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Sweetest Regret
The spirit of the season is festive—and clouding even the sharpest of judgments—in this Victorian era romance, perfect for fans of Jude Deveraux and Sabrina Jeffries.
At a house party in the countryside, the joyful spirit of the Christmas season threatens to sweep Georgiana Trent under the mistletoe—and back into the arms of the dashing rogue who broke her heart two years ago. Little does she know that Lucas Godwin has no intention of leaving until he has reclaimed her as his own.
At a house party in the countryside, the joyful spirit of the Christmas season threatens to sweep Georgiana Trent under the mistletoe—and back into the arms of the dashing rogue who broke her heart two years ago. Little does she know that Lucas Godwin has no intention of leaving until he has reclaimed her as his own.
88 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 28, 2016
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Meredith Duran
18 books1,837 followersMEREDITH DURAN blames Anne Boleyn for sparking her lifelong obsession with British history. She is the author of twelve novels, all published by Pocket Books. Her debut, The Duke of Shadows, has been translated into thirteen languages and was ranked among the top 100 romances of all time by NPR and All About Romance. Her other books include RITA award winner Fool Me Twice and her February 2017 release, A Lady's Code of Misconduct, which was called one of the best romances of the year by BookList and Amazon, and received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus, the latter of which opined: “This book weaves its spell so thoroughly that the most fortunate reader will be the one who has time to read the entire thing in one sitting.” Her next release, THE SINS OF LORD LOCKWOOD, hits the shelves on February 27, 2018.
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December 4, 2016
Sweetest Regret by Meredith Duran is a 2016 Pocket Star publication.
This story has a touch of intrigue, which is always fun, but the story title suggested some regret is involved, and indeed a young couple in love were driven apart, losing two years together as a result. However, this delightful second chance love story, ends with the couple finally making up for all that lost time. There is some cute banter in this one and I really loved the ending.
4 stars
This story has a touch of intrigue, which is always fun, but the story title suggested some regret is involved, and indeed a young couple in love were driven apart, losing two years together as a result. However, this delightful second chance love story, ends with the couple finally making up for all that lost time. There is some cute banter in this one and I really loved the ending.
4 stars
February 6, 2017
Some sweet reconciliation and some Victorian mischief under the mistletoe in a well-written and engaging novella. The shorter format usually doesn't allow much in-depth development, but Meredith Duran's clever and flawless prose still conveys a story arc, a sensual romance, humour and characterisations strong enough as to make it a thoroughly enjoyable read.
December 19, 2023
Reread on December 19, 2023: Death, taxes, and rereading SWEETEST REGRET every holiday season. 🥰🎄
Reread on October 16, 2022: I miss Meredith Duran so much. A bit early for my annual reread, but desperate times call for desperate measures (read: I kept DNFing arcs in the first chapter and cursed at my tablet).
Reread on November 25, 2021: I! Love! This! Novella! (I can’t tell if it’s actually good or if the nostalgia is overwhelming 😅).
Reread on December 24, 2020: I finally upped the rating to 5 stars because I reread this every year and I love it so.
Reread on December 15, 2019: I don't even like second-chance but I love this. The definition of a comfort read and perfect for reading next to the Christmas tree.
Reread on February 24, 2019: I love Meredith Duran. I don’t think she’s written anything that I haven’t loved. And she’s a master at writing novellas.
Reread on October 16, 2022: I miss Meredith Duran so much. A bit early for my annual reread, but desperate times call for desperate measures (read: I kept DNFing arcs in the first chapter and cursed at my tablet).
Reread on November 25, 2021: I! Love! This! Novella! (I can’t tell if it’s actually good or if the nostalgia is overwhelming 😅).
Reread on December 24, 2020: I finally upped the rating to 5 stars because I reread this every year and I love it so.
Reread on December 15, 2019: I don't even like second-chance but I love this. The definition of a comfort read and perfect for reading next to the Christmas tree.
Reread on February 24, 2019: I love Meredith Duran. I don’t think she’s written anything that I haven’t loved. And she’s a master at writing novellas.
December 6, 2025
Beautiful prose. Lovely MMC. Incisively portrayed side characters. Complicated storyline with many moving parts that are masterfully controlled. Touches of acerbic wit here and there.
