Well that was a bit disappointing.

Ok let’s start with the good points.
1) the hero didn’t constantly objectify the heroine. He didn’t constantly refer to his body reacting to the mere sight of her lovely form. That was refreshing. He went out of his way to want to know her. Not just lust after her.
2)The heroine had a love for dogs. I Stan a dog lover.
3) I enjoyed the Jane Austin PP vibes I got from the book. She had a preconceived idea about him being rake because her friend said as much. Very dislike to like.

Ok now to the not so good
1) the Jane Austin vibes- holy crap so much social etiquette. The dude can only dance with her once and was excited when he started to formally court her that he could now dance with her three times 🤦🏻‍♀️ it is fascinating to read about but it was just too much. For me it made the book very dull. I prefer more drama and rule breaking in my HR
2)Not enough spice. They only kissed past 60% of the book and that was only just a light brush on the lips. I need more spice a stolen kisses.
3)the declaration of love - so dry, like toast (cookies to those who get that reference)
4)so many characters. I couldn’t keep up. I got confused who was who.

Overall:
I enjoyed parts of it but found myself skimming so that I could get to the part where there was drama...I was disappointed.

If you like your Historical Romance books to be accurate to the social norms of that time and not steamy than this is the book for you. It is just not the one for me. I need me the steam.

I enjoyed the Ella Quinn romance, The Most Eligible Lord In London. It’s no insta-romance and is all the more enjoyable for it. I recommend this one and look forward to reading the next in the series.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I received an ARC of this book to read through NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.
The Most Eligible Lord in London by Ella Quinn is the first book in her new series The Lords of London. Characters from her Worthington series appear in this book and this story takes place concurrently with The Marquess She’s Been Waiting For. Frederick, Lord Littleton is smitten the first time he meets Lady Adeline Wivenley, but the big obstacle in his path is her loyalty to her friend Lady Dorcus Calthorp in whom he had shown interest last season. If he can matchmake for Dorie, earn Adeline’s trust and avoid the other young ladies set to trap him into marriage, maybe just maybe happily ever after is possible for him. I enjoyed this story very much. Humorous and charming it makes a nice lighthearted read. Medium Steam. Publishing Date March 31, 2020 #NetGalley #TheMostEligibleLordInLondon #EllaQuinn #KensingtonBooks #HistoricalRomance #bookstagram #zebraromance

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

The Most Eligible Lord In London, by Ella Quinn, is available at booksellers March 31, 2020. Eligible is the 1st book in a new series, The Lords Of London. It's off to a good start. In most of Ms Quinn's books I'm left wondering about secondary characters. The kind so good they deserve a story of their own. I'm getting my wish. There's always an eligible man or 2 running around the ballrooms of London. 3 of them are going to get HEA's!

Federick "Fritz" Littleton has been labeled a snake in the grass. He wants love & last season he panicked, wrong lady, and went home before any real damage was done. This season he's in trouble and knows it. He's a handsome, very charming man. Wealthy, nice, a little naughty, good manners, he's perfect. He feels bad about what happened and keeps trying to make amends. He even enlists the help of his mother, that's desperate. I really, really liked him. Lady Adeline Wivenly was harder for me to like at first. She comes out of her shell and goes after what she wants but she was so shy I felt bad for her. Her greatest asset is loyalty. She's willing to let Fritz go because he hurt her friend. That's a friend indeed.

Looking forward to The Most Eligible Viscount In London. Turley is still chasing after Georgie. He better up his game.

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If you, like so many readers, fell in love with The Worthingtons series then The Most Eligible Lord in London which begins The Lords of London trilogy is exactly what you’ve been waiting for. I adored The Worthingtons and any connection to that world is definitely anticipated and welcomed to live a happy life on my bookshelves.

Frits made a mistake last Season. Yes, it was a major mistake and has earned him an undeserved reputation as a rake, a rogue, a player. Yet that mistake also kept himself – and the lady involved – from a disastrous, unhappy married life, so while he acknowledges what he did was wrong, still, he made that choice for the right reason. But try telling that to the rest of the ton, especially those who witnessed the events and have no trouble passing that information along to the newest debutantes coming out this season, like Lady Adeline who captured Frits’ attention at first glance.

