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Widowed by the Battle of Waterloo, the ladies of Lyttlefield Park are returning to London society—with their futures in their own hands . . .
 
The widowed Lady Stephen Tarkington, Fanny to her friends, has finished mourning her cad of a husband and is ready to enjoy her freedom. The kind of freedom neither a gently bred miss nor a close-watched wife is permitted dressing up as Aphrodite for a masquerade, drawing gentlemen away from the party, and hinting at late-night assignations with her dance partners. All is going pleasurably according to plan—until the Roman god Fanny kisses during a masquerade turns out to be Matthew, Lord Lathbury, whose proposal she refused years ago . . .
 
Lathbury is charming, passionate, inventive, everything Fanny wants in a lover—but unfortunately, he’s on the hunt for a wife. He’s more than willing to use all his wicked skills to persuade her back to the altar, but he can’t wait forever. And now Fanny’s position is more precarious than she once thought. If the tongues of the ton set to wagging, it’s possible no offer in the world will save her from ruin. But does she want to be saved? . . .

What a Widow Wants The Widow Club Book 3 edition by Jenna Jaxon Literature Fiction eBooks

While I enjoyed the book I sometimes disliked Fanny. Loved Matthew. Worth reading. Looking forward to the next book.


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What a Widow Wants The Widow Club Book 3 edition by Jenna Jaxon Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

What A Widow Wants is a good book, it’s also one of those books where I flipped between liking the characters, being confused by the characters and disliking things the characters did. In short, at times both Fanny and Matthew frustrated me with their actions, but I still enjoyed their story. Sorry, I don’t mean to make this review convoluted but I’m also trying to not give away spoilers… and for this story, that is not easy.

Do two wrongs make a right? No, they don’t, yet I found that I understood why the wrong happened but was disappointed by the actions that kept something so vital to another person’s life secret. Fanny and Matthew obviously love each other, it’s Fanny who is holding on to the temptation of her widow’s freedoms that was a major part of my frustration with this character. Matthew was not without his faults as well, so it’s not entirely on Fanny’s shoulders to save the day here. There are a few twists and turns, truths revealed that I saw coming – and maybe you will, too. In fact, What A Widow Wants is really quite believable and realistic for people make these bad choices every single day.

In the end, I enjoyed Fanny and Matthew’s romance in spite of their actions at times. I would gently suggest that if possible, you try to read this entire series for the friendship, the support system that these women have is also a large factor in their stories.

*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*
Frances (Fanny), Lady Stephen Tarkington, is attending a masquerade ball hosted by Lady Beaumont. Fanny’s husband, Stephen, the youngest son of a marquess, was killed at Waterloo just a year ago. Fanny also has a six-year-old daughter. Tonight, Fanny is scandalously dressed as Aphrodite and she is eager to flit, flirt, and maybe enjoy a dalliance. Happy to finally throw off her mourning, she is ready to find a man with whom to have she can have a sexual encounter.

Fanny is soon approached by a man asking her to dance. She discovers he is Matthew, Lord Lathbury, whom she has not seen in seven years. He is an earl and had proposed to her before she ended up married to Stephen. Now, Matthew is proposing to her again. As much as she is attracted to him, she needs some time just to be free before deciding if she wants to marry again. However, she is open to having an affair with him.

Matthew is going to Brighton for some weeks along with his friend, Gareth, the eighth Marquess of Kinellan, so Fanny decides to go there with another widow friend as her companion. She rents a house and is looking forward to sharing some good times with Matthew.

As they relationship grows, Fanny is not sure whether she wants to marry Matthew or not. It seems that she would just be happy with having sex with the man and no commitments.

When I first started reading this book, I was really appalled at the blatant and cold way that Fanny approached throwing off her widow weeds just so she could have sex again. She came across as a total skank. I stuck with the book because I had enjoy another of her novels. It took some twists and turns and in the end, became a little better, but not a book I would care t read again. Since I did enjoy another book of hers, I would like to try to read her book(s) in the future and hope that this one was just a one-off.

