Harriet’s Proposal

About the Book:

Title: Harriet’s Proposal
Series: Harcourts #5
Author: Penny Fairbanks
Release Date: June 18, 2021
Genre: Regency Romance

She’s full of life but struggles to find love.

His painful childhood memories have closed his heart forever.

Can she help him realize that life is worth the risk?

Miss Harriet Harcourt is bold, energetic, and spirited. She has a family who loves and accepts her for who she is. Unfortunately, the gentlemen in London find her lively personality to be too much. Harriet wants love, but it’s proving more difficult to catch than she thought.

To her delight, she finally meets a charming gentleman who seems enamored with her right away—until he goes silent and never seeks her out again. Harriet returns home after the Season, disheartened, only to unexpectedly run into that very same man.

Jonas Drake, Viscount Kentwood, lost his mother during childbirth and his father when he was just a boy. He vowed long ago that he would never put himself in a position to suffer that kind of pain again. That means no wife and children. Instead, he fills his time with revelry and temporary flirtations to distract himself from his pain.

After receiving an urgent letter from his beloved aunt, his only remaining relative, Jonas rushes to her home in the country. She convinces him to stay for a few months, hoping that he’ll change his mind about settling down. He wants to do nothing of the sort, until he accepts an unusual proposal from a bright young lady he though he would never see again.

Will Harriet be able to help heal this roguish viscount?

Will Jonas rediscover the joys of life and love?

Book Review:

This was a fun book! Harriet’s Proposal is the 5th and final book in Penny Fairbanks Harcourts series. I was really excited to see how the series would conclude and I loved it! 

Harriet is so full of life and fun to read about! She was exuberant and she loved openly. I loved her character and how much she enjoyed spending time with her family. She knew that she had been blessed with much, her family and friends, and her goal was to enjoy what she was given. However she also struggled with being herself, she didn’t fit in with society. She was too loud, and too much. Harriet had to learn that it was okay to be different and that those who truly love her will love her for herself. 

Jonas was the opposite of Harriet, he was more jaded but he was also kind. His parents had died when he was fairly young and it has left him running from his past. He showed people a sliver of himself, never letting them get too close. But Harriet disrupted his plans and showed him a world full of joy and life. I liked reading about Jonas and reading from his perspective. He didn’t understand Harriet, but he found her intriguing and amazing. Jonas had to learn to see past his hurt and learn to live life to its fullest. 

Harriet and Jonas were such a fun couple. He didn’t begrudge her for her personality and she saw past his walls. Their relationship was sweet and I liked seeing old characters. The Harcourts siblings are always a lot of fun and it was nice to see them make appearances. Jonas’ Aunt was also lovely, and I adored her relationship with Joans.

Harriet’s Proposal was a great book! I read it relatively quickly and I would definitely recommend it! Harriet’s Proposal is a clean, regency romance.

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the author. All views expressed are only my honest opinion, I was not required to write a positive review.