The list will pave the way!

The Husband List (Worthington Brides #2) by Ella Quinn        

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I must be frank. I was a bit surprised at the fairly ordinary plot of a young woman, Lady Madeline Vivers, in her first season, looking for a man with the required qualities of a husband from a list that she and her sisters had composed. Once I fell in with the pace, I became pleasantly aware of the tension in the story around the quest for the right suitor.

A friend, Lady Merton (Dottie), visits the sisters with her brother, Mr Harry Stern, Member of Parliament for Bittleborough. Madeline wonders what a wife’s role would be in a MP’s life. Harry wonders about how someone like Madeline could fit into his life. 

Of course by the time the plots Harry had my vote but would Madeline be of the same opinion. After all he wasn’t a Duke, something Madeline’s mother was angling for for her daughters. (That obsession is a story by itself.) 

Then there’s Harry himself who is looking for a suitable wife but would Madeline be the one to assist him in his role as an MP?

As each privately wondered about what love looked like I was drawn into their personal deliberations.

Almost pedestrian in the way their relationship develops, yet a little gem which I greatly enjoyed.

A Kensington Books ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.