A Marquess To Remember: A enemies to lovers Regency romance perfect for fans of grumpy/sunshine in 2026!

by Jenni Fletcher, Jenni Fletcher

A wedding she can’t remember

A marriage to last a lifetime?

Florence awakens to find that not only has she lost her memory but that she’s married to the scowling and severe Marquess of Rainton—her best friend’s intended! Horrified, Florence can’t accept that she’d steal a suitor, though the evidence—and his quiet magnetism—is undeniable…

After she tricked him into a compromising situation, Leo Claridge was forced to marry Florence to avoid a scandal. Now she insists that there must be an explanation, and he’s tempted to give in to her surprising fire. But can he really believe a word his fortune-hunting wife says?

Perfect for fans

🔥 Enemies to lovers

⛅ Grumpy/sunshine

264 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 18, 2025

About the author

Jenni Fletcher writes heartwarming Historical Romance and fun Formula 1 romances. She has won 2 Romantic Novelists' Association Awards and teaches creative writing at Bishop Grosseteste University. Originally from Scotland, she now lives in the north of England with her family and one extremely hairy dog.

Reviews

[Frankie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jenni Fletcher is back in the Regency realm, and she’s come back with one hell of a bang!

My goodness, I’m on the cusp of a major book hangover after reading this. I finished it in a week over Christmas, and my thoughts are still full of Florence and Leo. I am in absolute love with this book, and in my humble opinion, this is easily one of Jenni Fletcher’s best – which says a lot from me, as I have spent years, yes years, being completely hooked on The Viscounts Veiled Lady. That book spoke to me on another level, and it’s no secret how much I loved it, but this one has really pushed itself forward.

I haven’t read many stories with amnesia as a central plot line, infact I can’t think of any at this minute, but I will admit that I did wonder how Florence’s memory loss would be portrayed in corporation with the romance, and I am immensly impressed by the whole story and how the subject is dealth with in such a compassionate and sensitve way. Florence’s memory loss isn’t overdone; it felt realistic, and the story surrounding it developed in a very natural way.

You really feel for Florence, her fear and confusion is palpable as is her frustration at not knowing what happened to her, she is steadfast and determined to stick to what her heart is telling her that she didn’t trap Leo, she knows deep down that she isn’t the manipulative gold-digger that people proclaim her to be, even Leo himself and yet all evidence appears to point in her direction of doing just that trapping him into a marriage he didn’t want, my heart broke for her, though did I believe it? No, I didn’t, and I did have an idea of where the story was going, the overall turn of events and big reveal surprised me.

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The writing is fabulously engaging the slow buirning romance between Florence and Leo is perfect for them, I loved how they slowly fell in love with each other, how the layers of their personalities were slowly peeled away and the outer masks were removed until you had the bare bones of who they were and it’s their true, unguarded self that I loved the most.

Florence is very genuine, and true to her word, she isn’t a manipulator, she sisn’t a bitch shes a sweet, sensitve and compassionate young woman, she has a huge love for her family and is steadpast in her loyalty towards her friends, even though they don’t deserve it and when she is treated terrible by everyone, even her own husband she still tries to see the best in them and the situation.

Leo on the other hand…hmm, well it took me while to fully warm to him, he is so distant, cold and unsympathetic, yes he was hood-winked into a marriage he neither chose nor wanted, and he has a lot to deal with, and thats not just an unwanted wife who doesn’t know who is is, he also has commanding servants, who think they own the estate and his father giving him orders from the grave to deal with, but does he have to be so horrible towards Florence?

I did want to slap him wth his own ledgers at times, but he did defrost and rather surprisingly beneath that icy, aloof, very aristocratic exterior lies a generous, charismatic and very, very sensual man. Jeeze, does this guy know how to seduce and make a woman swoon or what?

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This is an incredibly sweet and sensitive slow-burning romance, and undoubtedly Florence’s story, it’s her trauma and lost memory that needs to be revealed and then slowly healed. And as much as I do really like Leo, he is pretty much window dressing, but what glorious window dressing he is; he adds the tension and the healing.

Overall, A Marquess to Remember is a tender and sensual romance; the highly original plot suits the slow-burning, steady pacing. I did think the ending felt rushed; it’s lovely and satisfying, but it all finishes rather quickly, which didn’t quite fit with the slow and steady romance.

I love the characters, Florence really is a wonderful and memorable young woman who you can’t help feel a little protective over, she is wrongly misjudged and unfairly treated, and I liked how she brushed off her tears and heartache and proved what a determined, intelligent and resourceful woman she is. Leo’s sister, Cassie, is another favourite of mine; she’s an exuberant whirlwind of honest opinions and fun. I thought she was great, and if she wasn’t married to put in his place George, I’d be petitioning for a story of her own.

Finally, I have to mention the cover. Just look at it, go on, take a moment to fully appreciate just how gorgeous it is. Personally, I think it’s perfect for Florence and Leo’s story. You can also feel the tingling tension and chemistry between the couple, plus it’s very, very pretty. I am very drawn to pretty covers, and his one is just gorgeous – it’s beautiful inside and out!

[Frustration-Free Romance (Happy Endings Only) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really good writing, and I was excited to read an amnesia plot with an extra layer behind it, it was really fun! Most of the book was a 4, but the climax was really, really tough for me because it felt so forced that I almost liked each of the characters a little less because of it. Especially because it happened after they’d both had a thorough and vulnerable heart to heart that should have preemptively explained/smoothed away any of the forced conflict afterwards. She knew his background of a painful upbringing, understood why he felt like a victim in the entrapment, and saw him reject his father’s approach (parting with the staff he relied on, approving and overseeing changes to the rules etc to the townsfolk and staff to ensure everyone was happier and more well taken care of) in a way that was *infinitely* more telling than his final act of proof that he was different from his father. It’s a good book that’s worth reading, I just feel like it deserved a better ending. But I admire this author and will be checking out other stories~

(Unrelated to review: Oh how I wish it was easier and more accessible to get Regency story book covers with period-accurate clothes and hairstyles 😂 I blame no authors for it, just wishful thinking hehe.)

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic! Wonderful characters with an entertaining plot. Florence wakes up to discover she has no memory of how she came to be married to the Marquess of Rainton. Leo thinks she tricked him so their marriage is already off to a rocky start.

[Amanda Giles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jenni Fletcher never disappoints. I enjoyed this book so much and read it in one sitting. Original plot, delightful characters. I felt rather bereft when I reached the end. Lovely!