{"id":30927,"date":"2024-01-18T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=30927"},"modified":"2024-01-18T12:38:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T16:38:01","slug":"review-the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-by-mimi-matthews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/18\/review-the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-by-mimi-matthews\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f The Lily of Ludgate Hill by Mimi Matthews"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-30927\" data-postid=\"30927\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-30927 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_7iht251 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_npjp251 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_8qna251 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews.jpeg?resize=640%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-30928\" title=\"the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews\" alt=\"the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews.jpeg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews.jpeg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews.jpeg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews.jpeg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews.jpeg?resize=400%2C600&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_tnjh251 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Lady Anne Deveril doesn\u2019t spook easily. A woman of lofty social standing known for her glacial beauty and starchy opinions, she\u2019s the unofficial leader of her small group of equestriennes. Since her mother\u2019s devastating plunge into mourning six years ago, Anne voluntarily renounced any fanciful notions of love and marriage. And yet, when fate puts Anne back into the entirely too enticing path of Mr. Felix Hartford, she\u2019s tempted to run\u2026right into his arms.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">No one understands why Lady Anne withdrew into the shadows of society, Hart least of all. The youthful torch he once held for her has long since cooled. Or so he keeps telling himself. But now Anne needs a favor to help a friend. Hart will play along with her little ruse\u2014on the condition that Anne attend a holiday house party at his grandfather\u2019s country estate. No more mourning clothes. No more barriers. Only the two of them, unrequited feelings at last laid bare.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Finally free to gallop out on her own, Anne makes the tantalizing discovery that beneath the roguish exterior of her not-so-white knight is a man with hidden depths, scorching passions\u2014and a tender heart.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_4akf251 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_n39h251  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25881 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png?resize=296%2C72\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jan 60, 2024<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <em>Belles of London<br \/><\/em><strong>Book: <\/strong>3<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Warm<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley\u00a0<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>The third novel in the Belles of London is another winner!<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is one book I\u2019ve been waiting a while for, the finale and backstory to the infamous, always joking <strong>Hartford<\/strong> and <strong>Lady Anne Deveril<\/strong>. Matthews has been teasing this one since <strong>The Siren of Sussex<\/strong> and I was ready for every sordid detail. Matthews delivered in spades.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hart and Anne have a tangled past filled with love, loss, and family hardships. Both characters have given up so much for their families, including romantic relationships with each other. For a second-chance romance this is the slow burn I thoroughly enjoyed. It\u2019s also an opposites attract in so many ways because often Hart or Anne would say something to each other and they couldn\u2019t understand one another. The book tackles tough personal loss, around parental grief and how fear of losing control or losing love can make people act a bit crazy.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though for all Anne\u2019s bluster and her blunt, cutting way of reacting around Hart there were too many times I wanted to yell, <em>\u201cthe lady doth protest too much.\u201d<\/em> She would be railing at Hart only to be forlorn when she didn\u2019t see him for days on end. Then there\u2019s Hart, he\u2019ll do anything to stir Anne\u2019s reaction because anything is better than her ignoring him. Her arrival at his house at the beginning of the book is enough to give Hart hope he still has a chance. His tenacious, steadfast determination to be there when Anne calls is swoon worthy.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These two were so wonderful to read, the tug and pull, the never-ending wonder of if they could overcome the past or if the past won\u2019t let their love grow. What stopped it from going to five, there were a couple of secondary plot threads that weren\u2019t resolved, but nothing that overall impacts the romance. If you\u2019re looking for a nice slow, sweet romance I can\u2019t recommend this book or the series enough. It\u2019s a fabulous escape. For readers who enjoy <strong>Evie Dunmore<\/strong>, but with less heat.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_8nzo252 customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3S1Z6Dm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/47EqkFJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews\/1143364131?ean=9780593337196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/the-lily-of-ludgate-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Mimi_Matthews_The_Lily_of_Ludgate_Hill?id=7tO5EAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lady Anne Deveril doesn\u2019t spook easily. 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src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews.jpeg\" title=\"the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews\" alt=\"the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews.jpeg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews.jpeg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews.jpeg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews.jpeg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews.jpeg?resize=400%2C600&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lady Anne Deveril doesn\u2019t spook easily. A woman of lofty social standing known for her glacial beauty and starchy opinions, she\u2019s the unofficial leader of her small group of equestriennes. Since her mother\u2019s devastating plunge into mourning six years ago, Anne voluntarily renounced any fanciful notions of love and marriage. And yet, when fate puts Anne back into the entirely too enticing path of Mr. Felix Hartford, she\u2019s tempted to run\u2026right into his arms.<\/p><p>No one understands why Lady Anne withdrew into the shadows of society, Hart least of all. The youthful torch he once held for her has long since cooled. Or so he keeps telling himself. But now Anne needs a favor to help a friend. Hart will play along with her little ruse\u2014on the condition that Anne attend a holiday house party at his grandfather\u2019s country estate. No more mourning clothes. No more barriers. Only the two of them, unrequited feelings at last laid bare.<\/p><p>Finally free to gallop out on her own, Anne makes the tantalizing discovery that beneath the roguish exterior of her not-so-white knight is a man with hidden depths, scorching passions\u2014and a tender heart.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jan 60, 2024<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <em>Belles of London<br \/><\/em><strong>Book: <\/strong>3<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Warm<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley\u00a0<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>The third novel in the Belles of London is another winner!<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is one book I\u2019ve been waiting a while for, the finale and backstory to the infamous, always joking <strong>Hartford<\/strong> and <strong>Lady Anne Deveril<\/strong>. Matthews has been teasing this one since <strong>The Siren of Sussex<\/strong> and I was ready for every sordid detail. Matthews delivered in spades.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hart and Anne have a tangled past filled with love, loss, and family hardships. Both characters have given up so much for their families, including romantic relationships with each other. For a second-chance romance this is the slow burn I thoroughly enjoyed. It\u2019s also an opposites attract in so many ways because often Hart or Anne would say something to each other and they couldn\u2019t understand one another. The book tackles tough personal loss, around parental grief and how fear of losing control or losing love can make people act a bit crazy.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though for all Anne\u2019s bluster and her blunt, cutting way of reacting around Hart there were too many times I wanted to yell, <em>\u201cthe lady doth protest too much.\u201d<\/em> She would be railing at Hart only to be forlorn when she didn\u2019t see him for days on end. Then there\u2019s Hart, he\u2019ll do anything to stir Anne\u2019s reaction because anything is better than her ignoring him. Her arrival at his house at the beginning of the book is enough to give Hart hope he still has a chance. His tenacious, steadfast determination to be there when Anne calls is swoon worthy.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These two were so wonderful to read, the tug and pull, the never-ending wonder of if they could overcome the past or if the past won\u2019t let their love grow. What stopped it from going to five, there were a couple of secondary plot threads that weren\u2019t resolved, but nothing that overall impacts the romance. If you\u2019re looking for a nice slow, sweet romance I can\u2019t recommend this book or the series enough. It\u2019s a fabulous escape. For readers who enjoy <strong>Evie Dunmore<\/strong>, but with less heat.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3S1Z6Dm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/47EqkFJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-lily-of-ludgate-hill-mimi-matthews\/1143364131?ean=9780593337196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/the-lily-of-ludgate-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Mimi_Matthews_The_Lily_of_Ludgate_Hill?id=7tO5EAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30927"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30935,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30927\/revisions\/30935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}