Lord Nightingale's Lovesong

If, once you've read Lord Nightingale's Love Song, you can honestly say you haven't "falled right down into love" with all the various enchanting creatures that frolic through its pages, then with all due respect to you, the author and the publisher, I suggest that you never again pick up a book by Judith Lansdowne. Because this is, quite simply, classic Lansdowne, one with smiles and giggles and love and laughter on very nearly every page, along with a classic assortment of animals and people you won't soon forget. There's a lot of plot to go along with all these characters, but after all, this is just book two of a four book series, so there rather needs to be a lot of plot and a lot of characters. And a lot of love and laughter to accompany them on their adventure. Eugenia Chastain is the second of the three cousins to be featured; the absent, but frequently mentioned Nicky was the first. One can but hope that Neil will be the next. Or if not next, then the next one after that, because one gets the sneaky suspicion that Peter, the long-lost brother of the Marquess of Bradford, will be the hero of book three. Seems only fair, as the Marquess has found his true love in the petite form of Eugenia. Of course, Delight and Stanley Blithe and Sweetpea and Lord Nightingale--and let us not forget Nod--helped these two who'd thought they'd never find a love of their own, so we can but hope they'll help Peter and Mary, and then Neil and Alice, too. And anyone else who gets in their way, for that matter. What a truly lovely holiday gift to us all! Thank you Judith Lansdowne and Zebra, for your thoughtfulness!

Eugenia Chastain never expected her Season to end with a marriage proposal. Her Season passed exactly as she expected --uneventfully. When her aunt Diana asks her to join her in Kent and help care for 8-year-old Delight, she is glad to be leaving London. She is enjoying a stroll with Delight and Delight's menagerie when they meet the man renting out the neighboring estate. Bradford has retired to Kent with his aging, beloved horse-- Nod. Nod is a strawberry roan that Bradford has owned since he was a newborn foal. Bradford has also been searching for his mother and twin brother, as he has seen neither one since he was eight. He is a bit upset to realize that his neighbors are a trio of females in possession of a puppy, kitten, and a Macaw parrot. His heart has been long locked away, but when Eugenia smiles at him he feels something stir within him, and he is quite sure it is not pity for the young woman who dreams of dancing with him. In spite of her limp. Lord Nightingale's Love Song is the second in what was originally slated to be a trilogy, but is now a quartet.