Skip to main content

To Marry an English Lord by Robin Lee Hatcher Review

 Good Morning Bookish Lovelies :)

I pray today finds you all doing well, and I'm so thankful you've taken the time to drop on by The Preppy Book Princess today for another book review.

If I'm being honest, I have a lot of favorite authors, especially within the Christian fiction genre. I've read some pretty amazing books from equally amazing authors over the years, and I love that I now get to document all those wonderful reads on my blog.

One author that consistently makes the list of being one of my favorites is Robin Lee Hatcher.

A couple of years ago, I had the immense pleasure of getting invited to be on her street team, and that felt like literally a dream come true.

Last year, I got to review the first title in her new series The British are Coming, and I've been waiting to read the follow up title ever since.

Today I'm excited to share that highly anticipated review with you all, and if you'd like to check out my review of the first title, you can do so using the link below:

To Enchant a Lady's Heart


Otherwise, keep on reading down below for today's full review.


To Marry an English Lord by Robin Lee Hatcher:



Source: Complimentary Copy Provided by the Author as Part of Her Street Team in Exchange for an Honest Review

Publisher: RobinSong, INC

Publication Date: February 13th, 2024

Genre: Christian Fiction/Historical Fiction

Series: The British are Coming


Synopsis:

Sebastian Whitcombe, Viscount Willowthorpe, comes to America to experience the great Wild West for himself before it disappears for good. The adventure comes with a convenient bonus—it postpones his father’s edict that he take a wife from the British aristocracy. Sebastian isn’t so much against marriage as he is an arranged marriage to the wrong woman.

Jocelyn Overstreet hasn’t returned to her family’s eastern Idaho cattle ranch in six years. She’s far too busy managing the New York City offices of Overstreet Shipping. But when her older brother has a serious run-in with a bison, she returns to the ranch only to find the Overstreet home invaded by visitors from England, one of them a disturbingly handsome viscount who disarms her defenses at every turn.

Sebastian’s future lies in England where the Earl of Hooke is determined to choose his son a wife. New York City holds Jocelyn’s future with scant time for romance, much less marriage. The attraction between her and Sebastian seems doomed to fail.

Amidst the clash of their worlds, Sebastian and Jocelyn find that the risk of love, against all odds, might just be a risk worth taking.

(synopsis from goodreads)


My Review:

I've been looking forward to reading Sebastian's story ever since I finished Eliza and Adam's, and it definitely did not disappoint. Taking place shortly after the events of the first book, To Marry an English Lord is a heartwarming, faith based romance that showcases author Robin Lee Hatcher's tremendous talent for crafting historical fiction.

While the first book had England as its setting, this one takes readers to the American West, where Sebastian and his sister Amanda are finally achieving their dream of seeing this beautiful region. Taking his friend Will up on the offer of being his houseguest on his ranch for a year, Sebastian is looking forward to one more year to live his life the way he wants, before his father insists on him marrying and producing heirs. What he never expected though is William's sister Jocelyn who is different from any woman he's ever met before. It's definitely not love at first sight when Jocelyn first discovers that her brother has invited his old school chum to be his houseguest. Instead she's outraged by the idea of British aristocracy putting her family out of their space, but soon learns there is much more to the story, and much more to Sebastian. As feelings start to emerge, both struggle with the idea of blossoming a romance when it seems there's so much to overcome to do so.

With realistic struggles, authentic insecurities, and a plot that left me wanting to read long past my bedtime, To Marry an English Lord was a delightful read, and a wonderful story to curl up with during the cold winter days. Robin's storytelling was top notch as always, the romance was sweet and slow burn which was a pleasant surprise, and the faith element played out front and center as Jocelyn and Sebastian learn to trust Him with all their doubts and insecurities.

Final Rating: 4/5.

A wonderful follow up To Enchant a Lady's Heart, and I'm already excited to read Amanda's story when it releases.

I definitely recommend this one to anyone who enjoys heartwarming, faith based romances and/or historical fiction.

Thanks so much to Robin Lee Hatcher for allowing me to read and review this title!

I voluntarily read and reviewed a complimentary advance reader copy of this novel from the author as part of her review team. I was not required to give a positive review. All thoughts and opinions are my own, and this is my honest review. 


Thanks so much for reading guys! Have a great rest of your day :)


Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Announcing My Temporary Hiatus From Book Blogging

  Hello all my sweet bookish lovelies :) I pray you all had a lovely Christmas, and are looking forward to having a wonderful New Year's as well. I've shared a little bit of info over the past few months on my blog about why I wasn't around as often, but now it's time to share with you all exactly what that is. My hubby and I found out we were expecting earlier this year, and we had the immense pleasure of welcoming our precious baby boy into the world this month. Because of this, I've decided to take a temporary step back from book blogging and reviewing, while I adjust to being a first time mom to a newborn. I will definitely be back blogging in some form or another, but not sure at this point exactly when that will be as my little man deserves all of his mommy's attention right now. I thank you guys all for being a part of another wonderful year here on The Preppy Book Princess, and I look forward to jumping back into the Christian book community sometime in ...
Post a Comment
Read more

A Refuge in Montana by Allie Pleiter Review

  Happy Monday My Sweet Bookish Friends :) It's been awhile, how have you all been doing? Originally, I had hoped to be back doing at least semi regular book reviews by now, and since I had an author offer me an ARC copy right around when I wanted to start trying again, I figured I'd give it a go. Unfortunately, I've been dealing with some health complications post partum (which I really don't want to go into at the moment), and my energy is just not where it needs to be at this point. I'm excited to get to share this review with you all as I did enjoy the title and would love to tell you more about it, but this will be my only review for awhile, at least until we can get everything figured out with my health. With that being said, let's dive right into today's review, but first if you'd like to check out my reviews of the previous titles in the series, you can do so using the links below: Rescue on the Farm A Montana Sized Secret Otherwise, keep on read...
Post a Comment
Read more

First Line Friday: The Joy of Falling

Happy Friday Everyone :) I hope you've all had a great week, and that you've had time to curl up with some great books. This week, Lindsay Harrel's newest book released, and I loved it when I had the chance to read and review it. I'm excited to feature it for this week's First Line Friday post which is hosted by the lovely ladies over at Hoarding Books. The Joy of Falling by Lindsay Harrel: About The Book: Eva and Angela must learn to live again. One step at a time. It has been fifteen months since Eva and Angela lost their thrill-seeking husbands in a scuba diving accident. Both women are trying to navigate their way through the grief, but neither one is making much progress. Angela is barely making ends meet, angry at her husband for leaving her to raise three children on her own. Meanwhile, Eva is stuck, unable to move forward after losing the love of her life and her source of inspiration. But then Eva gets a life-changing phone call. Befor...
12 comments
Read more