When one fiasco turns into another....

Etta had a childhood love for her neighbour and as a way of getting over her feelings, she wrote him a few letters, but didn't sent them of course. However, they're accidentally sent, attempts made to retrieve them foiled by a visiting cousin, who apparently feels a little desperate for a deal to save his estate. He'll return the letter if she'll help him court her sister.

The plot twists and turns after this. It was truly entertaining. I really felt for both the characters and their plights. Etta's never felt valued for who she is, Gerard is drowning in problems he can't seem to solve and can't see past.

You'll enjoy this if you like historical fiction.

*Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.

This has miscommunication written all over it. And spoken too.

When her personal letters get sent on accident, Marietta has to get them back. But before she can gain control of them all, she is thwarted and agrees to a hairbrained scheme before she can get it back and keep her secret affection just that, secret.

Gerard wants Marietta to help him gain favor with her sister, but over time their remembered childhood friendship comes up and affection begins to grow. As they grow, neither one can fully give their heart until misunderstandings are settled and trust can be fully established.

This was a great read. I loved Marietta. I felt a bit seen by her character and will definitely be reading this again when I need to be seen, like she did. I loved her.

Julie Wright did a bang up job on this one.
4 stars

Could a series of love letters written to a man lead you to love another different one?

Marrieta Stone has been in love with Frederich since she was a young girl, Her love to him is only able to tell by love letters., every of them containing her pure feelings toward him. But the letters can not reach the addresee, so they are well locked in a drawer. But, what could happens it the letters were accidentally addressed to Frederich? Oh, no! That could not happen! This letters can´t be read for anyone, less of all Frederich. This could cause a irremediable scandal.
Enters Gerard Hartwell, He is not interested in love, a wife or everything that have to be with courthips. But his state does. He needs to find a wife who infused his state with money. But where to find her?
Just by chance he finds some letters directed to his cousin`s Frederich, when he is spending time at his state. This finding leads to the woman who has written them, Etta, but instead of give them to Frederich or even Marrietta, he decides to find a solution for his state problem. He could retrieve the letters to her and help her gained his cousin`s heart just if she helps her court her elder sister. An easy agreement. But this agreement leads them to pretend courship and for that, they must spend so much time together. So, what happens when Gerard no longer wants to pretend? What if he wants to court Etta for real? Could she gives him her heart or will forever belong to Frederich.?

Beautiful cover! This novel is very clean and wonderfully written.. I really enjoyed the relationship between Etta and Anne. They just adored each other and were on the same team. Gerard made some bad decisions in the beginning, but by the end I liked the way his character turned around and how he made himself vulnerable In hopes of winning the girl.

Thank you to NetGalley and Shadow Mountain for an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review.. All opinions expressed are my own..

Lovely historical story. Thank you to the author and publisher for my review copy. All opinions stated are my own

For some reason I cannot explain, I didn’t love this book. I was super excited to read this story because it has the name Julie Wright on the cover, and I love her books. But….I really struggled with the story.
While I did enjoy certain aspects and parts, as a whole I just didn’t like this book. And the most frustrating part is I can’t put my finger on what I don’t like. Many times I had to get myself to keep reading cause there were just enough moments of “I love this” to keep going. Long story short, this book just was not my cup of tea.
Since I like focusing more on the positives, here are the things I enjoyed:
• The sisterly bond between Anne and Etta
• Remembering childhood memories and shenanigans
• Those funny moments that genuinely got me chuckling to myself sprinkled throughout the book
• The (last) love letter *swoon*
• The way Gerard and Etta support each other
Just because I didn’t enjoy this book doesn’t mean that others will think the same. Give it a try because it still has many lovable components.

1828, the London countryside

Marietta Stone and Gerard Hartwell are both in a pickle when they meet up one evening. Marietta (Etta) is attempting to retrieve letters professing her love for Frederick Finch which were accidentally delivered to his house. She is trying to take the letters back from Gerard before she is ready to profess her love to Frederick. Gerard is trying to save his estate which is bankrupt because of his late father, but he also knows that Frederick and Etta probably would not suit in the end.. He needs a wife with a substantial inheritance, and he has no time for falling in love, no time for romance, just something like Etta’s sister, Anne.

