Lord Farleigh & Miss Frost - Review

Lord Farleigh and Miss Frost (Clairvoir Castle Romances, # 4)

By: Sally Britton

Publication: November 21, 2022

253 pages

Genre: Adult, Historical Fiction, Romance

Source: YouTube Audiobooks

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Goodreads description--An Irish miss and a duke's son have little in common, but Christmas at the castle has a way of bringing the most unlikely people together.

Isleen Frost wishes her family had stayed in Dublin for Christmas but understands it would have been folly to decline an invitation to the Duke of Montfort’s Christmastide house party. Isleen refuses to allow the opulent castle and powerful duke to impress her. But the duke’s eldest son, Lord Farleigh, is another matter entirely.

Raised as the heir to a duke, Simon Dinard, Lord Farleigh, has learned to project a calm self-assurance despite an inner fear he will never be as confident a leader as his father. When a friendly wager and a spirited Irish lady challenge all his unspoken thoughts, he determines to prove her wrong—and ignore the growing attraction between them.

Christmas celebrations at the castle are always full of surprises, but Isleen and Simon are not at all prepared for the feelings the season inspires between them. An Irish miss and a duke’s son have no business falling in love. But the magic of sleigh rides, snow-covered hills, and mistletoe might change their minds...

This novel is a sweet Regency romance and can be read as a stand-alone, though readers of the previous books will enjoy seeing old friends again.

Simon is the future Duke of Montfort. He is used to women and matchmaking mamas attempting to catch him in various forms. Either they want to catch his eye by flirting or catch him by trapping him in situations that would require him to marry. He's become jaded and conceited about women's attention. So he is refreshed to meet Miss Frost who has no designs to lure him into her web.

Miss Frost is simply visiting England with her brother and family as her brother attempts to strengthen his political alliances. She is supportive of her brother, but she is also sensitive about her Irish heritage. I suppose she is expecting to be viewed as lesser because of it. But she is feisty. And like A Companion for the Count, Miss Frost and Simon get pulled into a friendly wager by their friends. It is an attempt to get Simon to lighten up and enjoy a bit of frivolity, which has been lacking in his life the last few years.

Simon and Isleen have such a sweet romance. I loved the humor in this book. And I had some secondhand embarrassment for Simon with some of the tasks he was assigned. But he took it all in stride and good humor.

Whereas Sally Britton said at the beginning of the series that she needed to write something lessy heavy, something simply sweet and happy as an escape from real world events of the pandemic, the books have progressively gotten more intense with their plotlines. I still wouldn't classify Lord Farleigh & Miss Frost as intense exactly, but I wanted to illustrate the progression of the conflict.

Lord Farleigh & Miss Frost easily gets 4 Stars. This might have been my favorite book in the series. I hope that Sally Britton continues exploring these characters as we still have 3 siblings left--although they are younger than the ones we've read about so far. Have you read (or listened to) Lord Farleigh & Miss Frost? What did you think? Let me know!