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Say You’ll be My Lady

Say You’ll be My Lady


An Unconventional Ladies of Mayfair Novel, Book 2

by Kate Pembrooke


⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5


Lady Serena Wynter is a spinster who had her chance at love long ago, now she is happy to meet with her women’s group and plan good deeds around the city for the less fortunate.


When her idea to house and care for unwed pregnant women doesn’t make the list of charities to be supported by the women’s group, Serena decides to make it happen on her own… On her own, until her friend, Charles Townsend steps int assist.


Charles and Serena’s friendship grows through their mutual work and the arrival of an unexpected house guest at Lady Serena’s, whom is quite taken by Charles… Lady Serena starts to feel attracted to Charles, and since they are both, from her knowledge not looking for a spouse- she proposes an affair… But our Mr Charles Townsend is a stand up gentleman, so he could never dream of stepping above his station with Lady Serena, due to his station and family history…


From the cover I had anticipated a ladies man pursuing our heroine… I was wrong!
And that’s ok! From the written detailed internal dialogue and character actions, to the voicing and cadence of the characters- the story unfolded to tell one of a friendship between two people not really looking for marriage.… but soon our spinster heroine’s head is turned and she decides that a seduction would not be amiss! 


I was pleasantly surprised by the presence of dual narration! Though, very common in Contemporary Romance, if you listen to many HR audiobooks, you’ll understand how rare that is in this genre! I really enjoyed it! The two narrators complemented each other and helped flesh out the characters.

This was such a fun sweet romance! I’m not usually a fan of friends to lovers because of the usual one-sided pining and obliviousness of the other party- but neither are interested in each other in this case. 


The journey for Charles and Serena to find a future together was a true delight!



Say You’ll be My Lady by Kate Pembrooke was released February 22, 2022.



Thanks so much to Forever Romance and Grand Central Publishing and Hachette Audio for gifting me with my review copies. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. 



 

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