Adeline may not completely trust Littleton given how close she is to that lady in question but still, she cannot deny the attraction she feels towards a man she’s trying so hard to ignore. While being polite she’s doing her best to avoid him at all costs – until she overheard a vicious plot that no one should have to deal with for a lifetime. Adeline may have a soft heart, and an unwillingness to trust a man against her friend’s wishes but she cannot let Frits be trapped into marriage by a vicious viper. That decision is about to change lives in the most unexpected ways.

I enjoyed The Most Eligible Lord in London very much. Adeline and Frits really do fit well together, they are believable and realistic even in their indecision and learning to trust times. The story flows easily, the characters lively and intriguing, and the connections to that beloved Worthingtons family were well played. I had fun with this first story in the trilogy, and that is entirely the point. If you love a good Regency Romance with likable characters, a plot that keeps you guessing, and a couple who you’ll be rooting for to find their happy ending then you’ll want to pick this one up right now and get started on an entertaining, enjoyable journey.

*I received an e-ARC of this novel from Kensington Books via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*

This was a well-written, entertaining book. Lady Adeline Wivenly is in her first season, and has been warned to avoid Fredrick, Lord Littleton. She overhears another woman plotting to trick him into marriage, and she can't let him be taken advantage of that way. For his part, Lord Littleton is very attracted to Lady Adeline and wants the chance to change her mind about him. I enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more books by this author.

When can a girl be too loyal to a friend? That's one of the issues facing Lady Adeline Wivenly, who has been told by her friend, Lady Dorie, that Frederick, Lord Littleton, is a rake. After all, didn't Frits ( his nickname) nearly find himself married last season, skipping town without an explanation? Lady Dorie does not forgive easily — nor should she, since under the manners of the day, the charming lord behaved like a cad. However, you have to like a guy who won't marry the wrong girl, no matter the pressure. And who wants to be married and isn't determined to love and leave all the women he meets. No Frits just wants to marry the right woman, and nearly from the moment he sees Lady Adeline, he knows she is the one. Of course, she is not so easily persuadable -- she loves her friend, after all. The story of how Frits woos her — with the help of a lovable dog — is breezy, light and laden with love. This book is a relief from angsty tales and troubled heroes. Loving families, meddling (in the best way) mothers and two characters who understand that love is more than surface attraction. Scrumptious. (Advance copy, courtesy of NetGalley. Opinions mine.)

This is the first in a series called Lords of London. It is my first by Ella Quinn as well. I totally enjoyed it from the first page to the last. Frits is returning to London for the season. After a botched last season, he hopes this one will go better and he will find a lady to marry. He meets Adelaide and decides she is the one. We know they are perfect for each other but, she has her doubts. Grits has his past transgression plus another man vying for her affection. She finds him attractive and well matched for her but guilt of betraying her friend holds her back. The characters are well developed and loveable and the Great Dane is a charmer. The hero and heroine were very well matched. I highly recommend this delightful Regency romance. I gladly give it five stars. I was gifted this book by NetGalley and the publisher. I am voluntarily reviewing. My opinions are my own.

I enjoyed this fun read and felt it was a great way to kick-off this new series. I loved the sparks that flew between Frits and Adeline as his persistence warred with her equally fierce determination. The story is well written and the characters (both lead and secondary) are likable. I felt that this book was slow on occasion but I also understood that a lot of groundwork was being laid for future books in this series. In spite of that though, I truly thought this was a very good read. I could feel for Frits. He made a all too common mistake that is now causing him big problems. I admired Adeline's sense of loyalty and her strength of character. Together I thought these two made a great couple. I look forward to reading book two.

London - 1818

Frederick, Lord Littleton, also known as Frits, is off to go riding with his friend, Gavin, Viscount Turley, in the park. Last season, Frits was seeing Lady Dorie Calthrop, daughter of the Marquess of Huntington. As he got to know her better, he realized that they would never fit. Instead of simply telling her this, he fled back to Littlewood, his estate. Now, he must apologize to her. In doing so, Dorie has some friends with her. Lady Adeline Wiverly is a lovely young woman who catches Frits’s eye. She has also caught the eye of another handsome man, Crispin, the Earl of Angelesey.