The author made the smart decision to give her main characters a previous acquaintance so the relationship doesn’t feel rushed, and then she fleshes out the backstory so that the reader feels they are a part of it from the beginning.
I loved this.
Why it’s 4 stars instead of 5:
The heroine is relatable, but Georgiana’s heartbreak makes her a little too bitterly vicious in the first half of the book. Then, after the truth is revealed about the events in Munich,
And her father deserved far worse than harsh words and temporary banishment. He was a no-value parent who needed to be left in the rear-view mirror forever.
The author made the smart decision to give her main characters a previous acquaintance so the relationship doesn’t feel rushed, and then she fleshes out the backstory so that the reader feels they are a part of it from the beginning.
I loved this.
Why it’s 4 stars instead of 5:
The heroine is relatable, but Georgiana’s heartbreak makes her a little too bitterly vicious in the first half of the book. Then, after the truth is revealed about the events in Munich,
And her father deserved far worse than harsh words and temporary banishment. He was a no-value parent who needed to be left in the rear-view mirror forever.
March 9, 2017
A sweet, romantic novella set in Victorian England at Christmastime. If that doesn't give you the warm fuzzies, I don't know what will!
There is nothing that frustrates me more than the entire plot of a book being based on a miscommunication that could easily be resolved with a single conversation. Which was what I believed was happening until the plot took a turn for the best.
A bit racy for my taste in parts, but I am new to this genre. Overall I believed it to be a short and sweet love story.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
There is nothing that frustrates me more than the entire plot of a book being based on a miscommunication that could easily be resolved with a single conversation. Which was what I believed was happening until the plot took a turn for the best.
A bit racy for my taste in parts, but I am new to this genre. Overall I believed it to be a short and sweet love story.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
November 22, 2025
A lovely second chance tale set during Christmas. Georgie and Lucas are still attracted to each other, not only physically but (Hallelujah!) intellectually. As my aunt would say, “Romantical!”
“Desire knew no shame.
For me the steam was rather like a latte—hot with a heart traced in the foam. (Ignore me. It’s breakfast time on a Saturday.)
“Desire knew no shame.
For me the steam was rather like a latte—hot with a heart traced in the foam. (Ignore me. It’s breakfast time on a Saturday.)
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April 27, 2016A note of clarification from the author -- this upcoming release is a novella that was previously published in 2015 in the Christmas-themed anthology, WHAT HAPPENS UNDER THE MISTLETOE.
Modesty forbids me to rate it. ;-)
Modesty forbids me to rate it. ;-)
November 22, 2025
4.5 - Weihnachts-Novella, die naturgemäß nicht in die Tiefe geht, aber einfach nett ist. Und vor allem der Protagonist ist zum Dahinschmelzen!
Nice read, especially because of the hero. I'm utterly in love with Lucas.
Nice read, especially because of the hero. I'm utterly in love with Lucas.
December 27, 2016
3.5 stars rounded up.
An engaging, readable novella, Sweetest Regret tells the story of lovers reunited at Christmas. Georgina Trent, daughter of the influential diplomat, Sir Philip Trent, is used to acting as her father’s hostess, but is annoyed when he announces he has to travel to Constantinople immediately, leaving her with a half-dozen house-guests to deal with until Boxing Day. To make things worse, he tells her that one of the guests has stolen an important letter, he wants Georgina to find it and he has summoned Lucas Goodwin, one of his most able subordinates, to help her.
Georgina is infuriated. Not only is her father leaving her in the lurch, he is throwing her into the orbit of the man who broke her heart two years ago. While living in Munich with her father, Georgina met Lucas who was not only handsome and charming, but someone she could talk to and whom she felt was genuinely interested in her opinions. They spent a fair amount of time together until one day, she discovered that he had up and left for a posting in Paris without so much as a goodbye. Devastated, Georgina concluded she had been silly for thinking that a man like Lucas would be interested in an unassuming, ordinary-looking woman such as she, and picked up the threads of her old life.
Lucas is every bit as annoyed to have been summoned to Harlboro Hall as Georgina is to have him there. Their reunion doesn’t get off to the best of starts, but as they search for the missing letter, they discover that the pull of attraction between them has never really gone away, and eventually find out exactly what led to their parting two years earlier.
