Lady Anna's Favor ~ Review

Lady Anna’s Favor

Proper Romance

By Karen Tuft

Lady Anna Clifton has lost her eldest brother and father in a relatively short period of time. The day of her father's death word reached that her brother Avery had been wounded and was missing. Times being what they are Avery is presumed dead and a distant entitled relative is about to named heir to the estate. Lady Anna refuses to allow what belongs to her brother to be destroyed by such a man.

Mr. James Jennings is planning to return to Paris when he is surprised to be accompanying Lady Anna on the Duke of Ayledham's yacht. Seeing Lady Anna's need in her search for her brother, James offers his assistance in language and protection in the war torn land. As James helps Anna he admires her determination in undertaking such a daunting task.

This was my first time reading Karen Tuft's work and I found it to be a delightful and enjoyable experience. I loved the bit of mystery as the search for Avery takes Anna out of her familiar and known world into something new and foreign to what she has ever experienced. Anna also managed to make James rethink his plans for the future, a future that up until now has been one of service to king and country. I now need to go back and read the previous books that were listed in the front of this book along with a really neat family tree for the characters. Highly recommended for fans of Regency romance and clean reading.

I was provided a complimentary copy of this book with no expectations but that I provide my honest opinion. All thoughts expressed are my own.

About the Book:

London, England, 1814
Lady Anna Clifton will stop at nothing to find her missing brother—even if it means working alongside the dashingly handsome but sometimes infuriating Mr. Jennings, who just might steal her heart.

Lady Anna Clifton has arrived in London with a purpose known only to a few. Her soldier brother has been reported wounded and missing in France, and if he is dead, his title and their family’s estate will go to a horrible distant cousin, and Lady Anna will be homeless. Desperate to find her brother alive, she contacts old family friends, the Bledsoes, who vow to help her in any way they can. However, Lord Bledsoe’s efforts come up empty, except from the Duke of Aylesham, who offers his yacht to carry her to France when Anna decides she must look for her brother there herself.

James cannot board the Duke of Aylesham’s yacht to take him to France fast enough. After his sister’s rushed marriage to the duke himself, James wants nothing more than to enjoy a relaxing journey back to Paris before rejoining England’s diplomatic war efforts against Napoleon. When he boards the ship, he cannot deny his instant attraction to the strikingly beautiful young woman who will be joining him across the sea. But when he receives only a cold reception from her, James dismisses her outright—until he learns the tragic reason she has set out on such a perilous journey. As infuriating as Lady Anna’s brash behavior and indifference to him is, her search seems much too dangerous for a young lady of the ton to undertake alone, so James reluctantly offers to assist her in her quest.

Together, they embark on a search that will take them across the sea and through France to uncover the truth all while trying to reconcile their differences and the preconceived notions they have about each other. With every step, they come closer to solving the mystery surrounding Lady Anna’s brother’s disappearance—but each step also pushes their hearts closer together.