Tasty Book Tours: No Groom at the Inn by Megan Frampton

November 19, 2015 Blog Tour, Review 25 ★★★

Tasty Book Tours: No Groom at the Inn by Megan FramptonNo Groom at the Inn by Megan Frampton
Series: Dukes Behaving Badly, #2.5
Published by Avon Impulse on November 10th 2015
Genres: Adult Historical Romance
Pages: 96
Format: Kindle Edition
Source: Publisher
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Rating: 3 Stars
Heat Rating:three-flames
This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence.

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

In this Dukes Behaving Badly holiday novella, a young lady entertains a sudden proposal of marriage—to a man she’s only just met...
What does a lady do when a man she’s never seen before offers his hand in marriage? Lady Sophronia Bettesford doesn’t scream and run away. Instead, she accepts the shocking proposition. After all, what’s her other choice? To live with her cousin, caring for six children and a barnyard full of chickens?
James Archer has roamed the world, determined never to settle down. He’s faced danger and disaster…he fears nothing and no one—except his mother and her matchmaking ways. So when ordered to attend a Christmastime house party filled with holiday cheer and simpering young misses, he produces—a fiancée!
Sophronia and James vow to pretend to be in love for one month. But when they promise to give each other a Christmas kiss, it becomes clear that this pact made out of necessity might just be turning into love.

historical ROMANCE SWOON

James Archer does not want to settle down, he likes roaming the world, and he has no plans of giving that up. So when his mother stages a house party for a couple of mothers and their eligible daughters, James accidentally blurts out that he is already engaged.

Lady Sophronia Bettesford has no where else to go but to see to her cousin, her six children and chickens. So when a mysterious stranger throws her an unexpected proposal, Sophronia can’t help but see this as an opportunity to get what she wants and get away from a lifetime of raising her cousins’ children and chickens.

I felt the story was refreshing. There was no mention of dukes, just Mr.Archer and Lady Sophronia. The house party was amusing watching one of the eligible ladies’ mother practically shoot daggers at Sophronia for stealing Mr.Archer. I hated the woman for being so cynical and treating Sophronia for the way she did, but I guess she and James deserved it. Their deceiving ways was kind of hurting James’ mother, who was over the moon that her son is actually engaged. All she wants from him is to get married and stay rooted so she could see him more often and that is in fact that last thing James wants.

As any novella this suffers from being too fast, too many jumps ahead, it felt like a skipping record or watching a movie on fast forward. The romance unfolded much too quickly, as well as the attraction between these two.

But I did enjoy it. I thought it was sweet watching the two fall in love, even with James struggles to accept the fact, a little. This was also a nice introduction to the authors writing, which is another reason I do find myself enjoying novellas, despite their length. I already know they aren’t the strongest piece of writing, and I take that into consideration. But, it told a story of two unlikely people who might have been missed out on a book, and that I was okay with.

Also, there is holiday cheer as the house party is preparing for Christmas, and a contest of who can bring in the best Christmas tree. I loved watching these two work together. So if you are looking for a quick Christmas read and love historical romance, I would give this one a shot. There are also plenty of moments to chuckle over.

 

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About Megan Frampton

Megan Frampton writes historical romance under her own name and romantic women’s fiction as Megan Caldwell. She likes the color black, gin, dark-haired British men, and huge earrings, not in that order. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her husband and son.

 

 

25 Responses to “Tasty Book Tours: No Groom at the Inn by Megan Frampton”

  1. Rachel @The Readers Den

    Wow, I do love that sexy cover! Novellas are a great way to try an author out. I think it’s a challenge to write a moving story in a short amount of pages, so I’m a fan of anyone who can pull it off. I’ve been reading more historical romances and loving them. Tessa Dare is my favorite so far. I’ll have to give Ms. Frampton a go. Wonderful review, Lily and thanks for the giveaway! :)
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  2. Kristin @ Addicted to HEA

    I never mind short stories because you get to try new authors. This one sounds adorable!! Best Christmas Tree contest? I can only imagine!! Hey, as long has it’s a happy Christmas story it’s ALL GOOD :)

  3. melliane

    Ah yes it’s always complicated with novellas but it’s nice to find a good one and well youmade me curious for the longer ones.

  4. Lexxie @ (un)Conventional Bookviews

    I usually have the exact same problem when it comes to novellas, Christy, but the fact that there are actually no dukes or princes still makes me want to pick this up… It’s weird how that goes, eh? Just something a little different and I’m quite sold :)

  5. Magen Corrie

    Great review. I can understand the speedy pace though. Always rushes the story a bit too fast. But I’m glad you enjoyed it!

  6. Wattle

    That is one major problem with novellas :( they are just too short, and often there’s more plot than there should be (I know one shouldn’t complain, but sometimes it’s like novellas really should be full length novels!) I’m glad you were able to enjoy this, despite its flaws. It sounds like a fun Christmassy read.
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  7. Alyssa Susanna (The Eater of Books!)

    I could have sworn I commented on this post! No? Well, good thing I checked. 😀 I need to read a Frampton book! I’ve seen nothing but really positive feedback when it comes to her work. I’m not a huge fan of novellas (their length and usually their price bother me!), but I do make exceptions for certain authors. 😀 Sounds like this one is not a bad one to read around the holidays!

    Wonderful review, Lily. :)

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