This novella is well-written and the fact that there is a pre-existing relationship between the two principals means that the love story doesn’t feel rushed. Ms. Duran does a very good job in showing the level of hurt and sadness that lies between them, and in describing Georgina’s life as being secondary to her father’s career and her deep-seated frustrations at the way he has treated her over the years. And Lucas gets an equally well fleshed-out backstory; he is the son of a scandalous match between the son of an earl and the coachman’s daughter, so he has had to work doubly hard to prove himself and get to where he is in his profession. Both are likeable, attractive characters that are easy to root for, and I liked the way Lucas is prepared to put everything on the line for the woman he loves.
Other reviewers have pointed out the huge howler in the story; we’re told that a couple of characters have gone out looking for a Christmas tree at 5.45am, which means they’d be stumbling about in darkness for a couple of hours, as it’s never light here until much before 8am in the latter part of December. There are a few others, too, one being that Sir Philip is referred to as “Sir Trent” – which is a big no-no; a knight or baronet is always “Sir firstname”. Another is the name of Georgina’s home – Harboro Hall – just doesn’t look like an English place name. Harborough would be more likely.
Those errors apart, Sweetest Regret is an enjoyable seasonal novella and while not the author’s best work is well worth a look if you’ve got an hour to spare.
An engaging, readable novella, Sweetest Regret tells the story of lovers reunited at Christmas. Georgina Trent, daughter of the influential diplomat, Sir Philip Trent, is used to acting as her father’s hostess, but is annoyed when he announces he has to travel to Constantinople immediately, leaving her with a half-dozen house-guests to deal with until Boxing Day. To make things worse, he tells her that one of the guests has stolen an important letter, he wants Georgina to find it and he has summoned Lucas Goodwin, one of his most able subordinates, to help her.
Georgina is infuriated. Not only is her father leaving her in the lurch, he is throwing her into the orbit of the man who broke her heart two years ago. While living in Munich with her father, Georgina met Lucas who was not only handsome and charming, but someone she could talk to and whom she felt was genuinely interested in her opinions. They spent a fair amount of time together until one day, she discovered that he had up and left for a posting in Paris without so much as a goodbye. Devastated, Georgina concluded she had been silly for thinking that a man like Lucas would be interested in an unassuming, ordinary-looking woman such as she, and picked up the threads of her old life.
Lucas is every bit as annoyed to have been summoned to Harlboro Hall as Georgina is to have him there. Their reunion doesn’t get off to the best of starts, but as they search for the missing letter, they discover that the pull of attraction between them has never really gone away, and eventually find out exactly what led to their parting two years earlier.
This novella is well-written and the fact that there is a pre-existing relationship between the two principals means that the love story doesn’t feel rushed. Ms. Duran does a very good job in showing the level of hurt and sadness that lies between them, and in describing Georgina’s life as being secondary to her father’s career and her deep-seated frustrations at the way he has treated her over the years. And Lucas gets an equally well fleshed-out backstory; he is the son of a scandalous match between the son of an earl and the coachman’s daughter, so he has had to work doubly hard to prove himself and get to where he is in his profession. Both are likeable, attractive characters that are easy to root for, and I liked the way Lucas is prepared to put everything on the line for the woman he loves.
Other reviewers have pointed out the huge howler in the story; we’re told that a couple of characters have gone out looking for a Christmas tree at 5.45am, which means they’d be stumbling about in darkness for a couple of hours, as it’s never light here until much before 8am in the latter part of December. There are a few others, too, one being that Sir Philip is referred to as “Sir Trent” – which is a big no-no; a knight or baronet is always “Sir firstname”. Another is the name of Georgina’s home – Harboro Hall – just doesn’t look like an English place name. Harborough would be more likely.
Those errors apart, Sweetest Regret is an enjoyable seasonal novella and while not the author’s best work is well worth a look if you’ve got an hour to spare.
November 29, 2016
Nice Christmas novella but it didn’t capture me as I thought it would.
Part of it is the plot- two people torn apart by lies and misunderstanding and reunited again two years later. These lies were not revealed until 45 % into the novella. Every time I thought that’s it, now they’re going to clear the air, somebody would interrupt them. It became little frustrating.
