Title: The Merry Viscount
Author: Sally MacKenzie
Genre: Romance
It turns out this is the 2nd book in the Widow's Brew series, so if you want to start at the beginning, check out What Ales the Earl first.
As you can probably tell from the series/title, the books are loosely organized around a group of women who brew beer. I have only read the second one, but I imagine these women find their way out of the Benevolent Home for the Maintenance and Support of Spinsters, Widows, and Abandoned Women and their Unfortunate Children a story at a time.
This tale is set at Christmastime and focuses on Miss Caroline Anderson, brewer and seller of Widow's Brew, which helps to defray the shelter's costs. On the way back from London, Caro's coach hits bad weather and by necessity its occupants end up at the estate of the Viscount Oakland.
The Viscount, Nick, was about to have a bawdy party when the people from a damaged coach end up on his doorstep in the middle of a storm. That's going to wreak havoc on his plans. Then he realizes that one of those stranded is none other than his old schoolmate's sister...
What follows in this seasonal story can be counted on both the naughty and the nice list.
- Sarah R.
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