Sensible, practical Elinor Tregarth really did plan to be the model poor relation when she moved into Hathergill Hall. She certainly never meant to kidnap her awful cousin Penelope's pet dragon. She never expected to fall in love with the shameless - but surprisingly sweet - fortune hunter who came to court Penelope. And she never dreamed that she would have to enter into an outrageous magical charade to save her younger sisters' futures.
However, even the most brilliant scholars of 1817 England still haven't ferreted out all the lurking secrets of rediscovered dragonkind...and even the most sensible of heroines can still make a reckless wish or two when she's pushed. Now Elinor will have to find out just how rash and resourceful she can be when she sets aside all common sense. Maybe, just maybe, she'll even be impractical enough to win her own true love and a happily ever after...with the unpredictable and dangerous "help" of the magical creature who has adopted her.
A frothy Regency rom-com full of pet dragons and magical misadventures, Scales and Sensibility is a full-length novel and the first in a new series of standalone romantic comedies.
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My Review:
Oh, I had a wonderful time reading these books! The amount of nerves I had in book one, that something was going to go wrong because she was using magic to be someone else, and for that to come out? Yeah, I was really nervous about that! And Claws, oh man, was so enjoyable!
Passionate, idealistic Rose Tregarth may have been invited into her uncle's remote home in the heart of Wales as an act of kindness to a poor relation, but it doesn't take her long to realize that her newly-met family members are eccentric, creative, deeply lovable – and in need of all the help they can get. If the crumbling medieval walls of Gogodd Abbey aren't to collapse around their heads at any moment, someone will have to step up and take charge of the situation. Fortunately for all of them, Rose has never lacked in determination.
Add in more and more mysteriously appearing little dragons and a threatening new neighbor who could easily star as the villain in one of her aunt's fabulous Gothic novels, and Rose is soon up to her ears in plots and schemes to save all the people and beasts she's come to love…with the help of a sweet, baffled dragon scholar whom Rose has swept into a fake betrothal - for purely practical purposes, of course.
With her fierce, loyal heart, Rose is more than ready to take care of everyone around her, dragons and humans alike. However, it may take an act of true magic to clear her eyes to the future - and the gentleman - she desires for herself.
My Review:
Oh, I had a wonderful time reading these books! The amount of nerves I had in book one, that something was going to go wrong because she was using magic to be someone else, and for that to come out? Yeah, I was really nervous about that! And Claws, oh man, was so enjoyable!
The Tergarth sisters are split up and sent to different family members, because their parents died and left them without anything to survive upon, because they invested in a what turned out to be a scam. So I really hope all 3 sisters get a story!
Elinor gets set to live with their aunt and uncle. And an unpleasant cousin. Who doesn't deserve the dragon that she has, because dragons are fairly new being known as actually real, and are the newest accessory for the fashionable lady. I just adored her story!
Rose went to a much better home, one where she wasn't treated awfully, and where she could really make a difference by being there, helping them. That she gets into this scheme that involves a fake betrothal, and dragons, was just all so entertaining to read!
Loved reading these books and I can't wait for more, the third sister needs a story!
Author: Stephanie Burgis
Series: Regency Dragons #1, 2
Read: September 25th, 25th, 2023
Source: Library, Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Sounded like a lot of fun, and they're Historical Fiction 2023 Books and Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Books!
Publisher: Five Fathom Press
Published: October 4th 2021, July 10th 2023
Author: Stephanie Burgis
Series: Regency Dragons #1, 2
Read: September 25th, 25th, 2023
Source: Library, Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Sounded like a lot of fun, and they're Historical Fiction 2023 Books and Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Books!
Publisher: Five Fathom Press
Published: October 4th 2021, July 10th 2023
Scales and Sensibility:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
Claws and Contrivances:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
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