Elizabeth

The Seven Stepsisters #1

by Sarah J. Waldock

Leontina Ambleside is an impecunious widow with no hopes of giving her daughters a Season. She is delighted when she is asked to chaperone the daughters of a handsome widower, a connection of her aunt. Especially as he has offered the chance for her own daughters to come out at the same time. Leontina has two stepdaughters and two daughters of her own, and hopes they will get on with the three Attwood girls. The oldest girls are Elizabeth Ambleside and Diana Attwood, and though Diana is the beauty of the pair, Elizabeth is more self-confident. The pitfalls of a London season would, however, go more smoothly if trouble had not followed the Amblesides from Bath, in the person of a determined, if unwelcome, suitor to Leontina! Hasty words lead to a scandal, and Elizabeth discovers too that the man for whom she has a distinct tendre has been hiding something about himself. Alexander Hawke, who has never known love, must convince both himself and Elizabeth that he has feelings for her.

185 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 20, 2019

About the author

I was born in the usual manner and grew up, but only to 5'4". I planned to be a civil engineer or a sports coach or a forensic scientist until I got married, but I got married first and caught a chronic illness shortly thereafter, so I started painting and writing to stop myself going stir crazy. I write what I like reading. Life's too short to take it too seriously, and I'm here to have fun with my writing as with everything else.
I do like writing series because I gain a fondness for my characters and want to pursue their adventures further. I always wanted to do this with books that I read, which is why perhaps my first serious forays into writing were through fanfiction, even though it wasn't called that back before the Internet when I started writing it!.

Reviews

[Louie Halfacre · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellence

This was a great read. I loved the character of Elisabeth who was a very strong female lead. I would recommend this to all readers.