The Chance of Love (The Book of Love #7) by Meara Platt. Historical Romance Release & ARC Review.

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How could someone so buttoned up shoot fire through his blood the way she did?

Holly Farthingale is a young widow who hardly knew her husband before he went off to war and met his untimely end. She does not want to go through the pain of that loss again and intends never to marry. But now that she has come to London to chaperone her younger sisters during their debut season, her family is shoving The Book of Love at her and insisting she discover the meaning of true love.

When she meets Joshua Brayden, the handsome army captain who has captured the heart of every young debutante in London, she wants no part of him. The more determined she is to avoid him, the more determined he is to win her heart. As secrets from her past come back to haunt her and may place her life in danger, Joshua knows he must marry Holly to protect her.

But will Holly dare take a second chance on love? 

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Young widow Holly Farthingale has had her self-confidence whittled away by her husband and his family.  Now she tries to hide herself among the older ladies.  She refuses to have anything to do with that pesky book.

Army Captain Joshua Brayden comes from a family of strong characters with a very protective streak.  The beautiful widow needs to break out of her cocoon.  He knows the signs of someone with battle fatigue. 

This historical romance is a lot of fun with some danger.  All the characters are very easy to fall in love with.  The "Book of Love" is what ties the series together as it's passed from one person to the next.  Each book can be read alone,  but they are all fun in different ways so I recommend reading them all.  

Really good fun.

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Meara Platt is happily married to her Russell Crowe look-alike husband, and they have two terrific children. She lives in one of the many great towns on Long Island, New York, and loves it, except for the traffic. She has traveled extensively, occasionally lectures and finds time to write. Her favorite place in all the world is England’s Lake District, which may not come as a surprise since many of her stories are set in that idyllic landscape, including her Romance Writers of America Golden Heart award winning story.

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The Kiss of Love (The Book of Love #6) by Meara Platt. Historical Romance Release & ARC Review.

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Will The Book of Love find a way to bring these two souls together?

Honey Farthingale has a devastating secret that could destroy her chance of ever finding love. For this reason, she has sworn off marriage. But if she is to live out the rest of her days as a spinster, what harm can there be in stealing a kiss from the season's most sought after bachelor, the handsome as sin Earl of Wycke? Yet, she dares not get too close to him, for he has the power to steal her heart and make her wish for things that can never be.

Thomas Halford, Earl of Wycke, is determined to discover why Honey Farthingale keeps running away from him, when every other debutante is throwing themselves at his feet. She claims she will never marry, but when she asks him for a kiss, he is more than willing to oblige. However, he wants more from this beautiful girl who has stolen his heart. Despite his family troubles and Honey's reluctance, can this jaded earl find love?

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Honey Farthingale has recently learned a devastating family secret that has made her decide she can never marry.  Before she hides herself away and concentrates on the family business she will enjoy a weekend party.

Thomas Halford, Earl of Wycke is holding a weekend party at his country estate.  He hopes being there will help his mother,  and he wants to get to know the one woman who hides from him.  

A very emotional historical romance that has fascinating characters.  That pesky "Book Of Love" is at it again.  Weaving it's magic for those who read it.  A vicious woman is intent on mischief and an illness that was not well understood in those days causes heartache.  

Each book in the series can easily be read alone, but be warned you will be tempted to buy them all.  

Good fun.

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Meara Platt is happily married to her Russell Crowe look-alike husband, and they have two terrific children. She lives in one of the many great towns on Long Island, New York, and loves it, except for the traffic. She has traveled extensively, occasionally lectures and finds time to write. Her favorite place in all the world is England’s Lake District, which may not come as a surprise since many of her stories are set in that idyllic landscape, including her Romance Writers of America Golden Heart award winning story.

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The Scent of Love (The Book of Love #5) by Meara Platt. Historical Romance Release & ARC Review.

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Will The Book of Love work its magic on Belle and Finn?

Belle Farthingale knows something is wrong in the family business and is worried her father has gotten in over his head. She needs Finn Brayden’s help to get him out of trouble, but after their humiliating encounter at Lady Dayne’s tea party, will he ever speak to her again?

Finn Brayden has one rule: never mix business with pleasure. But that rule is about to be shot to bits by the luscious Belle Farthingale. There’s something about her that he can’t resist. She gets his heart thrumming and senses reeling. When she comes to him seeking help, why does he suddenly feel he’s the one in need of protection? Belle is very persuasive, and he’s in danger of falling in love. 

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Belle Farthingale is the "nose" in her family's perfume business. At the moment though, she and her sister have been sent to their uncle's house in London to enjiy the season and maybe find husbands.  Belle knows that's never going to happen for her because of her weakness.  That's fine for her because she loves making the perfumes.

Finn Brayden comes from a family of big strong men and he is a well respected financial advisor. When a young lady he rescued a few months, ago comes to him for help his protective instinct kicks into high gear.  