Part of it is the great love that the hero had for the heroine. It felt little over the top for me. I just didn’t see what is there in the heroine initially or after their reunion that would inspire such an intense feeling. But, hey, love is a mystery.
Nevertheless, the writing is as beautiful and imaginative as you would expect from the author.
Part of it is the plot- two people torn apart by lies and misunderstanding and reunited again two years later. These lies were not revealed until 45 % into the novella. Every time I thought that’s it, now they’re going to clear the air, somebody would interrupt them. It became little frustrating.
Part of it is the great love that the hero had for the heroine. It felt little over the top for me. I just didn’t see what is there in the heroine initially or after their reunion that would inspire such an intense feeling. But, hey, love is a mystery.
Nevertheless, the writing is as beautiful and imaginative as you would expect from the author.
June 8, 2023
Cute Christmas novella! I think I've read every Duran at this point so I'm devastated.
September 29, 2024
⭐⭐💫
2½ stars.
➕ What I liked :
Second-chance romance.
Christmas vibes.
Some tiny bits in the beginning of the story were a little interesting.
➖ What I disliked:
Too much miscommunication between the main characters.
The heroines father was awful and manipulative and had no remorse for what he did…. And he got No real comeuppance.
Even for a novella the romance and chemistry was rushed and also rather flat.
The main characters were rather flat/uninteresting.
The sex scene was lackluster.
That the heroine’s had low self-esteem and self-worth.
The backstory to the couples romance was too vague.
It is a novella but the story is too rushed and needed more depth.
Anachronistic.
Formulaic.
The character description/visual appearance for the heroine was a little bit on the vague side.
(There is some little info about her hair color and eye color … but not much more.)
The character description/visual appearance for the hero was a little better and more detailed… But is also formulaic.
(The hero is tall... muscular/”fit”… and handsome.)
2½ stars.
➕ What I liked :
Second-chance romance.
Christmas vibes.
Some tiny bits in the beginning of the story were a little interesting.
➖ What I disliked:
Too much miscommunication between the main characters.
The heroines father was awful and manipulative and had no remorse for what he did…. And he got No real comeuppance.
Even for a novella the romance and chemistry was rushed and also rather flat.
The main characters were rather flat/uninteresting.
The sex scene was lackluster.
That the heroine’s had low self-esteem and self-worth.
The backstory to the couples romance was too vague.
It is a novella but the story is too rushed and needed more depth.
Anachronistic.
Formulaic.
The character description/visual appearance for the heroine was a little bit on the vague side.
(There is some little info about her hair color and eye color … but not much more.)
The character description/visual appearance for the hero was a little better and more detailed… But is also formulaic.
(The hero is tall... muscular/”fit”… and handsome.)
July 23, 2020
3.65* short and sweet novella stars
Take the staple spinster/wallflower/bluestocking
And a dashing diplomat with a dark and disgraced family history
Add a sweet (h/H) almost-romance gone wrong in the past
With an interfering and troublemaking father
Now a house-party reunion along a mini-spy plot
A miffed and determinedly cool h
A charming laid back rogue with sad eyes
Some really funny and charming moments
(Stinks of interference again)
All add up to a sweet and tender love story with likable mcs.
Take the staple spinster/wallflower/bluestocking
And a dashing diplomat with a dark and disgraced family history
Add a sweet (h/H) almost-romance gone wrong in the past
With an interfering and troublemaking father
Now a house-party reunion along a mini-spy plot
A miffed and determinedly cool h
A charming laid back rogue with sad eyes
Some really funny and charming moments
(Stinks of interference again)
All add up to a sweet and tender love story with likable mcs.
May 9, 2019
Great writing, but suffers from being a novella
April 1, 2017
❝Interest dulls. Interest does not ruin a man. It does not blind him to other women. It does not catch in his chest like a hook. What I felt for you -- what I feel for you -- is far from interest.❞
I love Meredith Duran's writing! I don't know how she does it. Within her stories, you find layers of romance. With the turn of each page, my heart grows fuller. Her writing is fluid, her characters are fully developed and her stories, exquisitely detailed and full of passion. Meredith Duran is my unicorn. The mystical creature who enthralls and excites.
