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Sister of the Bride
HOW WILL A SPINSTER GET TO THE ALTAR
Lizzie Endicoft is throwing her future away by remaining unwed ... at least, according to her younger sister Cassie. And Cassie Endicott is making a mistake by allowing the wrong men to court her ... according to her older sister Lizzie. Each sister hopes to find a suitor ... for the other one. The first step is to get to London for the Season. The second is to land a lord ... or two.
HER SISTER HAS A PLAN ...
After consulting a fashionable astrological chart, Cassie finds a per feet mate for Lizzie: the Marquis of Worth. In truth, he would be perfect --- were he not a confirmed bachelor and a rake. Nonetheless, Cassie has a plan to force a match between her spinster sister and the marriage-shy marquis. But it will require Cassie to carry out a charade of her own with the marquis's nephew Johnny, a handsome gamester. Now one misstep can mean ruin when Cassie and Lizzie take on the formidable ton in a dance of intrigue and scandal that could turn a pair of matchmaking sisters into two blissful June brides ...
Lizzie Endicoft is throwing her future away by remaining unwed ... at least, according to her younger sister Cassie. And Cassie Endicott is making a mistake by allowing the wrong men to court her ... according to her older sister Lizzie. Each sister hopes to find a suitor ... for the other one. The first step is to get to London for the Season. The second is to land a lord ... or two.
HER SISTER HAS A PLAN ...
After consulting a fashionable astrological chart, Cassie finds a per feet mate for Lizzie: the Marquis of Worth. In truth, he would be perfect --- were he not a confirmed bachelor and a rake. Nonetheless, Cassie has a plan to force a match between her spinster sister and the marriage-shy marquis. But it will require Cassie to carry out a charade of her own with the marquis's nephew Johnny, a handsome gamester. Now one misstep can mean ruin when Cassie and Lizzie take on the formidable ton in a dance of intrigue and scandal that could turn a pair of matchmaking sisters into two blissful June brides ...
223 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 1, 1997
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April 11, 2025
A bit of light entertainment & not too annoyingly full of hijinks. Elizabeth & Cassandra Endicott are likeable characters. The tale owes a lot to Georgette Heyer & Jane Austen, even down to the character names, although it's definitely a poor cousin to those authors' books. An easy way to while away a couple of hours.
December 9, 2022
For starters, the blurb is not correct at all. I don't know if the author made changes or if they just write this stuff to make it seem more exciting but here's how it goes. Cassie writes to her godmother, who's a well-known London matchmaker, to help find her sister a husband. Lizzie proclaims she doesn't want to get married but to stay home to take care of her dad and two younger sisters (besides Cassie). Cassie loves a young man from back home, but Lizzie wants her to have a chance to enjoy a London season and meet other gentlemen before she becomes engaged. Cassie says she won't go to London without Lizzie so Lizzie agrees to go as a chaperone (the godmother is aware that Lizzie is the one who needs help).
Lizzie and Cassie meet Johnny (the Marquis of Worth's nephew and heir presumptive) accidently, and Cassie convinces him to pretend to be besotted with her to thwart his mother's schemes of marrying him off and to avoid suitors for herself. Johnny is not a gamester at all. He's young and played deeper than he should have, but it was before the events of the book and not since. Johnny's mother asks the Marquis' help once she learns that Johnny seems smitten with a penniless nobody. The Marquis meets Lizzie at a party and implies that the family is against the match. This enrages her, and he's baffled and intrigued by her response. If I'm not mistaken, seeing them together is what prompts the godmother to consider if she could bring about a match between them, not an astrological chart (there's not even anything related to that in the story). Also, The Marquis is very haughty and an arbiter of fashion but not a rake (thanks goodness!) I don't even think they mention any past relationships, and he's a gentleman towards Lizzie (thank goodness again!) The rest of the story is about the schemes to get Lizzie and the Marquis together and them coming to appreciate each other amidst their arguments.