A really fun story with fabulous characters.  There is a villian threatening our heroine's family.  Can our hero fix it??  It's very emotional at times because of our heroine's doubts. 

This is part of a fabulous series that should be read in order, but each book can be read alone.  

Great fun.

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Meara Platt is happily married to her Russell Crowe look-alike husband, and they have two terrific children. She lives in one of the many great towns on Long Island, New York, and loves it, except for the traffic. She has traveled extensively, occasionally lectures and finds time to write. Her favorite place in all the world is England’s Lake District, which may not come as a surprise since many of her stories are set in that idyllic landscape, including her Romance Writers of America Golden Heart award winning story.

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Song of Love (Book of Love #4) by Meara Platt. Historical Romance Release & ARC Review.

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Welcome to more Regency fun and frolic in the romantic, bestselling Book of Love series. Now Violet Farthingale must put The Book of Love to the test to capture Romulus Brayden’s heart.

What makes a man fall in love? Violet Farthingale is desperate to know, because she has just been caught in Captain Romulus Brayden’s home with her gown unlaced and his hands too far up her legs to explain away. It was an innocent misunderstanding, of course. She was attacked by bees, and he came to her rescue. No one seems to care that nothing happened. She is now forced to marry this handsome stranger. Everyone knows Farthingales only marry for love, so how does she make this big and brawny Royal Navy captain fall in love with her? And how will she fall in love with him in under a week?

Romulus Brayden has always loved the sea, and now it seems he’ll have to learn to love Violet Farthingale, because she is going to be his wife. Honor demands it. After all, he did have his hands on her luscious body, and while her behavior was innocent, his certainly was not. Lusting for Violet is not the same as wanting her as his wife, but there is no way out of this scrape without ruining her, and this he will not do. She is insisting on their reading The Book of Love together. Well, why not? Braydens marry for love.

Can this book lead them to love before he is recalled to duty hunting down pirates along the Cornwall coast? 

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Violet Farthingale was happily reading the book given to her by her family when she was attacked.  

Captain Romulus Brayden has just bought a new house when screaming alerts him to a problem.  Little did he realize that rescuing the lady would be witnessed by the smallest but most influential gossip in town.  

Our little songbird learns that some people do unkind things with good intentions and others kind things with bad intentions. 

Our hero has a very good instinct about people,  which he will definitely need. 

A really fun story with very loveable characters.  I have read and enjoyed each book in this series. Each book can be read separately.

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Meara Platt is happily married to her Russell Crowe look-alike husband, and they have two terrific children. She lives in one of the many great towns on Long Island, New York, and loves it, except for the traffic. She has traveled extensively, occasionally lectures and finds time to write. Her favorite place in all the world is England’s Lake District, which may not come as a surprise since many of her stories are set in that idyllic landscape, including her Romance Writers of America Golden Heart award winning story.

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The Taste of Love (Book of Love #3) by Meara Platt. Historical Romance Release & ARC Review.

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Will the mysterious Book of Love lead Penelope to her true love?

Lady Penelope Sherbourne is not—absolutely not—going to fall in love with Thaddius MacLauren, Laird of Caithness, even if he is a big, handsome Scottish brute and ridiculously protective of her. But now that the Book of Love has fallen into her hands, Thad is the only one she trusts to test out the sensations she must explore in order to find the perfect husband. She wants a mild-mannered English earl, one who lives near her family, and who will not make her heart leap or her bones melt as Thad does every time he looks at her.

Thaddius MacLauren intends to claim a kiss from Lady Penelope Sherbourne and nothing more. No, not a thing more, even though he’s loved the sharp-tongued, vexing lass forever. She’s also been kinder to him than anyone else alive, and for a boy who never felt loved by his family, Penelope’s kindness has come to mean everything to him. How can he ever tell her how he feels? She’s the daughter of a powerful earl and all he can offer her is a tumble-down holding at the northern tip of Scotland. It will take a miracle to win her heart.

Is it possible the Book of Love holds the magic to bring it about? 

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Lady Penelope Sherbourne is going to take her turn with the "The Book of Love" it has helped her two best friends to find love.  One of them with Penelope's brother.  They fell in love with their test frogs but that won't happen to her. 
Thaddius MacLauren, Laird of Caithness has been brought back to England before his Regiment and nobody will tell him why or how his men are.  The war is over but there are wounded to get home to their families. He is spending time with his friends while he awaits orders.  His friend's little sister is not so little anymore but she is just as maddening as she was as a child. 
There are a lot of giggles in this story.  Our hero is a big braw Scotsman with a lot of love to give.  Our heroine is not really sure what she wants. 
The relationships between all the characters is the biggest part of the whole series.  Which means although you can read each book on it's own the series is best read in order. 
I loved every page. 

