Regency fans will not want to miss this one, but readers who are fans of the period but not of romances in general should also give this a try – they may be very pleasantly surprised. However, one of the things that make this book a cut above the rest is the wonderful job McNaught does of fleshing out her characters so that they emerge as intelligent individuals with distinct personalities.

Elizabeth retires to the country in disgrace, but her guardian devises a plan to marry her off quickly to one of her former suitors – a group that includes Ian Thornton.Īt first glance, the characters appear to be the usual stock in trade: a penniless but beautiful heroine and a rogue. After receiving a record number of proposals, her London season comes to an abrupt end when she is discovered in a compromising situation with Ian Thornton, a disreputable gambler rumored to be the illegitimate son of a nobleman.

Impoverished Lady Elizabeth Cameron must marry well to save the family estate. Some of her most popular series include The Westmoreland Dynasty Saga, The Paradise Series, the Sequels Series which included the books Once. She began writing her first novel Whitney, My Love in 1978, but it was not published until 1985. But it never came to fruition.With intelligence and humor, Judith McNaught has created a lively and fun Regency romance. Judith McNaught (1944) is an American romance author credited with inventing the Regency Historical Romance. Ps, I also read somewhere that she had planned to expand her Westmoreland series into a contemporary series by exploring descendants of that family. It’s the type of writing that I find missing in a lot of new HR these days.Īnyways, are there other authors like that for you? Who just completely abandoned left the HR genre? She just gives so much depth to her characters and the world they exist in. I absolutely ADORE the way she writes her heroes and heroines (albeit they are very problematic at times). And Judith McNaught hits all the spots for me. Word flow, good dialogue, character depth, world building, relationships advancing, etc all matter to me so much when it comes to a good book. I consider myself a very, very, very picky HR reader. She is so talented in what she does and I cannot fathom the idea that she will no longer gift us these beautiful stories of love and forgiveness. I’ve forgotten a lot of her stories and have decided to pick up all her books. I am re-familiarizing myself with Judith McNaught & her “Almost” series and my heart is completely and utterly shattered that she hasn’t written HR in decades.

Almost heaven by judith mcnaught