The Best Laid Plans By Sarah M Eden-Novella Book Review

 

Product Details

• Title: The Best Laid Plans
• Author: Sarah M. Eden
• Series: The Lancaster Family
• Genre: Regency Romance
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08PW54CQ5
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Covenant Communications (January 1, 2021)
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2021
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• File size ‏ : ‎ 1206 KB
• Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
• Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
• Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
• Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 128 pages

• ***I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own***

Book Summary

Newton Hughes has long dreamed of pursuing a career in law, an acceptable choice for a gentleman of status and wealth. His parents, however, disapprove of his ambition, urging him instead to take his rightful place as a gentleman of leisure—with a suitable wife of their choosing, of course.

Ellie Napper would like nothing more than for her parents to abandon their incessant efforts to marry her off to the greatest possible advantage. Her lack of matrimonial enthusiasm drives her family mad, but she refuses to feign frivolity in order to make herself more palatable to potential suitors.

When Ellie and Newton are introduced through their mutual acquaintance, Charlie Jonquil, they commiserate over their shared plight. In desperation, they hatch a plan: Ellie and Newton will feign an interest in each other—enough to convince their parents not to push them toward unwanted matches but not enough to cause whispers or expectations. Their plot quickly spirals out of control, but the greatest complication is the one they didn’t see coming: their plan never included falling in love.

My Review

The Best Laid Plans is a novella in The Lancaster Family series. Frankly, you don't even realize it's a novella because of how fleshed out this book is. Many of the characters are familiar like Charlie Jonquil, Artemis Lancaster, and a few others. 

The story revolves around Ellie Napper and Newton Huges. Poor Ellie is the youngest sister in her family and is being mistreated by her parents and sister. The things they said about her in public were awful. They've made plans for the older sister to snag Newton as a husband and Ellie to do the same with Charlie. The plot thickens as Artemis and Ellie become friends and with the help of Charlie and Newton, they make plans to thwart the Elder Napper's plans. Ellie and Newton "pretend" to be interested in each other but fate had other plans for them.

This novella was fun, had great dialogue, and so wonderful to have Artemis and Charlie in it too. I loved Newton and Ellie and was happy to see them both gain courage and reach for things that they wanted in their lives. I kind of read this backward as I read Charming Artemis before this book. If you haven't read either of these books, I recommend reading the novella first and then the full-length novel, Charming Artemis. As usual, I love everything Sarah Eden writes and this was a great way to end my reading challenge of 90 books in 2021. 

*****Meet Author Sarah M. Eden*****

Sarah M. Eden is a USA Today best-selling author of witty and charming historical romances, including 2020’s Foreword Reviews INDIE Awards Gold Winner for Romance, Forget Me Not, and 2020 Holt Medallion finalist, Healing Hearts. She is a two-time “Best of State” Gold Medal winner for fiction and a three-time Whitney Award winner. Combining her obsession with history and her affinity for tender love stories, Sarah loves crafting deep characters and heartfelt romances set against rich historical backdrops. She holds a bachelor’s degree in research and happily spends hours perusing the reference shelves of her local library. 

Sarah is represented by Pam Pho at D4EO Literary Agency.​

Sarah’s links

Sarah M. Eden on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SarahMEden/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahMEden

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarah_m_eden/

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sarah-M.-Eden/e/B004XKCQZK

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/sarah-m-eden

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Awards & Recognitions

• Seeking Persephone, 2008 Whitney Award finalist, Romance

• Courting Miss Lancaster, 2010 Whitney Award finalist, Romance

• Longing for Home, 2013 Foreword Reviews IndieFab “Book of the Year” Gold Medalist, Romance

• Longing for Home, 2013 AML winner “Novel of the Year”

• Longing for Home, 2013 Whitney Award finalist, Romance

• Longing for Home: Hope Springs, 2014 Whitney Award winner, "Best Novel of the Year"

• Longing for Home: Hope Springs, 2014 Whitney Award winner, "Best Romance"

• Longing for Home: Hope Springs, 2014 Foreword Reviews INDIE Award finalist

• The Sheriffs of Savage Wells, 2016 Foreword Reviews INDIE Award finalist

• The Sheriffs of Savage Wells, 2016 Whitney Award finalist

• Sarah M. Eden, 2017 Best of State, Gold Medal winner, Fiction

• Love Remains, 2017 Whitney Award winner, “Best Romance”

• Sarah M. Eden, 2018 Best of State, Gold Medal winner, Short Story

• Ashes on the Moor, 2018 Foreword Reviews INDIE Award, Silver Medalist, Romance

• The Heart of a Vicar, 2019 Foreword Reviews INDIE Award finalist

• The Lady and the Highwayman, 2019 Foreword Reviews INDIE Award, Gold Medalist, Romance

• Healing Hearts, 2019 Holt Medallion finalist

• Forget Me Not, 2020 Whitney Award finalist

• The Gentleman and the Thief, 2020 Foreword Reviews INDIE Award finalist

• Forget Me Not, 2020 Foreword Reviews INDIE Award, Gold Medalist, Romance

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