APPOINTMENT IN BATH

Gwendalyn's Books

May 13

Hello Gracious Readers,

Welcome to my Book Review of

Appointment in Bath by Mimi Matthews

Book #4 in the Somerset Stories

Appointment in Bath (Somerset Stories #4) by Mimi Matthews

The Details
Published: June 27, 2023
Publisher: Perfectly Proper Press
Formats: Ebook Paperback Audiobook

Genres & Tropes

Victorian Romance, Historical Romance, Friends to LoversAbout the Book

Synopsis

A chance meeting between the sheltered daughter and the forward-thinking son of rival Victorian families sparks a forbidden romance in USA Today bestselling author Mimi Matthews's fourth book in her acclaimed Somerset Stories series.

Shy and stammering Meg Burton-Smythe has spent the whole of her life living on the fringes of local society. She's more comfortable with her daydreams than she is with people. But when a dashing, golden-haired hero rides to her rescue one morning, she dares to hope that her dreams might finally come true. There's only one problem: her handsome rescuer is the son of her father's sworn enemy.

Ivo Beresford doesn't believe in clinging to the past. Freshly returned from a lengthy grand tour, he's looking to the future, eager to spearhead the building of a new railway extension in Somersetshire. But an unexpected encounter with Miss Burton-Smythe, the isolated only daughter of his parents' oldest foe, sets the past and the future colliding.

Resolved to put ancient grudges to rest—at least where innocent young ladies are concerned—Ivo encourages lonely Meg to embark on a secret acquaintance. After all, what harm can a friendship do? It isn't as though there's any danger of the two of them falling in love…

Review

𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐋𝐄: Appointment in Bath by Mimi Matthews

𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒: Somerset Stories

𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑: Mimi Matthews

𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐑: Perfectly Proper Press

𝐏𝐔𝐁 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: ⁣ 6.27.23

Thank you @mimimatthewsesq for my Early Copy

Readers will be sweet away in this Romeo and Juliet inspired romance with the perfect HEA

Appointment in Bath by Mimi Matthews is the fourth installment in charming the Somerset Stories series. The bad blood between Beresfords and the Burton-Smythes has been going on for decades. The past has left a wedge between the two families, and even though many years have past the resentment and animosity still cares over.

In a chance meeting Meg Burton-Smythe and Ivo Beresford find themselves face to face when Ivo assists Meg when she falls from her horse while riding in the woods. Recently arrived and ready to set forth a plan for a railway station Ivo is completely taken in with sweet and charming redheaded Meg Burton-Smythe.

Ivo and Meg find themselves torn between both of there families as they navigate through their budding romance.

Mimi Matthews's voice is strong as she delights readers in another one of her wonderfully executed romance tale. A brimming romance full of angst, that took my breath away. I always adore the friends to lovers troupe, and Appointment in Bath, was a delightful reading experience. Matthews outshines with complex relationships and character development, along with exceptional vivid imagery that places the reader within story. The pacing was perfect and the speech impairment rep was handled really well. If you are looking for a lovely Victorian romance this book all with others in series are truly some of my favorite books!

Friend to Lovers