Book Review: Edenbrooke

Title: Edenbrooke
Author: Julianne Donaldson
Series: A Proper Romance
Genre: Romance/Regency/Historical Fiction
Goodreads rating: 4.36
My rating: 4.5

Marianne Daventry will do anything to escape the boredom of Bath and the amorous attentions of an unwanted suitor. So when an invitation arrives from her twin sister, Cecily, to join her at a sprawling country estate, she jumps at the chance. Thinking she'll be able to relax and enjoy her beloved English countryside while her sister snags the handsome heir of Edenbrooke, Marianne finds that even the best laid plans can go awry. From a terrifying run-in with a highwayman to a seemingly harmless flirtation, Marianne finds herself embroiled in an unexpected adventure filled with enough romance and intrigue to keep her mind racing. Will Marianne be able to rein in her traitorous heart, or will a mysterious stranger sweep her off her feet? Fate had something other than a relaxing summer in mind when it sent Marianne to Edenbrooke.



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Edenbrook is Julianne Donaldson's debut novel and it is spectacular!  I promise this is the last regency novel I will be reviewing this month.  But when I decided to review Seeking Persephone I had to do Friends and Foes as well and I couldn't help it but I just had to do Edenbrooke along with those two.  

So this book is part of a series called A Proper Romance.  Donaldson has contributed two books to this series as well as Ms. Sarah Eden who wrote the aforementioned regency novels.  Those include:

Edenbrook by Julianne Donaldson
Blackmoore by Julianne Donaldson
Longing for Home by Sarah M. Eden
Longing for Home 2: Hope Springs by Sarah M. Eden

I love all the characters in this book and I especially love Marianne and Philip's relationship.  She is constantly being overwhelmed by her twin sister's beauty and her twin sisters talents and her twin sisters wants but Philip helps her see the beauty in her that has always been there but she has never seen.  Her whole experience at Edenbrooke finally leads her to the conclusion that it matters what she wants too and it's not so far out of reach as it seems.  

Clean, beautiful, powerful and lovely.  A romance really worth reading.  Don't forget to pick up Blackmoore as well.  It is a romance as equally lovely and fantastic.  Very worth it.