Jane Dunn has written another sparkling regency romance. Love her characters the strong story line.I was swept right into the story and enjoyed from first to last page#netgalley #boldwoodbooks

They’re nothing like a good regency romance and In this story we follow Corrina who has just lost her mother and doesn’t know who her real father is so she sets out on a journey to London to find him. However it is not safe for a women to travel alone so she decides to dress up as a Man. Along the way she meets a group of interesting men and then finds her father. But what happens when she want to reveal her identity as a women. This story was filled with interesting characters and an unusual plot. I do enjoy a good regency romance

Jane Dunn has outdone herself! This is one of my favorite and most enjoyable read ever! This is one of my first read from Jane Dunn and now I'm a fan. The book is written with such emotion that will draw you throughout all the chapters and when it's done, you're going to beg for a longer epilogue.

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When the Earl of Ramsbury’s only son and heir dies on the last day at Waterloo, he sets out to find his long lost daughter knowing his estate and title will go to a second cousin.

At nineteen Corinna Ormesby sets out on her great adventure trying to find her father. Disguised as a young man, she gets into a fight with a man mistreating his horse at a posting inn. Luckily three young gentlemen come to her/his rescue and offer him a ride to London. As he unveils his story and purpose, one of them offers him a room in his house. Together they start the search for his/her father who might just be an earl…

As a second son Alick Wolfe enjoyed all the luxuries of upper class life without any of the burden. When he and his friends rescue a young man on their way to London, he immediately feels protective of their guest. They take Cory under their wing and show him about town. A true friendship develops, but something’s off…

By a twist of faith Alick’s older brother Darius becomes heir to the earldom of Ramsbury. The man is a coarse brutish bear and when the old Earl informs him his missing daughter will inherit his personal fortune and all that is not entailed, Darius decides the bastardy chit will marry him. All she has to do is show up!

📚 The first chapter of this book was here, there and everywhere introducing a truck load of major characters, and quite a struggle to get through. As the story progresses the chaos turns into an enjoyable, entertaining and funny story with a few unexpected twists. I was expecting some steam. Sadly there was none. Some kissing, some hanky panky and a lot of allusion.
📚 Friends to lovers, mistaken identity, slow burn, protective and chivalrous hero, road trip, band of brothers

Thank you to Jane Dunn, Boldwood Books and NetGalley for this eARC. All opinions expressed are my own.

A Regency romance in the spirit of Georgette Heyer that had me immersed in the period. It took me a couple of chapters to get into the rhythm of the language in this book as the writer makes use of lots of period slang - but once I’d settled into it I thoroughly enjoyed it and was able to admire the author’s skill and research. The sense of period and of place was terrific. I liked the characters very much, especially our feisty heroine Corinna and her love interest. The plot of her passing herself off as a boy and then remaining friends on the same terms with his chums was a little implausible, as was the outcome of the duel, but it was highly entertaining and a lovely romantic ending. I will definitely read more works by Jane Dunn in the future.

This book was a great so-so; the plot description was much more appealing than it turned out to be once the reading began. It was an enjoyable and predictable regency novel, but nothing exciting.

I received an ARC of An Unsuitable Heiress from NetGalley and Boldwood Books and enjoyed this classic Regency romance. Having said that, I do think Dunn's The Marriage Season was more original in its plot. In An Suitable Heiress, we meet Corrina, who is traveling to London to try to find her father. Corrina is illegitimate and doesn't know who her father is. Her clues are the gifts she received from him on her birthday. But a young woman can't travel alone safely so Corrina disguises herself as a young man. She, of course, encounters problems and is saved by a group of aristocratic young men, who are fooled by her disguise. I think you can guess the rest of the plot. I did like most of the characters, especially the group of friends and actually would like follow-up stories that focus of them. If you like Georgette Heyer books, then you will enjoy this one. An Unsuitable Heiress will release May 22.

