“An elaborate hoax leads to unexpected love in Waters’s satisfying, slow-burning fourth Regency Vows romance…the goofy faux ghosts and Jane’s hilariously blunt personality set this apart. Radcliffe, Waters ( To Marry and to Meddle, 2022) proves she is in fine literary fettle as she dexterously delivers another sublimely satisfying addition to her completely charming Regency Vows series.” “With a refreshingly acerbic sense of wit Jane Austen might have admired as well as a plot that gives a clever nod to the screwball spooky delights of Austen’s Gothic-tinged Northanger Abbey and the novels of Mrs. With her trademark “arch sense of humor and a marvelously witty voice” ( Entertainment Weekly), Martha Waters crafts another delightful romp for all historical romance fans.

But Penvale is not as easily scared as his uncle and as their time together increases, Jane realizes that she might not mind her husband’s company all that much. There, Jane enlists her housekeeper for a scheme: to stage a haunting so that Penvale will return to London, leaving her to do as she pleases at Trethwick Abbey.

Nevertheless, they agree to a marriage in name only and return to the estate. When the two meet in London, neither is terribly impressed. And so he’s thrilled when his uncle announces that he is ready to sell but with one major caveat-Penvale must marry his uncle’s ward, Jane Spencer. Viscount Penvale has been working for years to buy back his ancestral home, Trethwick Abbey, from his estranged uncle. The Regency Vows series that is “sure to delight Bridgerton fans” (USA TODAY) returns with this story about a viscount and his irascible new wife who hopes to chase her husband from their shared home so that she can finally get some peace and quiet-only to find that his company is not as onerous as she thought.

To Marry and to Meddle by Martha Waters