Frits soon begins to see Adeline to take her riding and she also walks with his Great Dane dog and his groom. At soirees, he strives to dance with her, especially the supper dance so he and she can dine together.

Adeline is quite taken with Frits as he is with her but she can’t help but feel guilty about her friend, Dorie, which is silly. She needs to follow her own heart and not listen to someone else. Frits has apologized to Dorie for his bad behavior and that should put and end to it.

Frits does all he can to court Adeline and hopefully win her heart before Crispin can intervene.

What a busy book. So many things happening and so many characters which is something that I do not like about this author’s books. Every little conversation must be written which becomes boring because there are So.Many.Words. A good story that needed a lot of editing to make it more interesting. More is not always better.

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...a uconfounded eligible Lord!

I rather enjoyed this despite the fact that our heroine' Adeline drove me crazy with her definition of a rake which "Frederick, Lord Littleton—Frits to his mother and grandmother"—just didn't seem to be. (To my mind anyway.) Of course Lady Adeline Wivenly's views have been colored by a rather stern young woman Frits had been dazzled by last season. Someone he'd courted assiduously until he decided they were very different people. He'd wrongly fled back to his beloved country estate without explaining to Lady Dorcus Calthor--Dorie, the reasons why, or at least allowing her dissolve the relationship. (We first met Dorie in "The Marquis She'd Been Waiting For".)
I knew that scene at the lake was as familiar. Here it is seen from a different viewpoint. I really enjoyed the background inclusion of some of the people already met in "The Marriage Game" series, including some of the young women Adeline becomes fast friends with.)
Frits is not quite Freddy Standen from Heyer's "Cotillion", but like Freddy I find him a very loveable character. His courting or rather corralling of Adeline is quaint and rather funny. Frits has to prove to Adeline they're suited and their mutual interest in animals play a big part.
Of course there'a a real cad and rake who has arrived back from living on the continent and we readers just know he's despicable. Frits keeps trying to put his finger on what's wrong with this questionable, seemingly affable person, but never quite realizes what it is.
Anyway it's quite a convoluted plot with Frits turning up trumps, despite having to do some quick thinking and fancy leg work.
I loved those powerful mothers with their networks pulling strings and handing out advice behind the scenes.
A humorous regency romance that hides a wealth of information about the expectations of the day, English laws, law making, and family responsibilities.

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I found it hard to get into this story. The hero feels a bit one-dimensional and the plot is really slow. There are great historical details, but I was not able to get emotionally invested in the characters.

The main conflict gets resolved about 2/3 of the way through the novel, then they add a new subplot that is historically significant but feels like it comes out of nowhere.

Then the plot gets a bit crazypants.

On a weird note, most of the intimate scenes are of the antagonist and his lovers, which was unpleasant. Then there are moments the hero gets distracted by his lust, but very little passion between the hero and heroine together. This really isn’t like most historical romances that I read.

If you like more history than romance in your reading, this novel might be for you.

I received an advanced readers copy of this book from the publisher and Net Galley in return for a fair review.

I enjoyed this book. It was a very sweet romance. Both the hero, Frits and the heroine, Adeline, were very likable.
What I liked about the book is that you saw the relationship develop between the two of them. It took a while for Adeline to trust Frits because In the prior season he had shown interest in her friend and then just disappeared..
What I didnt like was how twice in this story there were potential villains and they were dispersed with so quickly. I would have liked to see one or the other developed and perused. I didn't think the story fit right with the second villain.
But all in all a pleasant read.

What a sweet romance! Littleton had kind of courted Adeline’s friend the previous season causing her to not quite trust him. Nor did she want to be disloyal to her friend. So, Littleton had a tough battle from the beginning in getting Adeline to trust him. Add in another interested party, Anglesey, and Littleton had an even greater challenge. It was interesting how much Littleton was set on finding a wife. I don’t normally think of a romance as being the male who is on the hunt, but Littleton certainly was. And, he did not want to mess up as he had the previous season.

I loved his dog Maximus; he was adorable and a huge help in bringing these two together. Probably more of a help than their matchmaking mothers.

