The Nabob's Daughter
The Nabob's Daughter is a sweet and clean regency romance by
Jess Heileman. Let me first say that I absolutely love the
cover of this book. Normally I prefer book covers that don't show the
character's face as I like to envision it on my own based on the author's
description. This time I was actually very pleased with cover and I don't
think it could have been done any better, it is truly beautiful and the model
captures the exact description of the author.
This novel is about Honor Crauford, a young lady
raised by her father in India and Graham Whitworth, an heir with nothing in his
coffers and in need of a wealthy bride. Honora loves her life in India
and is devastated to find out that her father has made arrangements to leave
her home and marry an English nobleman. She is determined to do whatever
it takes to return to India, but is her scheming worth it?
Graham is set to inherit his family's estate,
but there won't be an estate without money and his father has made arrangements
for Graham to marry Honora for her extremely plump dowry. When Graham
gets wind of Honora's scheme he offers to help.
This was a truly enjoyable
clean read. The novel is written in the first person from both the
perspectives of Honora and Graham. It took me a few chapters to get
used to this as I generally do not prefer reading books in the first person and
switching back and forth between the characters took me a little bit of time to
adjust to. That being said, I think it helped me understand the
characters much better and by the end of the book I actually enjoyed that
style.
Honora is on a mission to return to her home in India as she believes this is
what is best, this will ultimately make her happy. She is determined to
let nothing stand in her way.....even herself. The beginning of the book
had me laughing with Honora's antics. The author did a fabulous job of
showing how tiring a charade can be, especially when it differs so greatly from
one's normal disposition. The supporting
characters were well thought out and developed.
While I thought I had things figured out all along, I was thrown off by
what was actually the truth and those involved.
Wonderful story and definitely worth reading! The Nabob’s Daughter gets 4.5
stars.
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