I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.
I received an ARC via NetGalley. Thank you! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Matthew, the Earl of Lathbury has been in love with Fanny since almost the moment he met her at her come-out ten years prior to the events of this book. He has remained unmarried all this time, quietly waiting for the likely demise of Fanny's husband, a reckless army major. Although she was taken with Matthew as well, Fanny pursued the rakish Lord Stephen Tarkington, an army major and third son of a marquess, believing that reformed rakes make the best husbands. Except Stephen never reformed and had many affairs outside their marriage, leading Fanny to have her own extramarital relationship with Matthew for four months, three years into her marriage, to get her revenge on Stephen, before feeling guilty and breaking it off, despite Matthew's confessions of love and attempts to get her to run away with him. Now a widow and out of mourning, Fanny is eager to rejoin society and have a scandalous assignation with a gentleman, but not marriage. Matthew has waited long enough and is eager to reunite with Fanny and make her his countess, only she's not interested in commitment, only enjoyment of his body, and after all this time he's not sure how much longer he's willing to wait for her.

Now I'm just gonna vent a bit. **Cue potential spoilers here**

Full disclosure, I hated Fanny, right down to her ridiculous name. It's not that she's a poorly written character, because the opposite is true, but she was awful. She has been stringing Matthew along basically since her come-out, but she won't give him up and let him move on; he still thinks he has a chance so he waits for her. When all obstacles are removed and they can finally be together, she turns down his marriage proposal on the grounds of getting to know him again after their seven year separation. Ok fine, that makes sense, but she's happy to use him for sex, uncaring of the love he readily confesses that he still has for her. He would give her everything but she is selfish and wants only her own gratification and basically just wants to sluttily flit around the gentlemen. Fanny acts like a young girl, rather than a grown woman with a young daughter of her own. She's also stupid. She's totally reliant on her late husband's eldest brother, the Marquess of Theale, by all accounts not a nice man, to care for her and act as guardian for her daughter, Ella. She'd rather have her illusion of freedom and so-called independence (though she's clearly not at all independent) than be with a nice man who she loves and who loves her in return and who would care for her and her daughter.

Then when his estate responsibilities call Matthew away from a house party at which he was to be her guest, Fanny very nearly has an assignation with another man, despite having come to an understanding of sorts with Matthew, and writes to Matthew to tell him that she changed her mind and didn't go through with it. Since one of the things she questions about Matthew, and all men really, is the ability to be faithful, I found it very hypocritical of her that she was just about to quite happily sleep with someone else without regard for Matthew's feelings or concern that she might hurt him. Obviously, Matthew is livid and counters with a house party held at his own estate. Fanny's general interest in brief gratifications over her own future happiness and that of her daughter continued to infuriate me. She even has the nerve to be "hurt" when Matthew sends her his house party invitation without expressing any anger for her near assignation. Matthew made all of his intentions perfectly clear to her and yet she persists in doubting him and playing and seeing immature games everywhere. Then, immediately upon arriving at Matthew's estate she's lusting after the footmen, her hurt forgotten. I understand her reluctance to trust after her husband cheated on her so much, but she also knows very well that Matthew is quite unlike Stephen. Then when Matthew shows attention to all of his guests and fails to single Fanny out, she's all upset and doubts his feelings for her and his intentions. I just felt like she had no right to say a word since she was perfectly prepared to sleep with another man. She just assumes Matthew is playing games, despite the fact that this is obviously what she's been doing, so she's very hypocritical yet again. When Matthew starts trying to determine her feelings for him by trying to make her jealous, she becomes angry and immediately assumes he's just moved on and is faithless. After 10 years pining after her and she still believes this. Ridiculous. She finally does come to her senses and accepts Matthew, with the stipulation that he meet Ella to make sure he gets along with her before they can marry or even announce their betrothal. Matthew's mother manages to delay this and then join him, along with his sister, Beatrice, on the trip to London to meet Ella.

Seriously stop reading my rant now (if you still are) if you don't want spoilers.

During this meeting it becomes apparent for the first time that Matthew is actually Ella's biological father. Fearing scandal and knowing this will be apparent to everyone, Fanny decides she can't marry Matthew. Again. Cue lots of back and forth angst and ridiculousness, then her sister-in-law notices, her late husband's family finds out, and chaos ensues and it may be too late for any happy ending because she's wavered too long.

About halfway through it, I finally started to enjoy this book, Fanny started to appreciate Matthew and reciprocate his feelings and became more tolerable. Now I actually really want to read the other installments in this series.
Enjoyable read.
While I enjoyed the book I sometimes disliked Fanny. Loved Matthew. Worth reading. Looking forward to the next book.