Sir Andrew and the Authoress - Review

Sir Andrew and the Authoress (Clairvoir Castle Romances, # 3)

By: Sally Britton

Publication: April 9, 2022

234 pages

Genre: Adult, Historical Fiction, Regency

Source: YouTube Audiobooks

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Goodreads description--Lady Josephine, the duke's eldest daughter, has a secret. When her brother's horrid best friend discovers what she's been hiding up in the castle tower, she has no choice but to take him into her confidence.

As the daughter of a duke, Lady Josephine has a long list of responsibilities, and an even longer list of things she must never do to dishonor the family name. Josephine knows exactly which side becoming an author falls upon, but she's determined to try her hand at it anyway. For months she has worked on her novel in secret, writing chapter after chapter of intrigue and romance. Unfortunately for Josephine, her sworn enemy stumbles upon her secret.

Sir Andrew Wycomb's close relationship to the Duke of Montfort's family and heir gives him more than one advantage in life. His loyalty to the family is absolute, even if he finds at least one of its members an annoyance. He and Lady Josephine have never seen eye-to-eye. But when he discovers that she's written a novel upon a subject she knows nothing about, he cannot help but sympathize with her dream. This creates an unlikely ceasefire between them.

But things at the castle are always changing, and when a determined suitor arrives to court Josephine, Andrew has to decide which secrets he's going to keep. Especially when he discovers the one he's kept even from himself - that perhaps he doesn't find Josephine an annoyance at all. In fact, she is quite charming. The more time they spend together, the more he hopes she will realize they aren't enemies, and they could be so much more...

As the third stand-alone novel in this sereis by author Sally Britton, this story continues the Clairvoir Castle romances. This is a light-hearted, sweet romance series set during the Regency era in England.

The Series:
Mr. Gardiner and the Governess
A Companion for the Count

I've mentioned it in all of my reviews of this series, but one thing I absolutely love is the low drama in this series. Sally Britton started the series during the COVID-19 pandemic and needed something low-stress and fun to keep her spirits up. And I can honestly say that sometimes I need low stress and fun too. Sometimes conflict feels forced, and I find it refreshing to have a series that doesn't have any of that to deal with.

Andrew was an obvious love-interest choice for Josephine since book 2, A Companion for the Count. Their banter was so enjoyable in that book as well as this one. Enemies-to-lovers is a favorite of so many people, for good reason. The tension between characters like this is off the charts.

Because Sally Britton chose to start the story after Josephine's first novel has been rejected by a publisher, Josie finds herself in a depressed state. Emma has recently married and left her, and her family assumes her melancholy comes from her loneliness. Andrew worms his way into discovering Josephine's secret hiding place in the castle and her biggest secret. And secrets shared have a way of bonding people.

I liked that Andrew discovered his feelings sooner than Josie, but each character still had to slowly find their way to each other.

I will say Sally Britton's inclusion of the British commoner's unhappiness with the gentry and ruling Lords did add a bit of higher stakes during this novel than the previous in the series. Even still, the main characters were removed from that conflict early and thus didn't face it directly as they could have.

I have nothing but good things to say about this book, these characters, and this story. I was once a little afraid that Josie might annoy me when her book arrived, but she did not. As usual, once you're in a character's mind, they become more understandable and less annoying than they might have otherwise been. Sir Andrew and the Authoress gets 4 Stars. I look forward to continuing this series as soon as possible. Have you read Sir Andrew and the Authoress? What did you think? Let me know!