Beatrice aka Bea just married Earl of Sinclair to help her and her family problems. She flees her husband after her wedding night to visit her friends Jacquie and Lady Honora (Nora) in the country.

Georgina is a hardworking member of society but she also has a secret she also George and when she gets involved with Beatrice she fears not only her secret will come out she may lose her heart in the process. When Beatrice learns of it and with her surprise pregnancy she thinks it’s a perfect way to have everything she wants but will Gina/George accept it.


Beatrice is great character to root for because she own her mistakes and quietly tries to do good make up for everything. I like that she got to shine in this book I didn’t think she wasn’t great character I like in the first book she was great supportive character for Nora and Jacquie even though some things she did wasn’t admirable and I like this time they were supportive of her this time around.










I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving my review.

Miss Beatrice Everson (Bea) manages to marry the Earl of Sinclair solving hers and her family's financial problems. She has hopes for a mutual beneficial arrangement with Sinclair, but he only wants an heir. After their wedding night she departs to the country to visit her friends Jacquie and Lady Honora (Nora). Bea finds that Gina and her cousin Mr. George Smith are also visiting.

This is the sequel Her Lady to Love and takes place closely following the end of that book. I was discouraged at first because I didn't have good memories of Bea's character from the first novel. She seemingly took what she wanted before someone could take it from her. Imagine my surprise when Jane Walsh sets up a wonderful redemption story. Bea is genuinely kind, owns up to her past mistakes and tries to make up for her past in quietly doing good things within her power.

George/Gina I did like from the first book. I love the authors explanation of his/her identity and fit into society. Georgina loves her bluestocking works and the salons where she promotes them. She wants to start something similar for Nora and Jacquie. I was disappointed at her choice when Bea makes a first suggestion of a future together. But this new and improved Beatrice and she will find a way to save the day in a grand and magnificent way.

This is for anyone who would enjoy a Regency Era queer romance. Thank you to NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books for an ARC ebook in exchange for an honest review.

Four stars. This didn’t quite land the same way as the first book, Her Lady to Love. I think the main reason was that I found Georgina a little hard to sympathize with. I really enjoyed Beatrice. I thought it was a good idea to follow up with her after she saved Nora from an engagement to the earl. That seemed like a win-win in the first book, but the resulting issues in this book all fit into place. The earl was a jerk, but at least he has his own backstory. It paved the way for Beatrice’s fantastic redemption arc. She was always clearly a good person, but after atoning for her less admirable actions, she shapes up into the perfect protagonist to root for. But Georgina… let me first say that his/her character was interesting. I was wondering about that full name vs George/Gina as I read, so I liked how the author explained it all. Georgina is clearly hardworking and an upstanding member of society. But my impression of the conflict at the end was that his/her priorities made him/her a little callous. Georgina was the first to start thinking about love, but was late to verbally express it. He/she immediately shut down the idea that Beatrice presented, even though I thought it wasn’t an entirely flawed solution, given the limited options of the era. I got really frustrated that the ball was entirely in Beatrice’s court to resolve the conflict, when it should have been shared. I was left wondering if they were a good match at all.
Everyone else seemed to get the ending they deserved. I liked how the premise allowed for Jacquie and Nora to have such large roles in this book, but there was still plenty of room for an entirely different setting. Overall, nicely done… except maybe for the Georgina situation.