About This Book

Genre: Historical Romance / Interracial Regency Romance

Setting: Regency England

Tropes: Fan girl meets a star, friends to lovers, fish out of water, shy heiress, famous actor, elopement, escape from an arranged marriage

For readers who love: Shy heroines finding their courage, famous actors and secret admirers, interracial Regency romance, whirlwind elopements, Shakespeare, abolitionist history, family secrets, and couples fighting to build a marriage on their own terms.

The Bashful Bride

When a newspaper advertisement for a bridegroom nets London's most famous actor, a shy, sheltered heiress risks all to be with him in a mad dash to elope, escaping her overbearing family's plan for an arranged marriage. But does the actor with the voice of honey have far too many secrets to make a safe happy match?

Entertainment Weekly - MAUREEN LEE LENKER  May 30, 2018  Vanessa Riley crafts a highly historically accurate Regency interracial romance heavy on plotting and crisp detail.

A friend's newspaper advertisement for a groom nets the most famous actor in London, Arthur Bex. Shy heiress Ester Croome proposes to elope with the handsome man, who she's secretly loved for two years, in order to escape an impending engagement arranged by her overbearing family. Trying to outlive the shadow of his villainous uncle, Bex needs to marry quickly - to a woman of good character. And smart, beautiful Ester fits the bill. But a harrowing trip to Gretna Green and dangerous abolition rallies prove to be a more treacherous stage than either imagined. Infatuation and a mutual love for Shakespeare might not be enough to bind a couple looking to outrun the chains and secrets of family and the past.

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