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The Songbird's Seduction (2014)

by Connie Brockway(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1477824898 (ISBN13: 9781477824894)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Montlake Romance

review 1: Lucy Eastlake has lived with her great-aunts since she was a child. Now an operetta singer, she had been struggling to make ends meet for her family. But soon that will all change when her aunt Lavinia comes into an inheritance (a fortune of rubies split amongst the survivors of a siege fifty years before). Unfortunately, they must travel to France to get it.Just before embarking on their trip, Lucy meets Ptolemy Archibald the grandson of Lavinia's lost love from the siege. Having denied his escort, Ptolemy goes after Lucy and her aunts anyway wanting to make sure they arrive in France safely. But when he encounters Lucy without her aunts, they must make the rest of the trip alone. What happens when the straight-laced professor and the spunky operetta singer decide not ... moreto deny the attraction they feel for each other?This story does not take place during the historical time periods I usually read, but since it was a Connie Brockway story I picked it up anyway. Brockway did not disappoint!I liked that the heroine had a career that was a little racy for that time period and that she was attracted to a stuffy ol' professor who turned out to not be so stuffy after all. As usual, Brockway had me laughing out loud at the characters antics and kept me reading to see what else they would get up to.If you are a fan of the Edwardian era, this is the book for you!Thanks go out to Montlake Romance via NetGalley for a copy of the book in exchange of an honest review.
review 2: I really loved this Edwardian Romance, which harkens back to the screwball comedies of the '30's. Lucy Eastlake a genteel operetta songbird with a zest for life, meets Ptolemy Grant at the Savoy bar and turns his world upside down. An anthropologist bent on getting his pen back (long story) is swept up in Lucy's cockamamie logic, so much so he is dumbstruck! It's all very funny. Lucy can't believe his name is Ptolemy so she decides to call him Archie - get it? Archie Grant! LOL! Anyway, their paths cross again when it turns out his grandfather once knew Lucy's great Aunt 50 years ago during the Indian Rebellion (funny how I just read a long, long book on the same Rebellion), they fell in love but nothing came of it after they were rescued. Now history is repeating itself and Lucy's not about to let Archie go! Believe me, I'm not doing this book justice, there's lots of laughs, both hero and heroine are adorably cute together and I really enjoyed this lighthearted romp. Of course, there are some tender moments that made me love this couple even more and every thing came together joyfully in the end! Reminiscent of some of Connie Brockway's earlier novels - this was just my speed! A real gem!4.5/5 less

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