It was an okey book. The heroine Corinne was not very realistic. I find it hard to believe that a girl with her modest background, in that era, had this much spunk. Her friend Suze was also not believable. Which parents would really return to Paris and not notice that their fifteen year old daughter had not joined them. Good for a summer beach read.

I enjoy romance books set during the Regency period at then end of the Napoleon wars. I thought the author did a good job of capturing the time period and the setting. There was some memorable characters whom one grew to really like. The main character decides to hide her identity and go to London to find her father. She makes friends with a group of upper class males and gets to experience how they live. Meanwhile her father is trying to find her as a long lost daughter. The book was enjoyable and humorous at times. I rated the book a three because I felt that more character development was needed at the beginning for me to be vested in the story.

I was given a copy of this book by Netgalley for an honest review.

An interesting is predictable Regency romance. This story has the innocence of Georgette Heyer and Jane Austen.

Love love love!! A feisty heroine who stands up to society norms and fends for herself! Really enjoyed this book - and its different take on the marriage conundrum

I found this author by chance and read The Marriage Season first, which was a good introduction to her style. Really enjoyed it - modern regency romance without all trills and fluffs… 4.5*

An Unsuitable Heiress follows the journey of Corinna Ormesby from the countryside to the town looking for her only living parent.

Cory is a strong, clever, and capable woman. She did everything to find her father, also putting herself in danger, fortunately she met Al, Rav and Ferdy at the right time who helped her without many questions.
The main characters are very likeable, I've really enjoyed the friendship among the heroine and her three "protectors". Their bond is almost that of a family, Cory feels so close to them and I've appreciated how they accept her since the beginning without any drama.

This was the first time I've read Jane Dunn's work, her storytelling was a pleasant surprise. The pace is good, even if the end felt a little abrupt, the descriptions are vivid and catching.

I love Regency stories and this novel with all the exact historical details brought me back to my favourite era.

This was a fun Regency romance told with a different viewpoint to the usual round of balls and dances.

Illegitimate 19 year old Corinna is living with her aunt who is trying to persuade her into marriage with a man she has no feelings for. She decides to travel to London in the hope of finding her father. As it is completely improper for a young lady to travel alone, she disguises herself as a young man. During her journey she comes across a group of young aristocratic men who adopt her into their group and introduce her to London life. We see London from the point of view of this group and visit the gentlemen’s clubs as well as a brothel.

I loved the opening of this novel and the character of Cory who is an irresistible heroine and the scenes between her and the group friends were fun to read. My main problem with the novel was that not a lot actually happens. Cory finds her father fairly easily and although this leads to a bit of tension, it all seemed a bit too easy.

There is a lot to enjoy in the novel and the author’s historical research is excellent but for me, it needed a little bit more realism and drama.
Thank you to the publishers, Boldwood Books and Net Galley for providing my ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I freely admit to adoring Regency romances and having read Jane Dunns' first book The Marriage Season, I knew I must request this one. Cory is an excellent heroine, she is brave and funny. She decides to run away to London in search of her father, she must also pretend to be a man. So far, so crazy. She falls in with three young London bucks and thus her adventures begin. Written very much in the style of Heyer, Dunn writes wonderfully colourful narrative- drawing the four friends so well that we almost know them personally. I hope that we see more of the other characters in future for I would love to join them again. I am grateful to Netgalley and the publishers for an advance copy of An Unsuitable Heiress. An excellent summer read.
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An Unsuitable Heiress by Jane Dunn is a fascinating Regency romance beautifully written in the well-researched vernacular of the time with the ease of someone who lived in the period. Just lovely. The author also has a sense of humour and uses rich historical details which cause the characters and story to spring to life.

Orphaned Corinna is 19 and desperate to avoid marrying a man she loathes. Her only chance of survival as an unconnected poor woman was marrying a rich man which doesn't suit her. She goes to great lengths and leaves her closest friend Will (my favourite character) with the plan of evading detection by dressing and living as a man in London along with her tiny dog Piro. However, a different set of problems arises and Corinna finds herself in many awkward and disconcerting situations. Her new male friends initiate her into a new world, often unsavory. A promising discovery completely changes her life for the better.

