The Unsuitable Suitor

by Marilyn Clay

Miranda Fraser had come to London to save her family home--only to discover the estate was now owned by the rakish Viscount Peterbloom, who had stolen a kiss from her five years earlier. Miranda hopes the handsome scoundrel has reformed, because he holds not only the deed to her home, but the key to her heart.

Genres: Regency

256 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

Marilyn Clay, a multi-published, best-selling and award winning author is also a respected historian of the Regency period in English history. For sixteen years, she published The Regency Plume Newsletter, an international publication chock full of well-researched articles useful to writers, historians and people interested in all aspects of the 18th and early 19th centuries in English history. Kensington Books published six of Marilyn Clay’s Regency-set historical novels in the 1990s, all of which were translated to foreign languages. Marilyn Clay’s Colonial American novels, released in 2010 and 2012, were first published in hardcover by Five Star/Gale and are now available as Ebooks. Four titles in Marilyn Clay's new Juliette Abbott Regency Mysteries are now available in both print and Ebook. Marilyn's books are all available from major online retailers.

Reviews

[Dana · Rating 3 out of 5]

What in the loving heck was this book? Miranda and Peterbloom shared exactly ONE brain cell. Idc if he's an amazing horticulturist and medicinal herb specialist, Viscount Grant Peterbloom was mad dumb!!! And Miranda was really out there seeing FIRSTHAND bad-boy-turned-good-guy kiss another woman and said to herself,,,, actually I love him,,, like SIS!! That was so very scandalous in that day and age!??!?! And he lit rally was waxing poetic about how much he loved her?!??! Bestie u ok?!

Usually I like when couples are emptyheaded but they just raised the bar on being dumb 🥲 Needless to say, this was entertaining to a certain degree, enough to give it 3 stars lmfao

[JANET SMITH]

Another Enjoyable Read.

Miranda Fraser apparently the strength and leader in a trio of sisters, is the middle sister, Lucy the youngest and most spoilt sister, and the eldest is Katie, who takes after father who was a vicar and believes that God will provide for them when it becomes known that they are to be turned out of their house.
The trio go off to London to find the solicitor who delivered this information, and through unforseen circumstances end up staying with their estranged aristocratic aunt and uncle. The aunt further spoils the younger sister and, decides she will bring Lucy 'out' into society, all who meet her indulge her vanity,and spitefulness, this also involves the Lord Peterbloom whom Lucy has decided she will marry!
Miranda when younger had met Lord Peterbloom and didn't tell anyone of this fact, the meetings between Miranda and his Lordship at times were amusing, due to Miranda's volatile nature, and at times quite sad as their feelings for one another were developing, but all firmly believed Lord Peterbloom would marry Lucy, why I really couldn't work out would an intelligent man, much older than Lucy even contemplate marrying such a spoilt and childish miss, but this was the basis of the story and many misunderstandings occurred along the way.
The story was well written and another sweet romance, well worth a read and I would thoroughly recommend it.

[Em · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had me up until that end because what the heck was that all about?? The Hamilton ball made no sense whatsoever and kind of felt rushed compared to quite literally everything else in this book. And then that ending?? Unsatisfied to say the least. It would have been a 4/5 if it weren’t for that ending because my god. If we had a little less of Peterbloom quite literally stringing Lucy along we probably could have had a better ending. This guy was like /the/ most water downed rake I’ve read in a while because he’s supposedly a reformed one, but that ball at Hamilton’s said otherwise, and I don’t see how Miranda saw beyond that when she was building a case against him the whole book. Overall a nice distracting read but definitely not a favorite.

[Patrizia · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ho comprato questo libro piena di speranza: l'autrice sembra essere una grande esperta dell'epoca regency, e ciò mi avrebbe garantito una lettura scevra da anacronismi nell'uso della lingua e nella costruzione dei personaggi.
Ma, purtroppo, per produrre una buona storia non basta avere fatto tutte le ricerche necessarie, bisogna anche saper scrivere: in uno stile avvincente, o scherzoso, o drammatico, o anche ironico, ma comunque bene.
Dopo le prime pagine, nelle quali la protagonista continuava ad agitarsi e a temere sulla sua sorte, ho chiuso il mio Kindle e ho reso il libro.

[Sylvia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining. That's all it has going for it.

[Anne Patkau · Rating 2 out of 5]

Miranda feels RUINED after Lord Peterbloom kissed her five years ago, never told prayerful Katie and protects giddy Lucy now their vicar papa and Lady wife have died. Typos: 12.9 straights IS straits 14.13 It IS If

[QNPoohBear · Rating 2 out of 5]

The orphaned Fraser sisters, Katie 24, Minerva, 20 and Lucy, 16 are about to be turned out of their home after their father's death. Practical Miranda decides to head off to London to meet with the solicitors and prove ownership of the house. Sweet, pious Katie believes the Lord will provide and spoiled beauty Lucy is just dying to have a London Season. On the road to London, Lucky naively chats with a handsome London gentleman who turns out to be the rake who once randomly kissed Miranda at a party 5 years earlier. Miranda has never forgotten that kiss and never forgiven Lord Peterbloom for his wild ways and strives to keep her sister from harm. When things don't go as planned, the Fraser sisters take refuge with their wealthy estranged aunt and uncle. Aunt Isobel, Lady Heathrow decides to sponsor Lucy's come-out. Lucy becomes the toast of the town and sets her sights of Lord Peterbloom who is continually rescuing the sisters from mishap. Miranda struggles to get her home back from Peterbloom who now holds the deed and alternately worries about keeping her sister out of his clutches and wishing for the marriage so she and Katie can return home. Lord Peterbloom has reformed his wild ways but is not looking for a wife . . . or so he thinks, but he experiences strange sensations whenever Minerva is around and she can't help admiring his fine figure and keen mind.

Though the story ends predictably, most of the story goes nowhere and takes too long to get to the point of conflict. Miranda is too high-strung and practical to be an appealing heroine and I felt that she obsessed over that kiss with Peterbloom five years ago and she was too unforgiving. Her sisters were equally stereotypical and annoying. Peterbloom seemed attracted to her spitfire nature but she came across as snappy and rude to me. Peterbloom is an appealing hero with intelligence and a good heart. Even he can't save this novel. It lacked appealing characters and excellent dialogue. I didn't really care for it that much but would recommend it for the less picky readers.

[Sylvia · Rating 4 out of 5]

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