Get It Now The Earls Unsuitable Bride (The Chase Brides #1) Depicted By Lauren Royal Accessible Via Text
into the romance genre is not for the faint of heart, You can read a lot of really poorly written romances that just drag on and on and never go anywhere, I however like to think that reading the poorly written ones allows you to clearly know a gem when you read one, Lauren Royal's Amethyst is just that, a gem, Yes, pun intended!
Amy Goldsmith although her real name is Amethyst is a successful jewelry maker who has quite the unfortunate personal life, She is scheduled to marry a man whom she does not love in two short weeks, To make things worse, he wants her to become a stay at home mom, and give up her career, which she is not ready to do, Although she is stuck, Amy does not want to back out of the marriage for fear of embarrassing her father, She longs for true love, and she gets a glimpse of it when Colin Chase, the Earl of Greystone, enters her shop, Although she feels that he is definitely above his notice, her life is changed when a fire devastates her shop and home and Colin comes to her rescue.
He takes her to his home to rehabilitate, and although Colin's siblings take a liking to Amy, he remains distant and asks her to leave as soon as possible.
Amy, however, has begun to have feelings for Colin, and enjoys her time with his family, Unfortunately for her, Colin is betrothed to another woman, who's dowry has been spent towards the reconstruction of Colin's castle, Unwilling to break up this monetary agreement despite his attraction, Colin is locked in a battle of wills against Amy, who wants him no matter the cost.
Will Colin eventually reconsider and give in to is heart's desire
I've always enjoyed historical fiction novels that use true events as their backdrop, as opposed to just using a specific time period and developing a story.
In Amethyst that true event is the Great Fire of London in, As sad as the event was, it is an excellent plot device that sets the reader on a journey of self discovery with Amy and Colin that we certainly wouldn't have dreamed of without the amazingly detailed and intricate imagination of Royal.
To me, Amy read as a nod to the modern woman, Your first taste of her modern ideals comes when she stands up to her fiancée, Robert, and expresses her desires to continue being a jeweler, Robert's jealousy over her jeweling skills are what drive his desire to have her stay at home and give up her occupation, After the fire when Amy is able to escape and meet Colin, she continues to hold onto her ideals that she can run the family jewelry business.
Even after finding herself in love with Colin she realizes a marriage between them would end any future she has with her craft, She forces herself to make a tough decision: choose love or her craft, Royal does an incredible job weaving this difficult journey of "staying true to self vs heart" effortlessly, I can honestly say that Amethyst is one of the only historical romance novels that I actually truly believed in the conflict of heart that the heroine and hero go through.
Every romance novel I've read has a conflict drawing the heroine and hero away from each other, but it's rare to find one that has to do with something other than conflicting social classes.
Amy's need to continue her craft made for a much more interesting conflict, It was refreshing, honest, and definitely a worthy addition to anyone's "to read" pile, Go pick up a copy!
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sitelink me/plILXU First time l have read any books from this author, l was'nt disappointed, loved this book, It kept me wanting to read more, It had romance, passion, everything you can except in a good book, Cant wait to read more, Amy Amethyst and Colin the Earl of Greystone their story is such a wonderful romance I loved the way they met , I truly believe that she fell in love with him while she had gone to see the Kings coronation.
He was magnificent on his stallion , and he took her breath away, Even though she was betrothed to Robert Stanley a man of her fathers choosing who also happened to be an apprentice in her fathers jewellery store, He never made her heart flutter as Colin did , just with one glimpse! As fate would have it they meet again when he enters her fathers store looking to buy something for his younger sister.
He remembers her as the young girl he had seen at the parade and feels an attraction to her, he decides to have her design a signet ring for him.
I truly enjoyed this story it had lots of twists to it , I also found it pretty descriptive on the Great London Fire , where Amy and Colin come together while trying to escape to what to them must have looked like the end of London.
Don't hesitate to read this wonderful book, It's a great read , Lauren Royal is a great writer , her stories keep you entertained till the last page!!! The book wasn't bad, I rather enjoyed it most of the time, but the scenes where the hero is throwing tantrums and telling his siblings how unfit and working class the heroine is I wanted to punch him, I also wanted to shake the heroine everytime she wanted to stay with him despite his reckless and mean comments, like seriously he just called unfit to become his wife so you go and sleep with him anyway No and the thing is he didn't even apologize for those things.
. . like what Outraged!!! but if you can get over that then it was a cute love story Interesting time period, Some interesting history thrown in as well, but the characters didnt do much for me, It was not that exciting, I have read another book by this author and enjoyed it, It is not the writing style that threw me off, but I can't stand either the hero or the heroine,
I would be interested in reading another book set during the great fire in London, "The Earls Unsuitable Bride” is the SWEET amp CLEAN ROMANCE edition of “Amethyst” by Lauren Royal,
From a New York Times bestselling author and her daughter!
London,: Amethyst Goldsmith makes dazzling jewelry, but her future isnt nearly as bright as the pieces she creates.
Though custom dictates she wed her fathers apprentice, her heart rebels against the match, In mere days Amy will be condemned to a stifling, loveless marriage, and she sees no way outuntil the devastating fire ofsweeps through London, and tragedy lands her in the arms of a dashing young earl who knows a diamond in the rough when he sees it
Colin Chase, the Earl of Greystone, has his future all figured out.
Hes restoring his crumbling castle and estate to its former glory, and the key to its completion is his rich bridetobe, But the Great Fire lays waste to his plans, saddling him with troublein the form of a penniless shopkeepers daughter with whom hes most inconveniently falling in love
PLEASE NOTE: This book is the SWEET amp CLEAN version of “Amethyst” by Lauren Royal.