I loved Lizzie's character. I think she's only 21, but she's very mature and very sensible. When she meets the Marquis, she's instantly impressed by his looks and demeanor and I thought, "Here we go." There are so many books out there that I stopped reading after the sensible heroine becomes an idiot when "falling in love" with the hero's pretty face, and excusing all sorts of behavior because of it, that I thought this was going to be one of them. Boy, was I wrong. As soon as the hero insinuates the misalliance between his nephew and her sister, Lizzie becomes enraged. She not only does not become an idiot, she actually takes herself to task for mistaking a pleasing countenance for good character. At some point, after they seem to be getting along slightly better, the Marquis asks her to go on a ride with him and she simply says no. She does not let him get away with his behavior and attitude, and he definitely needs to work hard to win her. I liked the Marquis as well. He's haughty and continues to believe his nephew shouldn't marry Cassie, but he starts to soften up and to admire Lizzie for her intelligence and personality (Pride & Prejudice anyone?)
Unfortunately, with every mature and sensible heroine there must be a silly and immature sister/friend/cousin/charge who creates chaos around her. Being a grumpy middle aged woman, I find them to be very annoying and tend to skim through those parts. It was still a bit like that here, but at least Cassie is not a ninnyhammer and not as madcap as most.
This book is four stars, except for the ending that I don't know how to rate. There's nothing upsetting about how the characters come together (it was perfectly lovely), but it was so obviously like the ending of another book by a famous Regency author that I couldn't tell if it was an intentional homage or something else. I'll put the spoilers below but do not read it if you don't want to know the ending.
So, great heroine, great story, suspicious ending. Still recommend this clean romance.
Lizzie and Cassie meet Johnny (the Marquis of Worth's nephew and heir presumptive) accidently, and Cassie convinces him to pretend to be besotted with her to thwart his mother's schemes of marrying him off and to avoid suitors for herself. Johnny is not a gamester at all. He's young and played deeper than he should have, but it was before the events of the book and not since. Johnny's mother asks the Marquis' help once she learns that Johnny seems smitten with a penniless nobody. The Marquis meets Lizzie at a party and implies that the family is against the match. This enrages her, and he's baffled and intrigued by her response. If I'm not mistaken, seeing them together is what prompts the godmother to consider if she could bring about a match between them, not an astrological chart (there's not even anything related to that in the story). Also, The Marquis is very haughty and an arbiter of fashion but not a rake (thanks goodness!) I don't even think they mention any past relationships, and he's a gentleman towards Lizzie (thank goodness again!) The rest of the story is about the schemes to get Lizzie and the Marquis together and them coming to appreciate each other amidst their arguments.
I loved Lizzie's character. I think she's only 21, but she's very mature and very sensible. When she meets the Marquis, she's instantly impressed by his looks and demeanor and I thought, "Here we go." There are so many books out there that I stopped reading after the sensible heroine becomes an idiot when "falling in love" with the hero's pretty face, and excusing all sorts of behavior because of it, that I thought this was going to be one of them. Boy, was I wrong. As soon as the hero insinuates the misalliance between his nephew and her sister, Lizzie becomes enraged. She not only does not become an idiot, she actually takes herself to task for mistaking a pleasing countenance for good character. At some point, after they seem to be getting along slightly better, the Marquis asks her to go on a ride with him and she simply says no. She does not let him get away with his behavior and attitude, and he definitely needs to work hard to win her. I liked the Marquis as well. He's haughty and continues to believe his nephew shouldn't marry Cassie, but he starts to soften up and to admire Lizzie for her intelligence and personality (Pride & Prejudice anyone?)
Unfortunately, with every mature and sensible heroine there must be a silly and immature sister/friend/cousin/charge who creates chaos around her. Being a grumpy middle aged woman, I find them to be very annoying and tend to skim through those parts. It was still a bit like that here, but at least Cassie is not a ninnyhammer and not as madcap as most.
This book is four stars, except for the ending that I don't know how to rate. There's nothing upsetting about how the characters come together (it was perfectly lovely), but it was so obviously like the ending of another book by a famous Regency author that I couldn't tell if it was an intentional homage or something else. I'll put the spoilers below but do not read it if you don't want to know the ending.
So, great heroine, great story, suspicious ending. Still recommend this clean romance.
December 27, 2012
A fun, quick read to while away an afternoon.
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