Beth recommends: "The Golden Season" by Connie Brockway

The “golden season” is the Regency London season in which Lady Lydia Eastlake – reputedly wealthy and unattainable – must marry a very rich gentleman, per the order of her banker, who, along with England’s economic troubles, has done quite a bit of damage to her inheritance. She is almost flat broke. She is also kindhearted, intelligent, fiercely independent, loyal to her friends, and beautiful. Similarly, Captain Ned Lockton, recently returned from war at sea, has been ordered by his family to do the same – marry a rich woman so as to save the family home. The two meet, and need I say more? – of course they fall in love. I don’t read a lot of romances, so if I have enjoyed one enough to write about it here, I’d say that’s a pretty strong recommendation.

Appropriate for: adult