Falling for Mr. Townsbridge

A lively lovely read

Will he realize in time his true feelings before it’s too late.

What a lovely tale Mrs Sophie Barnes presents us here, Eloise is moving with her grip in reality and William charming in his stubbornness.
William thought he had everything decided when he finally went home after months of absence. He was just to visit until his next move.
But a taste of a bewildering meal, and a view of the entrancing woman behind it and he is bewitched. But every bells shout caution and danger. Why after avoiding her, he walks on eggs and is in the edge to lost his mind.
Eloise while well breed and educated, she knows where she stands, and it is not in the arms of a viscount’s son, worse her employer’s. She made a living there and has dreams to fulfill and while she would not renege love in her life, it can’t be with an upstairs man. Yet upon their few encounters, feelings flourish for him but she is only a cook.

Mrs Barnes brings together two souls who should never have collided, even if only a third son, William can not entertain an affair with a servant without stirring a scandal, it would be seen as outrageous and it would ruin Eloise’s any chance of making a living in her trade.
Yet, with a twist of a turn and very comprehending relations, the author offers her characters an exit door if they are willing to choose the right path.

Falling for Mr. Townsbridge is a light and humorous short read with a very unconventional family who praises love over society’s expectations.
4 stars.

I was granted an advance copy by the author, here is my true and unbiased opinion.