Gerard strikes a bargain with Etta that if she will help him court her older sister, Anne, he will help her win Frederick’s heart and he will return her letters to her. She agrees.

Unfortunately, Gerard knows his cousin, Freddie well enough to know that Etta would never be a good fit for him, but as he spends more time with her, he realizes he would like to get to know her better.

The first thing that struck me in An Inconvenient Letter was its direct and witty dialogue. It kept my attention from the beginning to the end. It was amusing and though I didn’t laugh out loud, it did make me smile throughout. Etta is a strong, spirited, and spunky character, and Gerard isn’t turned off by her strong personality. As they spend time together, Etta seems to have fewer thoughts regarding Freddie because Gerard is, instead, occupying more of her thoughts. It is a problem because she knows Gerard plans to ask Anne to court and marry him. Most people don’t see Etta’s value, her mother doesn’t but her sister and her father do, and Gerard does too, but she doesn’t think he sees her as she desires.

This was a fun, amusing, and satisfying read for me.

Gratitude to Netgalley and Shadow Mountain. All opinions expressed are honest and mine.

An inconveniente letter is a nice story about childhood friends, platonic love and second chances. There’s no big plot or suspense just a nice and relaxing story. Sometimes those are welcome on certain moments of our life.
Etta Stone has a crush on her best friend’s brother, Frederick, since she was a girl. She decided to exorcise her love by writing three love letters to him just as a therapy exercise. Unfortunately, the letters were sent to Frederick and that’s where all the caos began.

Don’t expect hot scenes or a rocking chemistry between the main characters. If you are in for a nice simple story that will keep you distracted but not invested then you probably will enjoy the book.

3.5/5 I loved Etta and Gerard and all the wonderful tropes and plot points. There was fake dating, childhood friends to lovers, a nonconventional strong female lead who prefers business matters to embroidery, and swoony love letters. The side characters added just enough hurdles at a well enough pace to keep me engaged and for our main heroes to overcome in their quest for true love.

I have not read any other Julie Wright books, so I can’t say anything to what final editing may look like, but where this book was a little rough for me was in the prose. There was much repetition and I found the writing to be basic and clunky at times. I can’t exactly put my finger on it, but when reading, the flow of words felt tedious and clumsy. The story is what really kept it going for me.

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

Great backdrop and setting for an Edwardian screwball situation with tender moments. Absolutely loved this book with well developed characters and didn't feel like just another period piece. I also appreciated that Etta didn't have an attitude of being "not like the other girls" and still cared about people who may have not deserved her kindness. This story made me want to her other stories.

An amazing story from the first to the last page . I will for sure be reading Julie Wright books .
Etta Stone is in love with her best friend's brother Freddie and because he doesn't know about her feelings she writes letters to him . The three letters by mistake delivered at his house and while she tries to retrieve them and successfully gain 2 of them the last one is held hostage by Gerard Hartwell his cousin . Gerard is having financial problem caused from his father gamble proble and bad management of his estate . Now he need to find a young lady to marry with dowry so he blackmails Etta to help him win her sister Anne heart and he will give her the letter and help her with his cousin . They pretend to courting but by spenting time together and learning about each other they finally understand that they were looking for love at the wrong people . But what will happen when Freddie find the letter Etta had writtenfor him ? Which one will she choose ?
I received this book from netgalley and the publicer as an ARC . Thank you . All thoughts and opinions are my own .

Thank you to Julie Wright and Net Galley for providing me with an ARC of this novel.

This was a quick, enjoyable read about a young woman who sends a letter to the man she thinks she's in love with, only to have it intercepted by his cousin, who happens to be one if her childhood friends. The two strike a deal to suit the both of them to help them reach their respective goals.

The story is straightforward and nothing happens that you wouldn't have guessed, but it's a nice ride. Read when you want a chill moment reading a sweet historical romance.