If youd prefer to read the original book, which includes steamy love scenes and stronger language, look for “Amethyst, ”
BOOK DETAILS
Humorous historical romance
Book One of Lauren amp Devon Royal's sweet romance The Chase Brides series
A fulllength novel equal to aboutprinted book pages
PGrated: Kisses only, no love scenes!
This ebook includes Bonus Material: an Author's Note, a preview of Lauren and Devons next book, and a link to an online contest where you can enter to win a piece of jewelry.
The fact that Lauren Royal saw it fitting to bring Regency HR tropes into theth century demonstrates two things:she wasn't aware of the body ofth century HF/ HR work and the subsequent canon, andshe was not familiar with the social mores that defined thes across Britain and Europe therein demonstrating she didn't research, like, at all.
Someone I spoke to about this book agreed that aboutin she thought, “Wait, WHAT period are we in”
I was more like, “Half of England has been dying of the plague for the past year, Charles II is on his one hundredth mistress and one thousandth bastard and he still doesnt have an heir from Catherine, London is literally in the process of burning to nothing and you are sitting on a wall NECKING!!!”
Its this kind of flippant disregard for historical context that makes me want to scream, “Why even bother making it a period novel at all!!” and then promptly hurl the book at the wall.
I dont do that though, I read on a kindle,
Yes, it is fiction, and yes, I have a rather jaded eye for period accuracy, But if I can totally enjoy Tessa Dares work, then I am certainly not biased enough to take HR wallpaper into dislike, This, however, was just offensive and, . . Sorry to say, a juvenile effort at best,
Save your time and money and go read the stunningth century historical fiction/romance out there sitelinkCharlotte Betts and sitelinkStella Riley comes to mind.
If you like a complete disregard for historical context and immature, silly characters then by all means proceed to read,
Sorry. I know this is a ragereview, I couldnt help myself. The use of restoration England is an interesting setting, however once you got into the main body of the plot you would be forgiven for forgetting what setting it was placed in.
Th author has obviously done a lot of research on the era but needs to add more,
The plot line was a bit absurd, a lot of coincidences where happening in order to make it move forward, It also reminded me of the plot line for the first in her clean regency series sitelinkAlexandra,
However I did like the two mc's and I love the idea of the story following the family tree and seeing how everybody is related,
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COYER eye roll boy did this feel like it too forever to get through, I ended up skimming the second half of the book because I was bored, DNF
This was too long, and getting nowhere fast, so I've given up on it, It was an easy read though,quite pretty FREE on Amazon today! This was a hard book to rate, I realized that this is a clean version of sitelinkAmethyst, There were parts that I thought were unrealistic, and that figures, because they probably had a very different result in the other version of the book,
The setting is during the fires in London in the's, Charles II has just returned to his throne, I loved that the setting was different than other stories that I have read, I imagine that the book follows a realistic social expectation of Amethyst and Collin, They were obviously attracted to each other, but a relationship between them wasn't prudent due to their social status, That part of the story was tedious, because it was mentioned every time someone noticed the attraction between the two,
This was a light romance, There are difficult scenes to read, Amethyst has a betrothed jerk, and he does some very jerky things, I don't want to mention it, in case you read the book, I will only say there is a near rape, for those sensitive to that situation,
I "purchased" a copy of this book for FREE on kindle,
Amethyst "Amy" Goldsmith, daughter of a jeweler, is an accomplished and talented jewelry maker who loves her craft and has a great passion for her work but her personal life is hardly as fulfilling.
In just two weeks she will be wed to a man whom she does not love a man who plans to keep her away from her work to make babies and keep his house all nice and tidylike.
Amy longs for love but will not hurt her father by backing out of the unwanted marriage, One day Colin Chase "Earl of Greystone" walks into her family store and they immediately connect but, sadly, he is far out of her league,
These first few chapters are wonderful and really hooked me, The historic details are interesting and plentiful and Amy is presented as a likable and compassionate character full of life, dreams and motivation, Then a devastating fire destroys her life and changes everything, She now has the opportunity to take charge of her life but first is rescued by Colin who takes her to his home so she can heal from her physical and emotional wounds.
She quickly finds love and acceptance amongst Colin's siblings but receives only the cold shoulder from Colin who wants her gone as soon as possible, Amy decides she wants Colin, cold shoulder and all, and comes up with one excuse after another to stick around,
It was Colin's attraction to Amy that impelled him to rescue her and it is that same attraction that makes him want her out of his sight as soon as possible.
Colin is betrothed to a "titled" woman and has already spent a good portion of the woman's dowry and sees no way to get out of it.
And, lets be real, he doesn't want to, For the majority of the story money and titles are more important to Colin than love and it's here that the book lost the most of its appeal for me.
Colin's a first class ass and I'm really not a fan,
Colin and Amy are wildly attracted to each other and obviously belong together but he stubbornly refuses to break off his betrothal, This makes him come across as extremely selfish, Amy deserved so much better, Amy, unfortunately, loses
some of her charm because she is forced into the role of pining away for the stubborn Colin instead of concentrating on getting back on her feet.
The jewelry crafting, which was such a huge part of her life, takes a back to seat to thoughts of Colin and this was very disappointing,
This story is a good choice if you like your books steeped in historic detail and don't mind lovestubborn heroes, The author has an obvious love for her time period and weaves in interesting tidbits whenever possible, Although Colin didn't turn out to be my idea of a hero to put it mildly I do look forward to the forthcoming stories about Colin's siblings who were lovable characters.
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