There were several ‘compromises’ that were thwarted on both sides of this couple. Not sure if it was that common during the time period, but it was a frequent occurrence in this book.

I loved this book and the male perspective. The only thing that did not really add to the story was the slave portion. Adeline and Littleton were already headed toward their HEA that this seemed to just be adding pages not really content. Even then, I still enjoyed this light hearted read.

This book was okay—not terrible, not great. I liked the two main characters a lot, and the machinations of their mothers were amusing. But there were too many side plots, with too much time devoted to them (especially Anglesey). That time would have been better spent developing the relationship between the two main characters.

It's Adeline's first season, and Frits is in town looking for a wife. He had a near miss the previous year when he was attracted to a lady, but then decided that they wouldn't suit and fled to the country instead of confronting the problem head on. Adeline and Frits are instantly attracted, but the progress of their romance is hampered because Adeline has become good friends with the girl Frits slighted. For a good portion of the book Adeline is trying not to fall in love with Frits, while Frits is trying to prove to her that she can trust him. There's also the problem of an unsuitable suitor and various strands of entrapment with a view to forcing a marriage. The romance problem is solved at about 80% of the way into the book and then there's a late developing sub plot involving Frits and Adeline rescuing an enslaved boy and his mother. (By this time slavery was illegal in Britain and as soon as a former slave set foot on British soil they were automatically free.) There's a brief moment of peril resolved in barely a paragraph, and the last 10% of the book is the wedding with an obligatory bout of pre-marital sex. I have read some of Ella Quinn's Worthington's books before and enjoyed them, however I had a few problems with the structure of this one. The late developing slavery portion of the plot didn't seem to chime well with the Regency romance plot, and maybe should have been either foreshadowed and developed much earlier, or abandoned entirely. It seemed tacked on to provide a bit of peril, but it was largely out of place, too little, too late.

Adalaide and Little work well together. A cute read.
There was a ball. Also almost ruination.
A bit steamy in places

Littleton and Adeline’s story was beautifully written, yes it’s started a little bit slower than I would like, but it didn’t ruin the story. I liked the family dynamic we got to see (the matrons were the best). This is a sweeter story than I anticipated. Littleton is very kind and charming, very sweet and considerate. Nothing “rake” about him at all. The whole story we get to see from three points of view- Miss Adelaide,Lord Littleton, and Lord Anglesley. It was a really big surprise for me, but it did give the story another interesting layer. So basically we get a love triangle, but regency style.

If you want something sweet, to read before bed and really be transported to the regency era than this is for you!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own

Handsome, rakish, incorrigibly flirtatious Fredrick, Lord Littleton, is notorious or so Dorie says so Lady Adeline Wivenly resolves to keep him at arm’s length during her first Season until she overhears another woman’s plot to trick him into marriage. Even a rogue is undeserving of such deception, and Adeline feels obliged to warn him. In the past, Littleton’s charm nearly got him leg-shackled to the wrong woman. Now he’s positive he’s found the right one, for Adeline is everything he wants and needs in a wife. Her sense of justice is so strong she agrees to help him despite her mistrust.
This is the first in a new series but it does link with other series by the author & as I love the author’s books this added to my enjoyment to be able to reconnect with some earlier characters. A very good series starter, that flowed well & held my interest all the way through. The characters were well portrayed & had depth. I liked both Frits & Adeline & I loved how he fell hard & fast for Adeline but she did annoy me at times as she totally believed Dorie without finding out why Dorie hated Frits, even when everything told her Dorie was wrong. The road to their HEA made for an entertaining read as it certainly wasn't smooth. I look forward to the rest of the series
My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read

Ella Quinn writes a good slow burn. Frederick is back in town for the season hoping to not repeat his mistakes of the past year. He is determined to find a lady to marry but he knows he has issues he will have to overcome. Adeline is having her first season and wants things to go well. She knows that the things she loves might not be what gentlemen like to talk about. She wants to find someone she can love and hopes to do so this season. When these two first see each other there is a spark but there is a big obstacle in their way. Their courtship gets underway and is helped along by their mothers who think they would be a perfect match. The author builds the tension as two gentlemen vie for her hand and secrets are revealed. The characters are ones who we will root for as they embark on a journey to discovering that they are perfect for each other.