If you’re a Sarah M. Eden fan, you have become quite familiar and have fallen in love with The Jonquil brothers. (And if you’re not, you really should be;) .)
Releasing today is the prequel to The Jonquil Series and the start of it’s own series. Forget Me Not is the love story of Mater and The Late Earl as we’ve come to know them as. They’re known in this book however as Julia Cummings and Lucas Jonquil, the parents of The Jonquil Brothers.
I have two recommendations right off that bat, buy this book! Second, read, or re-read, the Jonquil books first. Before you start this one, it will make the book that much sweeter, I promise.
Nottinghamshire, 1785
Julia Cummings has long been acquainted with loss-her mother, her brother, her sister, her friend, all gone too soon. But the loss that pushed her grief to the limit as a young girl was that of her best friend, Lucas Jonquil, who abandoned her without looking back. Now, eight years later, Lucas has returned to Lampton Park, and Julia has steeled herself-she will never forgive the man who broke her heart.
After losing too many of his friends and family to early deaths, Lucas vowed to live life to the fullest. And after traversing the world, he has returned from his adventures to find his family and home as he left them-except for Julia. The little girl he left behind has blossomed into a captivating lady, a lady who makes it clear she despises him. With little hope of reconciliation, the former friends are blindsided when their parents make a shocking announcement. Lucas and Julia have been betrothed without their knowledge and are to marry immediately. Now Lucas must rely on the help of his closest friends to win the heart of a lady who loathes him-a lady he’s coming to love more deeply every day.
Reading a book when you know how it ends is slightly heartbreaking, but the best kind of heartbreak. Julia and Lucas’ story is just that, the best kind of heartbreak. Sarah’s writing is always emotionally beautiful and wonderfully character driven. This book has all of that.
You ache for Julia and as much as you want to hit Lucas over the head, you ache for him as well. Sarah masterfully draws you into what they both need and the complexities of how those seemingly opposite needs are eventually met. A heartbreakingly tear filled love story for the ages. (I literally cried, a couple times.)
Being a prequel, it ironically is a beautiful culmination of Sarah’s regency novels. Not only do you get a glimpse of the young Duke of Kielder, a heartbreaking scene you will adore. You also see little bits of each of the sons, in the River Trent, in the climbing. And not just from Lucas, you can see many of their mannerisms affected by the other Gents as well. Leading to a delightful anticipation for many more compelling stories as fantastically written to come, in Sarah’s new Georgian Era series, The Gents.
“Forget me Not” is the first in this series and is the perfect ending of a new beginning.
***** Low Language, Low Romance, Low Violence, Low Religion