(The Regency Vows #4)
by Martha Waters
April 11, 2023
Goodreads Summary:
The Regency Vows series returns with this story about a viscount and his irascible new wife who hopes to chase her husband from their shared home so that she can finally get some peace and quiet—only to find that his company is not as onerous as she thought.
Viscount Penvale has been working for years to buy back his ancestral home, Trethwick Abbey, from his estranged uncle. And so he’s thrilled when his uncle announces that he is ready to sell but with one major caveat—Penvale must marry his uncle’s ward, Jane Spencer.
When the two meet in London, neither is terribly impressed. Penvale finds Jane headstrong and sharp-tongued. Jane finds him cold and aloof. Nevertheless, they agree to a marriage in name only and return to the estate. There, Jane enlists her housekeeper for a scheme: to stage a haunting so that Penvale will return to London, leaving her to do as she pleases at Trethwick Abbey. But Penvale is not as easily scared as his uncle and as their time together increases, Jane realizes that she might not mind her husband’s company all that much.
Review
To Swoon and to Spar is such a wonderful addition to The Regency Vows series. Like the other books in the series, it's full of laughter, heated chemistry and swoonworthy romance.
What I Liked:
- a fun story that kept me reading
- comical conversations that made me smile often
- some good-natured ghost hunting
- plenty of wry humour
- Penvale and Jane made a sweet pair
- a natural progression in the main relationship
- the decidedly not shy sexy time(s)
- various tender moments
- the awesome friend group
- some seriously hilarious good times
The Not So Much:
- some sentences were paragraph-length long
- I was hoping for a bit more of a surprise regarding the haunting
"And isn't certainty that you're not throwing away what could be a rather wonderful marriage worth a bit of risk?." (Loc 3721)
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