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Meara Platt is happily married to her Russell Crowe look-alike husband, and they have two terrific children. She lives in one of the many great towns on Long Island, New York, and loves it, except for the traffic. She has traveled extensively, occasionally lectures and finds time to write. Her favorite place in all the world is England’s Lake District, which may not come as a surprise since many of her stories are set in that idyllic landscape, including her Romance Writers of America Golden Heart award winning story.

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The Touch of Love (Book of Love #2) by Meara Platt. Historical Romance Release & ARC Review.

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What makes a man fall in love? The Book of Love holds the answer, or so Poppy Farthingale believes... 

Poppy Farthingale has made a pact with her two best friends to use The Book of Love to find true love. How else will Nathaniel Sherbourne, Earl of Welles, ever notice her? With a small dowry and no prominent lineage, Nathaniel will never consider her a suitable wife, especially when her competition is a beautiful duke’s daughter who has already been declared an Incomparable. Poppy has four days to win his heart, but with time running out and her rival about to attend a weekend party at Nathaniel’s country home, is all hope lost? 

Nathaniel Sherbourne, Earl of Welles, is a man whose heart has been bruised by the ravages of war. He is in no rush to marry, for he’s a wealthy and titled bachelor with debutantes aplenty eager to gain his notice. In any event, he has a blackmail scheme to unravel before he can turn his mind to more romantic ventures. But his sister’s shy friend, Poppy Farthingale, is suddenly capturing his attention. She’s toting around The Book of Love, and he’s promised to help her find a suitable match. 

But is it possible that he, in fact, is the right man for Poppy?

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Nathaniel Sherbourne, the Earl of Welles is feeling strangely nervous.  His sister and her friends have got a book that is causing mischief. It's called the "Book of Love".  It's already caused the downfall into marriage of one of his best friends.  Now it looks like it's his turn to be the test frog.  He's got far too much on his mind to get caught up in another drama. 
Miss Poppy Farthingale is excited to have her turn with the book.  She is a shy and very innocent young lady so she needs someone she can trust to be her test frog.  She's known Nathaniel since she was a child,  so she knows he will never hurt her. 
This is a fun read full of mischief and emotion. Secrets have a way of coming to haunt us when we least want them.  This is the second book in the series and I can't wait to read the next. 
Great fun,  I loved it. 

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Meara Platt is happily married to her Russell Crowe look-alike husband, and they have two terrific children. She lives in one of the many great towns on Long Island, New York, and loves it, except for the traffic. She has traveled extensively, occasionally lectures and finds time to write. Her favorite place in all the world is England’s Lake District, which may not come as a surprise since many of her stories are set in that idyllic landscape, including her Romance Writers of America Golden Heart award winning story.

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The Look of Love (Book of Love 1) by Meara Platt. Historical Romance Release & ARC Review.

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Welcome to Book One in the fabulous new Book of Love series. A dingy old book tucked away in an old Regency London bookshop holds magic and love for those who use the 'recipes'! 

When Lady Olivia Gosling finds The Book of Love in a musty bookshop, she is most eager to try out its love “recipes” on someone safe. 

Did she say safe? 

Well, Beast isn’t really safe, but with her odious guardian about to marry her off to one of his unsavory friends, Olivia needs her childhood friend to fall in love with her... fast. If Beast can love her, then any man she chooses will surely do the same. 

Alexander Beastling, Duke of Hartford, is known as Beast among the ton. He is big and muscled, and there is a dark aura of mystery about him that he makes no effort to dispel. Now that he’s returned from battle, he’s appalled to learn of the marriage plans Lady Olivia’s loathsome guardian has for her. Beast has decided that he will help her find a proper husband, even if it means putting up with her ridiculous experiments taken out of a book she refers to as The Book of Love. Olivia calls them magical recipes for love. 

Is it possible they actually work? Because suddenly, Beast can’t seem to get Olivia out of his mind... or his heart. 

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Lady Olivia Gosling needs to marry quickly before her awful guardian forces her to take a man of his choosing.  She's heard about a book that will help her find out what she needs to know to make a man fall in love with her.  An old friend has also managed to get her away from the city for a week with a group of her very best friends. 
Alexander Beastling,  the Duke of Hartford is a recently returned war hero.  The highest in the land have big expectations of him.  Marriage to a worthy woman and maybe a very influential job.  His natural protective instinct rushes to the surface when he learns an old friend is hurting. 
Both our lead characters are surprisingly honest in what they want, and how they feel.  They have known each other most of their lives so putting the other before themselves is normal for them both. 
There is lots of fun and a little danger.  All the characters are really interesting and I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series. 

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Meara Platt is happily married to her Russell Crowe look-alike husband, and they have two terrific children. She lives in one of the many great towns on Long Island, New York, and loves it, except for the traffic. She has traveled extensively, occasionally lectures and finds time to write. Her favorite place in all the world is England’s Lake District, which may not come as a surprise since many of her stories are set in that idyllic landscape, including her Romance Writers of America Golden Heart award winning story.

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