❝But no wise man hoped to forget the only woman who had ever held his heart.❞
This is a second chance, historical romance, about a man who falls in love with someone above his class. He is manipulated to believe she does not feel the same way. She too is manipulated by the only other man she has ever revered, to believe the man she fell in love with did not love her back.
❝He would court a naive wallflower for her connections--and then drop her flat the moment opportunity called him elsewhere, promising to advance his career more expediently.❞
When the two find out the truth, he cares more about her than he does his career, and she cares more about his career than she does for his love of her. Both are self-less. Both are in love. Neither wants anymore regret.
❝I never let go of you,❞ he said fiercely.❝Never Georgiana. I will admit, I tried to do so. But I never succeeded. ❞
A novella that is full of heart, Sweetest Regret will prove it isn't the number of pages that matter, but the content.
June 23, 2020
I accidentally started this, not realising it's a novella, which I tend to avoid. I ended up finishing it because it was quite effortless which is the best thing about novellas. This book also epitomises the worst thing about novellas, the brevity means very little emotional depth, very little time for character development and growth or escalation of sexual tension. There's none of the fiesty bantering and emotive writing, Duran is known for. It was just okay as novellas go.
May 11, 2018
3.3 stars
November 23, 2025
A holiday novella with a second-chance relationship. Georgie is hosting diplomats for Christmas while her neglectful father is away, once again, for negotiations. He orders her to find a letter one of the diplomats stole from him while he’s away. An English diplomat is dispatched to help her and it’s a man she fell in love with two years prior in Munich. He left Munich for a post in Paris without telling her and she’s been pining for him ever since. But so has he.
They have to get over hurt feelings and miscommunication to get
To their HEA. It’s managed beautifully in 80 pages.
They have to get over hurt feelings and miscommunication to get
To their HEA. It’s managed beautifully in 80 pages.
November 20, 2025
I'd forgotten how good of a writer she is. A very sweet novella.
July 26, 2021
Relectura. Le subí una estrella.
Novela corta, muy tierna y dulce. Una segunda oportunidad luego de un desencuentro generado por terceros. (nada de infidelidad y mucho amor)
Novela corta, muy tierna y dulce. Una segunda oportunidad luego de un desencuentro generado por terceros. (nada de infidelidad y mucho amor)
October 7, 2016
I love the Victorian era (this one is set in 1885, so far enough into the era for cool stuff like telegrams!). I love reunion stories. I’m a fan of Christmas, and like books about the season as long as they’re not full of cheese.
Meredith Duran is a well-known historical romance author, and one whose work I’ve never read before. No idea why, because I enjoy her style, her characterisation, and LOVE the atmosphere of the era she creates. There were a few issues I had with this one (research and language mistakes) – I’ll mention that at the end.
However, I loved that this had a Christmas feel without any of the annoying stuff that tends to come with a book set at that time of year. And the reason I love the Victorian era in historical romance is because something new is always happening. There’s a sense the world is changing fast, and you’ll be going along thinking you’re reading a normal historical, and then suddenly someone’s catching a train or sending a telegram, and it’s such an exciting time to set a book.
The reunion and the misunderstandings were done well in a short space of time. I think the pacing of how the conflict was resolved was also done really well. I also liked that they didn’t just jump into bed without making some sort of long-term commitment to each other first.
And the Victorian era is so synonymous with Christmas, it’s a perfect setting for a book for the holiday.
There were a few language issues (it’s a biscuit, not a “cookie”; and I’m not sure why an English earl would have an estate named Harlboro like it’s the Carolinas, instead of Harlborough).
However, the thing I had trouble with was that the plot revolves around hero and heroine searching the guests’ rooms for a letter. They do this at 5am, when the guests are off frolicking in the morning sunshine, finding a Christmas tree. The sun streams in the window, and the heroine appreciates how attractive the hero looks lit like that.
The problem? 5am on the 23rd of December in Britain? Pitch black. 6am? Pitch black. 7am? Pitch black. 8am? Well… you get the picture. It was really distracting, and – I’m not being sarcastic – I’d love to know where the author lives that it’s that light and sunny over the solstice in winter!
