One Snowy Night with Lord Hauxton
Series: None
Author: Laura Martin
Published October 29th 2020 by Mills & Boon Historical

Goodreads Synopsis
Secluded and snowed in...with the brooding earl!

Runaway debutante Henrietta Harvey will never live down the mortification of accidentally slipping into Lord Hauxton's bed. So, imagine her horror upon discovering they're snowed in together the next morning! Yet Henrietta comes to find this gruff, cold man has an intriguingly warmer side. Still, hiding a secret that would shock the ton, she's resigned to becoming a spinster. Unless she can trust him with the truth, before the snow melts...
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher, via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.

As a debutante, Henrietta Harvey is expected to be a perfect lady, and the only art she should make is dainty watercolours or embroidery. However, she wants to be an artist, and visit salons and with other artists, but her mother refuses to let her, and threatens to destroy her work. Thinking she has no other option, she flees to a friend's estate but soon finds herself snowed in with the aloof Lord Hauxton. Thomas, the Earl of Hauxton has decided that the amount of pain and loss he's suffered, he doesn't want to find himself in that situation again, so he won't remarry. But meeting Henrietta, spending time with her due to the weather, makes him start to reconsider his stance - but can he convince her he's the man she wants, and who will let her continue her art?

I wasn't too sure what to expect from this book, but as soon as I started it, I knew I would like it. Both of the main characters had secrets, and had suffered, so they weren't immediately warm and open to each other, but that was okay. Really, though they were forced to spend time together because of the snow, that time gave them the opportunity to open up in a gradual, natural way, and truly see the other person. I think the other couple, who's estate Thomas and Henrietta stay at, may have been in a previous book, but it didn't take away from the story that I hadn't read that one. All in all, a decent book, which was perfect to read around Christmas time.

Dates Read:
December 21, 2021

Rating
4 Stars