Page Princess: HOW TO MARRY A RAKE IN 10 DAYS by Samantha Holt

Title: HOW TO MARRY A RAKE IN 10 DAYS

Series: N/A

Author: Samantha Holt

Publish Date: 11.30.2015

Publisher: Samantha Holt

Category /Genre: Victorian Romance

Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content

Grammar/editing: book received as an unedited ARC / errors excused

Received from: Amazon purchase

Goodreads link: How to Marry a Rake in 10 Days

Date completed: 12.21.2017

Description from the publisher:

Dear Miss Manners,
I have been following your column for some time since I made my debut into society some five years ago. As a young woman, I took your advice to become a well-mannered, polite young lady who would surely find herself a husband during her first season. However, it soon became clear to me that your teachings no longer have a place in this century. England is a modern place now with modern gentlemen. They do not expect us to be coy and polite. In fact, such behaviour only has the effect of turning one into a wallflower. I would wager that the eligible gentlemen of today value a woman who can hold a strong conversation and show intelligence instead of submissiveness. After all, how are we English ladies meant to hold our own against these American heiresses and French beauties?

Now, it is likely too late for me but there are many other young women out there following your advice, many of whom are to be consigned to spinsterhood. As an unmarried woman yourself, how are we to trust your advice?

I challenge, you Miss Manners, to prove the worth of your advice. Show myself and your readers that etiquette can win the heart of a fine prospect. Christmas is approaching and it is a time to reflect is it not? I am sure many a man is considering the worth of a wife. I highly anticipate, and look forward to, the announcement of your own engagement by the start of the New Year.

Your once loyal reader,
Miss Disbelieving

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Dear Miss Disbelieving,

I pray you will return as a loyal reader as my engagement to Benedict Britton, the Earl of Calderton has been announced in this paper and the banns have been posted. I dare say, he has admitted that his heart was stolen during my own first year and it is only after all of this time that we are able to complete our turn around the park.

Do not lose hope. Be yourself. Be polite. Be well-mannered.

Yours devotedly,

Miss Manners

Ashley Ashdown

As always, I consider it a good day when I find a Samantha Holt book that I have not yet read. I highly recommend this sweet, seasonal read - to be read at any time of the year.

Note: while I was given this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Also from Samantha Holt:

· Alrek

· The Angel’s Assassin

· Buckle Down

· Christmas Seduction

· The Crimson Castle

· Eden’s Fire

· Heart of a Viking

· Her Dream Cowboy

· Her Highland Defender

· How to Marry a Rake in Ten Days