Those quibbles aside, I really enjoyed this novella. I’m a little surprised it doesn’t have better reviews, but then novellas rarely get the praise they deserve.
Victorian era + reunion romance + Christmas? A great combination.
Review copy provided by NetGalley.
Meredith Duran is a well-known historical romance author, and one whose work I’ve never read before. No idea why, because I enjoy her style, her characterisation, and LOVE the atmosphere of the era she creates. There were a few issues I had with this one (research and language mistakes) – I’ll mention that at the end.
However, I loved that this had a Christmas feel without any of the annoying stuff that tends to come with a book set at that time of year. And the reason I love the Victorian era in historical romance is because something new is always happening. There’s a sense the world is changing fast, and you’ll be going along thinking you’re reading a normal historical, and then suddenly someone’s catching a train or sending a telegram, and it’s such an exciting time to set a book.
The reunion and the misunderstandings were done well in a short space of time. I think the pacing of how the conflict was resolved was also done really well. I also liked that they didn’t just jump into bed without making some sort of long-term commitment to each other first.
And the Victorian era is so synonymous with Christmas, it’s a perfect setting for a book for the holiday.
There were a few language issues (it’s a biscuit, not a “cookie”; and I’m not sure why an English earl would have an estate named Harlboro like it’s the Carolinas, instead of Harlborough).
However, the thing I had trouble with was that the plot revolves around hero and heroine searching the guests’ rooms for a letter. They do this at 5am, when the guests are off frolicking in the morning sunshine, finding a Christmas tree. The sun streams in the window, and the heroine appreciates how attractive the hero looks lit like that.
The problem? 5am on the 23rd of December in Britain? Pitch black. 6am? Pitch black. 7am? Pitch black. 8am? Well… you get the picture. It was really distracting, and – I’m not being sarcastic – I’d love to know where the author lives that it’s that light and sunny over the solstice in winter!
Those quibbles aside, I really enjoyed this novella. I’m a little surprised it doesn’t have better reviews, but then novellas rarely get the praise they deserve.
Victorian era + reunion romance + Christmas? A great combination.
Review copy provided by NetGalley.
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December 21, 2016
I have yet to read a Meredith Duran book that I have not loved. Her characters are always strong, quirky, and deeply layered, making them easy to believe, and even easier to fall in love with. This was at its heart a second chance romance, giving two people a second chance at the love they once shared.
”Interest fades. Interest dulls. Interest does not ruin a man. It does not blind him to other women. It does not catch in his chest like a hook. What I felt for you – what I feel for you – is far from interest.”
Can I get a swoon? I think I can. It was equal parts frustrating and entrancing watching these two try to work out miscommunications, swallow pride, and get to the heart of the matter. Their love. Such a short, sweet romance, but not too simple and just right in every way. ~ George
”Interest fades. Interest dulls. Interest does not ruin a man. It does not blind him to other women. It does not catch in his chest like a hook. What I felt for you – what I feel for you – is far from interest.”
Can I get a swoon? I think I can. It was equal parts frustrating and entrancing watching these two try to work out miscommunications, swallow pride, and get to the heart of the matter. Their love. Such a short, sweet romance, but not too simple and just right in every way. ~ George
August 15, 2020
Sweetest Regret is a second chance novella written by Meredith Duran. The blurb sums up what the book is about and there isn't another thing to add.
For a short book, I am surprised that I came up with so many things to dislike. The biggest thing was the miscommunication between the main characters. Two years ago, Georgie and Lucas had a problem with expressing their feelings and that hasn't changed in the present. Lucas has issues that kept him from going after what he wanted and Georgie was a pawn her father used. That man is the most hated element of the book.
I had problems with the pacing, the setting and pretty much everything to the point where I struggled to finish this novella and Georgie's father was the cherry on top of the cake, so that's why I wouldn't recommend it.
For a short book, I am surprised that I came up with so many things to dislike. The biggest thing was the miscommunication between the main characters. Two years ago, Georgie and Lucas had a problem with expressing their feelings and that hasn't changed in the present. Lucas has issues that kept him from going after what he wanted and Georgie was a pawn her father used. That man is the most hated element of the book.
I had problems with the pacing, the setting and pretty much everything to the point where I struggled to finish this novella and Georgie's father was the cherry on top of the cake, so that's why I wouldn't recommend it.