I loved this book so much! It had me captivated from the beginning. The only issue I had was at the end where It mentioned a character passed away who was important to one of the main characters. It was thrown in randomly and there wasn't any remorse or anything about it. I'm still not sure if the character passed away or due to an early release copy it was a typo. But other then that it was great!

I stayed up late reading this book. It's so much better than the synopsis lead to to believe. (With this book, Julie Wright has secured herself as one of my favorites.)
I loved Etta and Gerard.
I loved Etta and Anne. I adored Lucy. (When Etta and Anne go by her house, even though it's in part a desperate attempt to get letters back that wasn't meant be sent, Lucy's immediate and emotional reaction at seeing her friend was emotionally charged.)
The dynamics between all the characters and inner family workings was realistic and relatable.

Thank you to Shadow Mountain for the ARC, and thank you to author Julie Wright for another beautiful story.

I enjoyed this fun Regency read. The premise of a letter sent by accident and then spending time with the wrong man is far from a new one, but it still worked well in this story.
The book is quite quick and easy to read (I actually finished it a few days ago, I just haven't had a chance to write this sooner). There are few surprises, but sometimes that's just what you want.
I do have a few small criticisms. Firstly, at one point, it's suggested that one of the characters considers ranching to save their estate. Ranching! In Regency England no less! I really had to grit my teeth over that one. No only is it an American term, not known in the UK. It certainly would have been unknown in the period that this book is set. Slightly smaller is the fact that the back of the book says 1828 The London Countryside. Most of the book is set in Norfolk, which is by no stretch of the imagination London. That just irritated me slightly at the end.
Overall, it was a good read and one that I would recommend.
I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own and given voluntarily.

This was easy & breezy historical romance!

I really loved Etta's character for being very mature as well as being fun at the same time, especially in the scenes with her sister! I like the portrayal of how romance develops slowly between the main characters! There are enough back stories provided including their family dynamics so we get a good grip on the character development of the two MCs. I could easily see this novel being developed as a period piece for television!

Overall, the story is quite predictable but the writer's execution of it all makes it an engaging read!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a cozy, cute historical romance; "To all the boys I've loved before" meets Jane Austen. It wasn't fully my cup of tea, so take this with a grain of salt. I enjoyed the overall premise and plot, the characters were fine as was the setting. The writing included LOTS of telling and little showing which led me to feel a lack of connection to the characters and their problems, and was bland at times. I didn't love the family drama-it seemed a bit too exaggerated for no reason (i.e., the great catastrophe....can you say drama queen). I did think the dialogue was well-done historically for the most part. This was a clean romance and the ending was predictable, but well done. Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with this ARC.!

I found this to be a nice, simple read to shake up my TBR and crank out a quick romance. I wouldn't say I found the story deeply compelling, but there was a good amount of humour and I did generally enjoy Etta and Gerald's connection. While I found Gerald to be a bit immature and unrealistic at times, particularly when his actions are contradicting the way we're told to perceive him, I loved Etta's personality and found her very relatable, she really carried the story for me.

Overall I don't think I have much of an opinion on this one. It was a fun fake dating historical romance, it flowed well and made for a quick and easy read, but otherwise didn't wow me.

thank you netgalley for the arc!

I enjoyed An Inconvenient Letter, by Julie Wright. It is a predictable but enjoyable historical fiction romance that I easily finished in an afternoon.
Thanks, NetGalley and the publisher, for providing me with an ARC ebook to read for this review. My opinions are all my own.

This book was fantastic. This is my second read from Julie Wright and I will definitely be reading more of her books. The plot was unlike anything I’ve read before, which I appreciated.

Caught in a precarious situation of finding her love letter not meant to be sent, in the hands of the cousin of the letters intended, Etta finds herself in a fake courtship.

Gerard was a complete sweetheart, most of the time. I was a bit annoyed with him at times for being so narrow-minded in only considering Anne as a wife, when Etta was so clearly meant for him. But we all have to learn and to grow.

I appreciated that it took a while for Etta and Gerard to realize their love and to fight for it, but also know when to take a step back. Gerard’s letter to Etta was so beautifully written.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will definitely be telling my friends about it. I’m giving it 4.5 stars because it was a tiny bit slow to get into.