A few years ago I explained (in great detail…) why I love Tamara Leigh’s books so very much. Well, brace yourselves, because I’m adding another author to my “Books I’ll Actually Spend Money On” list: Mimi Matthews.
I adore Matthews’s books for many of the same reasons I love Leigh’s: they’re clean, sweet, historical, and just oh-so romantically swoon worthy. For some reason, I always feel the need to rationalize my love for romance novels, so here we go again. They’re entertaining, engaging, wonderfully addicting. Everyone, especially fatigued English teachers who’ve trudged through Jonathan Edwards or Patrick Henry for the umpteenth time earlier in the day, needs some brain candy, and Matthews’s most recent release fits the bill.
It was an honor to join the Launch Team for Appointment in Bath earlier this summer. I had intended to wait and read it on our vacation, but I simply couldn’t wait that long. I may have devoured this novel in less than a day. Ooops.
Appointment in Bath tells the love story of the friendly, ambitious Ivo Beresford and the shy, stammering Meg Burton-Smythe. The lovely backdrop of the English countryside, a quiet daydreamer learning to stand up for herself, families learning to forgive and move forward, and a compelling and charming male lead-- what’s not to love?
While Appointment in Bath technically comes in as the 4th installment of Matthews’s “Somerset Stories” series, the novel stands on its own as well. You might not have to read the first three books, but you’ll want to.
If you’re looking for more Mimi Matthews books to read, my favorite series is easily the “Parish Orphans of Devon,” which begins with The Matrimonial Advertisement.