January 3, 2017
Great read! Love these sweet and spicy novella's!
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Meredith Duran is known for her historical romances and I love the fact that she has been publishing little novellas that fill in between her full size novels.
Sweetest Regret was a fabulous read. I love the way the author creates her stories. With plenty of background, some heated anticipation, hot connections, and a HEA to swoon over, you get a full size read in a great novella from an author that knows how to heat up the pages and bring in the romance.
This one has a Christmas theme, and was a part of an anthology, but is perfect to read any time. I loved this one!
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Meredith Duran is known for her historical romances and I love the fact that she has been publishing little novellas that fill in between her full size novels.
Sweetest Regret was a fabulous read. I love the way the author creates her stories. With plenty of background, some heated anticipation, hot connections, and a HEA to swoon over, you get a full size read in a great novella from an author that knows how to heat up the pages and bring in the romance.
This one has a Christmas theme, and was a part of an anthology, but is perfect to read any time. I loved this one!
December 1, 2016
I have a love/hate relationship with novellas. If they're good, I'm always wanting more. And such is the case with this one.
I really liked Georgie and Lucas. They're both a bit stubborn and it was highly amusing to read their banter and chemistry. I enjoyed the twist and for once, the miscommunication didn't bother me.
I could have easily read a full book with these two, but I'm quite satisfied with what there was. I'll definitely be looking into other titles by this author.
**Huge thanks to Pocket Star for the invite to read**
I really liked Georgie and Lucas. They're both a bit stubborn and it was highly amusing to read their banter and chemistry. I enjoyed the twist and for once, the miscommunication didn't bother me.
I could have easily read a full book with these two, but I'm quite satisfied with what there was. I'll definitely be looking into other titles by this author.
**Huge thanks to Pocket Star for the invite to read**
December 28, 2017
Meredith Duran proves herself the master of words once again!!!
The only thing that stopped me from giving this book a 5 star was my anger against her father....and the ease with which he was forgiven.....otherwise a beautifully written story with heart wrenching angst and sizzling chemistry. Loved it.
The only thing that stopped me from giving this book a 5 star was my anger against her father....and the ease with which he was forgiven.....otherwise a beautifully written story with heart wrenching angst and sizzling chemistry. Loved it.
December 10, 2017
Two years ago, Lucas Godwin and Georgiana Trent flirted hardcore in Munich for a month before he abruptly left the country, believing that Georgie had been insulted by his attentions. Obviously, they're both hurting from the betrayal of their FEELINGS so when they meet up again, the lingering coals of their burning loins BURST INTO FLAME ONCE AGAIN. Come roast some Christmas chestnuts on this raging fire.
For a short Christmas novella, this was cute! A bit too much reliance on the traditions of Victorian England, but the romance itself was sound and enjoyable. Perhaps the drama keeping them apart (Georgie's overbearing douche of a father) was a bit much, but it was brief enough that I forgive many things. I guess. 'Tis the season or something.
For a short Christmas novella, this was cute! A bit too much reliance on the traditions of Victorian England, but the romance itself was sound and enjoyable. Perhaps the drama keeping them apart (Georgie's overbearing douche of a father) was a bit much, but it was brief enough that I forgive many things. I guess. 'Tis the season or something.
September 29, 2021
2nd chance love near Christmas in Victorian era England.
Lucas, a young diplomat & Georgianna fell in love (?) 2yrs
prior. The mentor/ superior of Lucas, Da of "Georgie,"
Sir Philip, kept these 2 apart. Lucas used his smarts and
charm to woo her again w/o artifice, w/o the need for
poetry or puppets. He was a real-deal man, not a rogue
or a fop. He brought out the best in her and vice versa.
My fav scene? When Georgie confronted her Da.
Lucas, a young diplomat & Georgianna fell in love (?) 2yrs
prior. The mentor/ superior of Lucas, Da of "Georgie,"
Sir Philip, kept these 2 apart. Lucas used his smarts and
charm to woo her again w/o artifice, w/o the need for
poetry or puppets. He was a real-deal man, not a rogue
or a fop. He brought out the best in her and vice versa.
My fav scene? When Georgie confronted her Da.
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