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The 52 Book Club's Reading Challenge 2022

2022 Build Your Library Reading Challenge

Thursday, September 27, 2018
Kilpack's Newest Another Sweet, Uplifting Regency Romance
8:53 PM
(Image from Barnes & Noble)
At 27, Julia Hollingsworth is an old maid, but at least she's a free one. Although she's currently without a position, she's determined not to go back to living with her overbearing mother. Julia may not have her own household, but she certainly has her own ideas about how she wants to live her life. So, when a handsome widower hires her to watch his two young daughters, she jumps at the chance. As the two bond over Peter's children as well as his canine husbandry business, they become much closer than any master and servant should be ...

As the Hollingsworth women become entwined in the affairs of the Mayfield men, tempers flare, secrets are exposed, and romance blossoms. Can Julia, Peter, Amelia, and Elliott untangle all the knots that complicate their lives in order to find unexpected happiness? Or will they let their complicated pasts stand in the way of their promising futures?
While Promises and Primroses, the newest proper romance from Josi S. Kilpack, doesn't offer a lot in the way of originality, it does tell a sweet, clean, uplifting story. The characters are likable (even if the mother/daughter dual love story is a little odd), the story is interesting enough (though totally predictable), and the plot moves along swiftly (albeit a bit anticlimactically). Kilpack's prose is solid and overall, Promises and Primroses makes for an enjoyable read. Romance isn't my genre—occasionally, though, a light story with a guaranteed HEA like this one is just the ticket.
(Readalikes: Other Regency/proper romances by Josi S. Kilpack as well as those by Jennifer Moore and Sarah M. Eden)
Grade:
If this were a movie, it would be rated:
for mild innuendo and subject matter most suitable for readers 12 and older
To the FTC, with love: I received an ARC of Promises and Primroses from the generous folks at Shadow Mountain in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!
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