THE FOOTMEN’S CLUB SERIES by Valerie Bowman
The Footmen’s Club series by Valerie Bowman lives up to her motto, Racy Regency Romps.
I adored her Playful Brides series, so I knew I had to read this new series with such lovely covers.
In The Footmen’s Club series four men meet in a tavern, three are “in their cups”. They hatch a plan to pose as servants at a house party to make sure women fall in love with them, not just their titles or money. You just know the women they fall for wouldn’t have given a fig about their titles to begin with.
(6/30/2020)- Book One is The Footman and I and this one has the romance as the Earl of Kendall (footman Lucas) and Miss Francis Wharton fall in love with each other’s minds as they discuss political issues that Francis’s mother has forbidden her to do with any eligible man at the house party.
(7/28/2020)- Book Two is Duke Looks Like a Groomsman and this one has the banter between former almost betrothed Duke of Worthington and Lady Julianna Montgomery. At the house party she is now betrothed to another and recognizes a certain groomsman working in the stables. She realizes this is a wonderful opportunity to pay him back for ghosting her all those years ago.
(8/25/2020)- Book Three is The Valet Who Loved Me and this one has the intrigue. Beau, the Marquess of Bellingham was the only one not “in his cups” when this scheme was hatched about posing as servants. His goal as an operative for the Home Office was not to find a wife, but to ferret out a possible spy at this house party. At every turn while playing valet his progress is impeded by a lady’s maid named Miss Marianne Notley, who is acting just a bit shady herself.
Bowman excels at writing about friendships between her characters. A reader can sense the affection and genuine camaraderie between these men.
If you are a subscriber to Valerie Bowman’s newsletter she has offered a free series epilogue which is a short story of all the couples gathered together for Christmastide. She is also writing at least two more books to add to this trilogy.
I would recommend all the books in the delightful Footmen’s Club series.
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Reviewer: Christy is a school librarian in Central Ohio who loves books and those who read them. Julia’s Quinn’s The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband was her introduction to smart romance. She enjoys historical and contemporary romances with intelligent, capable, and sassy women. She also enjoys mysteries and thrillers along with children’s literature. Her husband and young daughter are both avid readers. They live with three rescue cats who are living their HEA all day, every day on the lap of a reader. You can follow Christy on Instagram.
About Valerie Bowman
Valerie Bowman’s debut novel was published in 2012. Since then, her books have received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, and Kirkus. She’s been an RT Reviewers’ Choice nominee for Best First Historical Romance and Best Historical Romance Love and Laughter. Two of her books have been nominated for the Kirkus Prize for fiction.
Valerie grew up in Illinois with six sisters (she’s number seven) and a huge supply of historical romance novels. After a cold and snowy stint earning a degree in English Language and Literature with a minor in history at Smith College, she moved to Florida the first chance she got. Valerie now lives in Jacksonville with her family including her mini-schnauzers, Huckleberry and Violet. When she’s not writing, she keeps busy reading, traveling, or vacillating between watching crazy reality TV and PBS.
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