The Butterfly Bride

Name: The Butterfly Bride
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Vanessa Riley
ISBN: 9781666160109

Author: Vanessa Riley

Series: Advertisements for Love #3

Narrator: Bianca Drew

Unabridged: 12 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/29/2022

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Frederica Burghley wants to be married by Yuletide. Or else her father will set her up with one of his friends. The bonbon-loving illegitimate daughter of the duke wants to choose her own husband. Advertising in the newspaper seems like the way to go. But a sinister response, with threats against her life, leads her to enlist the help of her very handsome, dear friend Jasper Fitzwilliam, Lord Hartwell.

A father and widower, Jasper is not only tasked with keeping Frederica safe but also with helping his vibrant friend choose a suitable husband. The more he tries to keep the ever-surprising woman alive and find her a good match, the more Jasper realizes he cares for her. The two friends risk their lives for each other, so they should be able to risk their feelings for a chance at a deep and true love together. But he's not looking for marriage and she's not looking for convenience.

Contains mature themes.

About Vanessa Riley

Vanessa Riley is an award-winning author of historical romance, mystery, and fiction novels featuring realistic multicultural communities and powerful persons of color. To fuel her interest in the Regency and early-Victorian eras, she made time for attending renaissance fairs and consuming period novels and films while obtaining her PhD in mechanical engineering and a master's in industrial engineering and engineering management from Stanford University, as well as a BS and MS in mechanical engineering from Penn State University. A frequent speaker at literary, women's, and STEM events, she lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her military husband and teenage kid.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robyn on October 28, 2018

Frederica Burghley dreams of being married by Yuletide, but with no prospective suitors in sight, she takes out a marriage ad in the paper. Only her ad has garnered the attention of a killer. One who sends threatening letters exposing his desire to kill her. Jasper Fitzwilliam, the Viscount Hartwell......more

Goodreads review by Toni on October 19, 2018

Review to comeSo I’ve been curious of Fredercia’s story ever since I read book 1 in the series. There was something about her that I found interesting. And in The Butterfly Bride we see the many faces Fredercia must wear because of her parentage and the prejudice against women of color and her backg......more

Goodreads review by Monique on October 08, 2018

Frederica Burghley had placed an advertisement in the newspaper for a husband, but unforeseen events leave her little choice: a Yuletide wedding it shall be. Too bad it cannot be to Jasper Fitzwilliam, Viscount Hartwell, who has become such a dear friend in the past year. To add to her distress, som......more

Goodreads review by Niki (mustreadalltheromance) on February 07, 2021

This is the story of Frederica, the illegitimate, mixed race, daughter of a duke, and Jasper, a viscount and heir to an earldom. Jasper is a widower with three young girls and is very much still in love with his wife and will only consider Frederica as a mistress. Frederica is determined to have a r......more

Goodreads review by Petula on October 16, 2018

Frederica Burghley is the half caste daughter of a Duke and his coloured mistress. Her father loved her mother desperately, so when she died Frederica moved in to live with her father. No matter how perfectly she behaves everyone still treats her as the daughter of a whore. The only way to be totall......more