How to Wed a Warrior

December 14, 2015
English’s second Broadswords and Ballrooms Regency (after How to Seduce a Scot) sizzles with the tension of unbridled passion between a Scottish Highlander and his sister’s companion. Highlander Robert Waters is determined to help his sister, Mary Elizabeth, make a good match. He hires proper English widow Prudence Whittaker to be his sister’s companion and train her out of her hoydenish ways. Robert is handsome and charming and has always enjoyed the company of beautiful women, but is not the type of man to marry. He’s surprised to find himself attracted to the dowdy Mrs. Whittaker and is convinced that there is a beautiful woman hidden beneath her ugly spectacles and drab gowns. As he gets to know Pru better, he admires her tenacity and spirit even as he grows more attracted to her. Pru feels herself succumbing to their mutual attraction, but she’s afraid that Robert will back off if he learns that she is an earl’s unwed daughter masquerading as a widow. Sensuous love scenes are interspersed with humor and a touch of mystery in this enchanting page-turner.

February 1, 2016
The second in English's delightful Broadswords and Ballrooms series, following How to Seduce a Scot (2015), begins with Prudence saving a girl who has drawn a sword on Lord Grathton in Hyde Park. Prudence knows Lord Grathton from her former debutante life, before her parents died and her brother disappeared at sea with much of the ton's money. She steps in to help smooth things over and ends up agreeing to move in with the Highlands girl, Mary Elizabeth Waters, and her brother, Robert, to pave the way for them to enter high society. Instead, perceiving her true nature behind her disguise as a humble widow, they end up helping her. When it turns out that there is more to her brother's story than she realized, Prudence needs the Waters' help setting the past right. English infuses sexy fun into this light adventure, possibly her best yet, along with plenty of intelligent characters and lively dialogue to round it out. Fans of Grace Burrowes and Amanda Quick should be introduced to English.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)