Revealing Corinna's secret is a bit anticlimactic and too readily accepted by her circle. Though predictable,the story is engaging, lively and entertaining. Something about it gripped and held me.

Romance is not usually a genre which captivates me but this novel promised a fun escapist read...and delivered. I liked that Corinna had spirit and spunk and the Regency touches such as clothing, transportation and class division are well portrayed.

My sincere thank you to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for providing me with an early digital copy of this jaunty novel.

This book is the perfect read for all Bridgerton and Austen lovers. I genuinely enjoyed An Unsuitable Heiress. I loved that the protagonist was a headstrong female, unafraid to bypass societal conventions to make her way in life. The book is fast-paced and humorous, full of mischief and mystery as Jane Dunn transports the reader into the past with a captivating story of a young woman trying to find her place in society.

There was strong character development throughout the novel. As readers, we get an insight into multiple perspectives of London society and the conventions it held. The book was captivating and told the story of a young group of friends as they navigated surprising and sometimes unwelcome circumstances.

An interesting story with a developed plot that went beyond some other novels in its depth and intricacy. It highlighted very well the differences in opportunity for men and women in regency Britain. I liked the fact that it emphasised the profligate lifestyle of the idle landed rich and how this contrasted considerably with how life was for women who without a man for security had very difficult prospects despite the fact that they were able, faithful and forthright. There was a lot of incidental detail which some would like but was not necessary to the plot line, e.g. a description of all the people in a coach ride to London. Overall though, a worthwhile read

I am always a sucker for a Regency romance, and this one was relatively enjoyable. The plot certainly had its interesting points and I can see where Dunn's friend's suggestion of "a bit more danger to the heroine's life" were inserted. However, the fact that I could see where they were inserted to me means that they did not develop very naturally as plot points. The twists and turns were too sudden to be believable at times. As usual, however, Dunn's historical research shines through in the accuracy of characters' language and events that are mentioned. The romance was also enjoyable, but we still did not get enough moments inside characters' heads to feel their growing emotions. Overall, a good read, but lacking that spark to make it one of my favorite historical romances.

An enjoyable regency romp taking us from our heroine escaping her cousins home to try to find her father in London, all the way to her getting her HEA. I found the descriptions tedious in places, for example rather than just saying a character had a lot of clothes in every imaginable colour, the author lists each colour. I just admit to skim reading quite a bit of the book due to the descriptive nature of it, but overall it was a nice clean read

"'Do you realise, Corinna, just how hard it is for a young woman of irregular birth, without family, fortune or friends in the world? Marriage is the only way to get any chance of a life.'

Following the death of her mother, Corinna Ormesby has lived a quiet life in the countryside with her cantankerous Cousin Agnes. Her father's identity has been a tantalising mystery, but now at nineteen Corinna knows that finding him may be her only way to avoid marriage to the odious Mr. Beech.

Deciding to head to London, Corinna dons a male disguise. Travelling alone as a young woman risks scandal and danger, but when, masquerading as a youth, she is befriended by three dashing blades, handsome and capable Alick Wolfe, dandy Ferdinand Shilton and the incorrigible Lord Purfoy, Corinna now has access to the male-only world of Regency England. And when she meets Alick's turbulent brother Darius, a betrayal of trust leads to deadly combat which only one of the brothers may survive.

From gambling in gentleman's clubs to meeting the courtesans of Covent Garden, Corinna's country naivety soon falls away. But when she finds her father at last, learns the truth about her parentage and discovers her fortunes transformed, she must quickly decide how to reveal her true identity, while hoping that one young man in particular can see her for the beauty and Lady she really is.

Sunday Times bestselling author Jane Dunn brings the Regency period irresistibly to life in a page-turning novel packed with romance, scandal, friendship and colour. Perfect for fans of Jane Austen. Janice Hadlow, Gill Hornby, and anyone with a Bridgerton-shaped hole in their lives."

Oh, I think everyone has a Bridgerton-shaped hole in their lives...