A Season for her Forbidden Earl (Least Likely to Wed 3) by Julia Justiss-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 23 2024

Step into 1830s London as a lady gets her second-chance Season!

Determined to stay a spinster

For her second Season!

When an unexpected windfall gives Lady Margaret the chance for another Season, she relishes the opportunity to see her friends again, including Julian Randall, Earl of Atherton. She has no need to find a husband, and widower Julian has sworn off the marriage mart, so escorting each other is the perfect platonic arrangement. Until a new, exhilarating attraction simmers between them—one this respectable spinster is forbidden from indulging in…isn’t she?

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REVIEW:You can always rely on a good story from this author, her descriptive narrative and characters will have you reading until the last page is read 😊

Lady Margaret d’Aubignon created a scandal when she publicly refused a suitor her father had chosen for her (it was one of his friends!) so she was sent to the countryside. But unbeknownst to her father, her brother had invested her inheritance, and she now had more than enough money to be independently wealthy. Returning back to the city without her fathers support is something Margret is ecstatic about. Catching up with her friends is something she’s looking forward to.

A friends to lovers read that has all the historical information and (Slow burn) romance that I come to expect from the author.

So will this friendship with no “benefits” become more?

Margret has her escort for the correct society requirements, they can laugh and chat without having to worry that it’s a courtship. But doesn’t that negate the society’s reason for being? It’s to find a husband surely? And what if Julian’s needs for a wife? Being around Margret all the time must stifle his chances of a bride? Well actually no, being a widower gives him breathing space, he can use the sadness he still feels about his wife to avoid the marriage trap (for a while at least.)

Julian never felt real emotion for his wife, and that’s something he struggles with, along with his two sons, but feelings for his “friend” Margret has him thinking that marriage the second time around might be easier. But how to broach the subject without frightening his friend away has him in a quandary!

This is the third book in the series, it’s not necessary to read the other two before this one, but there is a series of events that occur in the three books that might be a little confusing.

I liked both Margret and Julian, they had a depth of character that pulls you into the story. The friendship that slowly turns into something else.

There is a little angst and a little betrayal, but I think it adds a little something to the book, otherwise it’s just another historical romance.

If you love your historical romance with marvellous characters and a good storyline, then give this book a look. You won’t be disappointed.

Click HERE for Julie’s review of book one A SEASON OF FLIRTATION

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Reviewed by Julie B. 🦋

Award-winning historical romance author Julia Justiss has written more than thirty-five novels and novellas set in the English Regency and the Texas Hill Country.

A voracious reader who began jotting down plot ideas for Nancy Drew novels in her third grade spiral, Julia has published poetry and worked as a business journalist.

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