Kit meets Lauren at every opportunity he can, and asks her to marry him. He waltzes with Lauren and against her will she finds herself much taken with him. She is even more horrified when Kit shows up at the ball that her friends have persuaded her to attend. The three had been trying to forcibly kiss a milkmaid, and Kit was out to defend her honor. Lauren’s first glimpse of him is when he is stripped to the waist, and brawling in the park with three low class toughs. Kit Butler, Viscount Ravensberg is a rake and a rogue – all Society says so.

Lauren has been understandably soured on marriage and would like to establish her own home somewhere – Bath would be nice – and live a quiet life. She has been living quietly as a companion to her cousin and good friend, Elizabeth, Duchess of Portfrey. Lauren Edgeworth had retired from Society after her aborted wedding. It definitely goes on my desert island shelf. There is a wonderful tortured secondary character, and lots of family problems to solve. The heroine, Lauren Edgeworth, is beautiful, dignified and in serious need of some fun in her life. The hero, Kit Butler, Viscount Ravensberg, is a charmer.

A Summer To Remember is not a farce, but it is much lighter than her recent hardcover books.

Most romance readers think of Mary Balogh as a dark, intense writer, but she has proven in books like The Famous Heroine and Lady With A Black Umbrellathat she can handle the lighter side as well.

Mary balogh a summer to remember