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  We are back in Regency England for Ella Matthews' historical romance, The Earl's Unlikely Bride.    One summer to make her his…   After four failed seasons, Emily Hawkins is tired of following the rules. Aside from crossing swords with her lifelong enemy, Freddie Dashworth, she is an exemplary member of Society. But after all this time, she’s yet to find a husband and life with her over-bearing mother is becoming intolerable. Freddie returns to his childhood home to help look after his orphaned niece. His neighbour, Emily, has been his nemesis for years. The infuriating miss is the only woman immune to his charms and there’s nothing he enjoys more than her disapproving glares. It’s a shame he can’t stop thinking about her, because she clearly despises him. One minor indiscretion later and everything in Emily’s ordered world changes. The one person on her side appears to be Freddie but can she trust her former antagonist? And what will happen to her when ...
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Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Carol Wyer's Suddenly Single. This romantic comedy was published by Canelo  on 8th April 2019. 
 
When bestselling romance author Chloe Piper’s marriage implodes a week before Christmas, she flees her cheating ex and the village gossips for the solitude of the newly built Sunny Meadow Farm and the company of her hapless dog, Ronnie.

But Chloe is soon pushed out of her comfort zone. Because with a lively development building crew – headed up by charming Alex – and a larger-than-life neighbour determined to make Chloe’s love life her pet project, Chloe finds herself in a whole new world of chaos…

This enthralling romantic comedy of self-discovery and new beginnings is perfect for fans of Kirsty Greenwood, Colleen Coleman and Marian Keyes.

My Thoughts

This story has real charm and wit. You are able to sympathise with Chloe and her difficulties, at the same time, seeing her gradually coming out of her shell, as she gets to know a few locals. Her alter ego as a best-selling author is a clever touch as she looks about for inspiration and slowly begins to find it around her. What you see with her is certainly not what you get as she proves to have a few layers to her character which needed to be explored and resources to her character which she does not realise she has.
 
The addition of the Singleton Club outings adds plenty of scope for humour and shows the strengths and weaknesses of the group of friends. Carol has created a warm and inviting world around Sunny Meadow Farm and I would love to be able to visit Sean's bookshop, it is so clearly evoked. I am rather hoping that she returns to some of Chloe's neighbours as I think that we are not finished with these group of characters yet. 

In short: Fresh starts and real laughs in this warm, charming read.

 
About the Author


As a child Carol Wyer was always moving, and relied on humour to fit in at new schools. A funny short story won her popularity, planting the seed of becoming a writer. Her career spans dry cleaning, running a language teaching company, and boxercise coaching. Now writing full-time, Carol has several books published and journalism in many magazines.

Carol won The People’s Book Prize Award for non-fiction (2015), and can sometimes be found performing her stand-up comedy routine Laugh While You Still Have Teeth.

You can read my review of What Happened in France here. 

 
You can follow Carol here: Twitter  |  Website  | Facebook
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Book links: Amazon UK  |  Kobo  |  Google Books UK
  |  Apple Books UK
Thanks to Carol Wyer, and Ellie Pilcher of Canelo for a copy of the book and a place on the tour. 
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