is as by doing or saying particular things.
An enjoyable, brief read that carries the series forward nicely. Recommended.

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Susan P
5.0 out of 5 stars Plan to read all the books in this series
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2019
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This book was more of a novella than a novel but this is the third book of this series I have read and all of them are extremely enjoyable. The basic premise is that each of the heroines are given one wish by a fairy godmother either on their 23rd or 25 th birthday and goes on to create story lines around the particular gift they choose. The writing is good and the characters well developed. It’s a new twist for me of combining magic with our reality rather than an alternative universe or alternative beings (werewolves, vampires, etc.). I plan to read all the books in this series. They are also reasonably priced.
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Bookaholic
3.0 out of 5 stars Quick, Light Read
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2017
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Like "The Spinster's Secret" and "Unmasking Miss Appleby", this is a Regency romance with magic. Where the first two books I read felt innovative, there wasn't the same appeal with this one.

Our hero suffers from terminal 'Woe is me' which wears rather thin after he is forgiven by the person he betrayed. The book takes place over such a short period of time that the love is the instant kind and there is little room for character development.

This is a cute story, but not one I would reread. If you enjoyed the Appleby story, this serves as a follow-up.
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Christine McDaniel
4.0 out of 5 stars Mending A Shattered Life
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2017
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Sir Barnaby Ware was an adulterer. Not one's ordinary adulterer, but the act was committed with his best friend's wife! Immediately realizing his grievous error, Barnaby attempts to repair his friendship with Marcus , Earl of Cosgrove, who vehemently denies any contact with him. Crushed by his guilt, Barnaby believes he deserves punishment and that he can expect nothing from his life. As time passes, widower Marcus rebuilds his life, marries Charlotte, and sires a son. As Marcus embraces his happiness, he becomes aware that he misses Barnaby and their relationship. Growing up together, they had been as close as brothers, and Marcus understands why his lying, unfaithful wife turned to Barnaby for comfort. When Marcus invites Barnaby to his country home where they grew up intending to ask him to be his son's godfather. Barnaby reluctantly appears but is ready to turn tail and run when he is hailed by a beautiful young lady who introduces herself as Anne Ignatia Merryweather, better known as Merry, cousin to Lady Cosgrove, and asks if she might ride to the mansion with him. As Barnaby reluctantly agrees, he is trapped into coming face-to-face with Marcus. Merry knows the history of the men's relationship, and she offers to break up the tension by inviting Barnaby to walk along the cliffs.

As the couple becomes acquainted, each is drawn to the other, both physically and emotionally. Merry has dimples which appear whenever she smiles, has curling flaxen hair and blue eyes, is short and slender, but shapely. Barnaby has reddish-brown hair, hazel eyes, and freckles. When he attends a local ball, he is attentive to the youngest daughter of his host and to the host's mother. Merry feels Barnaby is open-minded, compassionate, patient, and good humored. Barnaby sees Merry as having a quick, keen mind, common sense, is self possessed, and has a great sense of humor. Both are falling in love, but Barnaby feels unworthy.

The author has set the stage for romance. She previously introduced magic to her readers, and there is magic in this book as well. Add a plotline that includes missing boys, discovering a huge cave, a cave in, and a dangerous rescue, and one has a satisfying book.
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Susanne
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, easy read.
Reviewed in Canada on June 21, 2021
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Chris B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2023
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Élodie Nicoli
5.0 out of 5 stars A second chance in life and love
Reviewed in France on May 19, 2018
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As I said in my review of Unmasking Miss Appleby, my weekend reads were shaken up by my finding of this first book in the Baleful Godmother series, I now just finished the second one, a novella.
I had a glimpse of Barnaby Ware in the previous book, even if he was present for few pages in it, the author was very talented to describe his struggling about his biggest mistake which costed him his best friend friendship.
I’m glad Emily Larking gave him closure via this book. This is the story of his redemption and repentance, not by groveling but thanks to the stubbornness of two great women, the new wife of his best friend Lord Cosgrove and her cousin.
The magic is less present, normal for a novella but it has despite all a great importance.
Merry is lovely uncommon woman, she has a gift to read people, there is no magic but it shaped her as a strong woman, telling her mind and always trying to help the others.
In all, it was a nice conclusion to Unmasking Miss Appleby, bringing back old friends together, a giving a second chance in love to both Barnaby and Merry.
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Chaitali Das
4.0 out of 5 stars A good book but not as good as book 1
Reviewed in India on October 26, 2017
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I got this book because I liked the first book in the series as well as the prequel. It can be read as stand alone book, you don't need to know the prequel or the first book to know what is happening. As for the story, it is a mixture of Regency romance, magic and suspense. The characters are drawn very well, you feel for them especially the hero who is on the path of redemption for a moment of weakness. Why I am giving it 4 is because, compared to the first, this one lacks suspense and pace. The magic part comes very late, and the action is little slow. The content and language is adult and love scenes are skillfully written. Will be buying the next book, but not immediately like i did book 2 after reading 1. It has cooled my enthusiasm a little.
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Miss Anonymous
3.0 out of 5 stars Irgendetwas zwischen 3 und 4 Sternen.
Reviewed in Germany on September 8, 2018
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Ich kann die Lobeshymnen auf diese Geschichte ehrlich gesagt nicht so ganz verstehen. Während man der Handlung durchaus das eine oder andere abgewinnen kann, wirkt sie im Gegensatz zum Vorgänger doch sehr uninspirierd und bemüht, und alles andere als plausibel durchdacht. Der zudem eher geringe Umfang von nicht einmal 160 Seiten hilft der ganzen Sache zudem nicht wirklich.
Wäre das meine erste Geschichte von Larkin, würde ich scher nicht noch eine lesen, da die Handlung zwar durchaus interessant ist, jedoch viel zu dünn an logischer Entwicklung und Figurenentwicklung um gut sein. Weder Held noch Heldin wirken auf mich besonders gekonnt beschrieben, und der ganze "In - einer - Höhle - verschüttet - sein - Teil" wurde irgendwie in einer völlig falschen Reihenfolge beschrieben und nimmt dieser ganzen Episode somit ehrliche Emotion und leider auch die Glaubhaftigkeit. Auch wenn ich mich nicht zwingen musste diesen Teil zuende zu lesen, ist es keine Geschichte die ich noch einmal zur Hand nehmen würde oder die länger im Gedächtniss bleiben wird. Schade eigentlich.
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