Status Updates From Second Chances

Really charming second-chance romance! Widower father + motherless children find happiness with a perfect spinster left forlorn when an earlier relationship failed due to her beloved’s death at Talavera.

He tried to kiss her when she was 16 and he was 24 But his lips had only grazed her cheek because she had turned her head in panic, and had torn her hand from his arm and made a sound that was not quite squeak, not quite scream, but an approximation of both. “Don’t be frightened,” he had said, grasping her arm, and smiling at her—as he would have smiled at a very young child. wtf, Mary?! 🤮

TREASURE HUNT:
A sweet, short hr, just 77 pages. 4 stars.

THE FORBIDDEN DAFFODILS:
It's amazing how Mary Balogh was able to get me invested in Kate's happiness although the story was only 77 pages long. What had happened to Kate and had caused Kate's hate toward the Marquess of Ashendon was unfolded at the end in a beautiful way. 5 stars.

Katherine of the forbidden daffodils is stupid. There is pride and then there is stupidity and she got it in spades. She doesn't deserve this nice man!

ANOTHER DREAM
I loved being back with the Bedwyns, and I loved especially that I got to see more of Eleanor! I had hoped for her own book, but since Another Dream is not listet in the series, I just came across it by chance, having bought some books by Mary Balogh each with 3 short stories.
I'm so happy I found it!
Loved it. The characters, the writing style, the emotions, but most of all I loved Georgette.
5 stars.

ANOTHER DREAM
I loved being back with the Bedwyns, and how amazing that I got to see more of Eleanor! I had hoped for her own book, but since Another Dream is not listet in the series, I just came across it by chance, having brought some books by Mary Balogh each with 3 short stories.
I'm so happy I found it!
Loved the writing style, the emotions, but most of all: Georgette, Robert (and Eleanor and Michael).. 5 stars

The first book in the anthology “Another Dream” is a sweet romantic tale that shows that another dream is a possibility if you look for it. Eleanor, a spinster teacher, meets Michael, a widower, & his two adorable children Georgette & Robert after an unexpected stop at an inn due to inclement weather never knowing that he is an Earl or that they are all on the way to the same house party. Intriguing & entertaining.

Mary Balogh LOVES daffodils. It’s fascinating how they come up so often, and feel very spiritual too.