Midnight's Budding Morrow by Carolyn Miller

❓QOTD:  Do you like flowers? 💐 I love flowers.  My daughter arranged these beautiful daisies.  We thought we were rather clever as the book is about a wallflower. 🌸 

I am thrilled to be a part of the blog tour for Carolyn Miller's book Midnight's Budding Morrow by  Kregal Publishing.  Scroll down for my review and a link to a give-away.  

About the series: While most stories set in Regency England focus on the rich, the young, and the beautiful, award-winning author Carolyn Miller decided she wanted to give readers something different for a change. Her new Regency Wallflowers series follows the commoners, away from the hustle and bustle of 1810s London, out in the Lake District of England. She tells the stories of women who are slightly older and have few prospects for marriage, women who might be considered “wallflowers.”
Midnight’s Budding Morrow is the second book in the Regency Wallflowers series. The first book in the series is Dusk’s Darkest Shores.

Book Blurb: Can real love grow between a wallflower and an unrepentant rogue?

Sarah Drayton is eager to spend time with her best friend at her crumbling Northumberland castle estate. Matrimony is the last thing on her mind and the last thing she expects to be faced with on a holiday. Yet she finds herself being inveigled into a marriage of convenience with her friend's rakish brother.

When James Langley returns to his family's estate, he can't be bothered to pay attention to his responsibilities as the heir. War is raging and he wants only distraction, not serious tethers. But his roguish ways have backed him into a corner, and he has little choice but to obey his father's stunning decree: marry before returning to war, or else. Suddenly he finds himself wedded to a clever and capable woman he does not love.

Sarah craves love and a place to belong, neither of which James offered before returning to the battlefront. Now everyone around her thinks she married above her station, and they have no intention of rewarding her for such impertinence. It isn't until her husband returns from war seemingly changed that she begins to hope they may find real happiness. But can she trust that this rake has truly reformed?

When tragedy strikes, this pair must learn to trust God and his plans. Will they be destroyed . . . or will they discover that even in the darkest depths of night, the morning still holds hope?

Click here to read an excerpt.

My Review:  Midnight’s Budding Morrow by Carolyn Miller takes us to a crumbling castle in Yorkshire.  Sarah Drayton, who is described as a wallflower, has come to stay with her friend, Beatrice Langley.  Sarah ends up marrying her friend’s brother, James Langley, in a marriage of convenience.   James has drifted along causing trouble for many years and sees little hope for a future with Sarah, a woman he is not impressed with. As our story progresses we see that Sarah Drayton is a woman with a big heart and great skills and James is a man who desperately wants to change. 

This was such an engrossing read.  I found myself highlighting the beautiful dialogue, cheering on Sarah and James, and not wanting this lovely story to end.  With a little bit of mystery and a delightful cast of secondary characters this gothic Regency romance weaves the themes of forgiveness, second chances, and finding your true worth into a beautifully written story.  A truly inspiring read.  Midnight’s Budding Morrow is an amazing read that I highly recommend.  

Thank you to the publisher for the copy and Audra Jennings for including me on the Blog Tour.

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Carolyn Miller is an inspirational romance author who lives in the beautiful Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, with her husband and four children.

A longtime lover of romance, especially that of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer’s Regency era, Carolyn holds a BA in English literature and loves drawing readers into fictional worlds that show the truth of God’s grace in our lives. She enjoys music, films, gardens, art, travel, and food.

Miller’s novels have won a number of RWA and ACFW contests. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Australasian Christian Writers.

 

Learn more about Carolyn at www.carolynmillerauthor.com, or find her on Facebook (Carolyn Miller Author), Instagram (@CarolynMillerAuthor), and Twitter (@CarolynMAuthor).