I am super happy to be on the tour for Rachel’s Random Resources, and thank you for the copy of the book for today’s post.
He needs a wife…
Manchester industrialist William Rose was a poor lad from the slums who pulled himself up by his bootstraps, but in order to achieve his greatest ambitions he must become the epitome of Victorian respectability: a family man.
She has a plan…
But the only woman who’s caught his eye is sophisticated beauty Octavia Marshall, one of the notorious ladies of Carson Street. Though she was once born to great wealth and privilege, she’s hardly respectable, but she’s determined to invest her hard-earned fortune in Mr Rose’s mills and forge a new life as an entirely proper businesswoman.
They strike a deal that promises them both what they desire the most, but William’s a fool if he thinks Octavia will be a conventional married woman, and she’s very much mistaken if she thinks the lives they once led won’t follow them wherever they go.
In the third instalment of Rachel Brimble’s exciting Victorian saga series, The Ladies of Carson Street will open the doors on a thoroughly modern marriage – and William is about to get a lot more than he bargained for…
A historical romance fiction novel set in 1852. A Very Modern Marriage is the third book in a series, but don’t let that put you off. I have read none of the other book and this was perfectly fine on its own.
I always love historical fiction; there are ways some facts blended into the fiction, and I always, without fail, find I have taken something away from books like this. A Very Modern Marriage proved no different. It is a romance as well, so that adds another angle to an already riveting story.
The story takes us on a journey from the wealthy town of Bath right into the heart of industrial Manchester, the textile mills, workplace of the poor, and underprivileged.
The way Rachel Brimble writes brings both places to life. I didn’t need to imagine much about the Manchester mills; those are ingrained in my head. My grandmother worked in them, and we still have mills standing in Oldham where I live, just outside of Manchester. Bath, on the other hand, I have been once decades ago, and I felt I could almost have been there.
Her characters, well, Octavia, is one strong woman. She has been through so much and is determined to get a respectable life back, and she won’t let anything get in her way. I liked Octavia; it was easy to imagine her as a friend. That’s the quality of the authors writing. William is determined to give his workers a better life. He himself has worked his way up from nothing, and his personal aim is to be the epitome of respectability. When they strike a deal, it becomes much more than that.
The story is told from both Octavia and Williams’ perspectives in alternating chapters, and I love this way of discovering the characters. It allows us to get to know them. An engrossing saga that brought a community to life and captivated me from start to finish.
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Rachel lives in a small town near Bath, England. She is the author of over 25 published novels including the Ladies of Carson Street series, the Shop Girl series (Aria Fiction) and the Templeton Cove Stories (Harlequin).
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Thank you so much for this fabulous review! 😀
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