Lady Emily's Escape

House of Catesby #1

by Sunny Brooks

Welcome to the House of Catesby! A Regency Romance Series by bestselling author Sunny Brooks! Though grown, nothing could have prepared the children of the House of Catesby for their father’s untimely passing. With the title of Lord Catesby suddenly thrust upon the eldest son Francis, he is caught in a daze between with his grief and his newfound responsibility. Lady Emily Thurston desperately needs her brother’s help to escape from her vicious husband, Victor. After mustering all her strength to entrust Francis with the truth of her life away from home, she must now confront the reality that she will live in her own private misery forever. But when all hope seems lost, will an unexpected man enter the picture and take on the challenge of rescuing Lady Emily? With the unexpected arrival of her brother’s friend Lord Thomas Markham to her home, Emily is unsure as to his intentions. However, she quickly realizes that not only is she fiercely drawn to him, but he may be her only hope of getting out. Will Lady Emily and Lord Markham be able to find a way to escape together? Or will Victor use everything in his power to keep them apart? AUTHOR’S This is a stand-alone story with a HEA ending! It is a clean historical regency romance novel with no offensive language. This is the 1st book in the House of Catesby Historical Regency Series, which follows the lives of each member of the Catesby family. Each book is clean, standalone and can be read as such, though many enjoy fully immersing themselves in the world by reading them in order. Enjoy!

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance, Regency, Fiction, Historical

149 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 31, 2017

Reviews

[Elsbeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful story with interesting characters and all-time subjects. Like abuse, love, mourning.
The different viewpoints throughout the story makes that you see the things from all sides. Which makes it come even more alive.
I can't wait to read the stories of Emily's siblings!
I received a copy through Booksprout and chose to review it.

[Julia Bell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm giving four stars for this story, but I have reservations. The image on the cover is more Victorian than Regency and I was surprised when I read the blurb again and discovered it was set in the Regency period. There was nothing really to indicate that time era; in fact they ate dinner in the evening, when in actual fact they would have eaten at about 1-2pm with supper later in the evening. But the story was very short and more detail would have enhanced the narrative. It didn't hold many surprises for me and the outcome was inevitable. I noticed a lot of phrases were repeated, sometimes on the same page. And I smiled when I read 'slow ton wall'. Of course it's low stone wall.
You must be wondering why I've given four stars after the comments above? It's simply because I really liked the characters.

[Kristen Lewendon · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a very quick, fairly sweet read. I can't call it light because the abuse of one's romantic partner is an abomination, especially when the one being abused has no recourse to escape. I didn't feel like there was quite enough story for me to fully connect with the characters. The ending is as expected; the only way for Lady Emily to escape and keep her good reputation. It's well written and a good escape for an hour or so.

[Judy A. Ptacek · Rating 3 out of 5]

Regency Romance

A nice clean romantic story. Poor Emily married a terrible husband who beat and berated his wife. Since divorce was not open to her she had little to hope of ever getting away from her terrifying husband. The story is a bit predictable, but in the end the story has a happy outcome.

[Clara · Rating 2 out of 5]

In the beginning, this was an engaging romance and it was good to read, but as it progressed it just became the cliche of all romances.
Also, the way that it managed to get Thomas to meet Emily was unrealistic, to say the least.
So, although I did like a few of the characters, the overall plot compels me to say that I did not like it.

[Dorothey Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lady Emily’s Escape

Great story. Emily’s father had died and she was home with the family. Of all her brothers and sisters, she was the only one married. She had married a man who seemed loving and caring in the beginning but was now cruel and abusive to Emily. Find out how Emily escape this nightmare, enjoy reading this story

[PAMpublish · Rating 4 out of 5]

This easy-to-read Regency romance maintained my attention throughout. It dealt with spousal abuse which had few choices of escape back in the time. It was predictable, and the romance somewhat speedy between Emily and her rescuer, but enjoyed the novel just the same. Recommended for anyone who enjoys this era and genre.

[Pat Christie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Their father dies and all are home for the funeral. Emily finds comfort with her family away from her abusive husband. She asks for help from her eldest brother, but he is reluctant to aid her. But his friend Thomas offers to see what is going on.

[Cynda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very short. Seemed to end rather abruptly

[Barbara Harrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easily read in a morning, this tale of domestic abuse is family-friendly. I read an ARC and this voluntary review is my own opinion.