Marrying the Royal Marine by Carla Kelly

Brandon has had absolutely wretched luck in having her first voyage on water be one plagued by a rather brisk gale. Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Philippe d’Anvers Junot has never seen a less likely seamen. The sea voyage proves her undoing though, and it is only through the timely interference of an unlikely angel that she survives the experience. Laura’s husband, Philemon Brittle, is a surgeon serving in a satellite hospital there. Having just visited Nana in Plymouth she is now on her way to visit Laura in Oporto, Portugal. After years of thinking herself an orphan, she has family: Two sisters to be precise. But Polly, ever practical, is delighted with what she does have going for her. That and the fact that she wears spectacles have convinced her that she is no prize on the marriage mart. Polly Brandon has had no choice but to let her illegitimacy define her. How sweet it is to get this one to review! I rarely pay more than cover price for a book (my motto is if I can’t buy it with a coupon/discount, I can’t buy it) but for her backlist I have gladly paid double and triple cover price for the books and found them well worth it. Carla Kelly is exactly that type of writer, able to bring the Regency Era to life and people it with honorable, amazing characters that make you fall in love with them. What is special about historical romance is that in the hands of the right author it can transport you to love in another time, another place.

Marrying the Royal Marine by Carla Kelly