Smitten by the Brit: A Sometimes in Love Novel

by Melonie Johnson

Overview

DEFINITELY, MAYBE...OR LOVE, ACTUALLY?

English professor Bonnie Blythe expects her life to play out like her favorite novels, especially now that her long-term boyfriend has finally proposed. So when a shocking discovery leads Bonnie to end her engagement, she decides to close the book on love. But the plot thickens when a brand-new character enters the scene—and quickens Bonnie's heart.

With his brilliant blue eyes, sexy accent, and irresistible charm, Theo Wharton is like a romantic hero straight out of a Jane Austen novel. When fate places Bonnie in England for a summer—conveniently close to Theo—she realizes a hot friends-with-benefits fling is exactly what she needs to start a fresh chapter. Just as Bonnie begins to believe she's falling in love, an eye-opening revelation into Theo's life makes Bonnie feel like she's wandered into one of her favorite books. Will Bonnie have the courage to risk her heart and turn the page with the dashing Brit to find her true happy ending after all?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250193056
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/28/2019
Series:	Sometimes in Love , #2
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

USA Today bestselling author Melonie Johnson—aka #thewritinglush—enjoys sipping cocktails that start with the letter m. Declared a “writer to watch” by Kirkus and a “fizzy, engrossing new voice” by Entertainment Weekly, her smart funny contemporary romances include Too Good to Be Real and her award-winning Sometimes in Love debut series: Getting Hot with the Scot, Smitten by the Brit, and Once Upon a Bad Boy. A former high school English and Theatre teacher, she spends her days in her Star Wars office, dreaming up meet cutes. She lives in Chicagoland with her husband, their two redhead daughters, and one very large dog.

Editorial Reviews

03/25/2019

Johnson’s second Sometimes in Love transatlantic contemporary puts a modern twist on the impoverished duke who needs to marry an heiress. Theo Wharton, Duke of Emberton, is in Chicago to meet the woman who is supposed to solve his money problems, but he would rather be with Bonnie Blythe, an English professor and self-professed Anglophile, whom he met when her friend Cassie fell for his friend Logan (in Getting Hot with the Scot). Theo is delighted to learn that Bonnie has broken her engagement with her cheating fiancé and is ready for some changes. A serendipitous connection leads to Bonnie landing a summer job in Cambridge, where she teaches Shakespeare, explores new career paths, and romps with Theo. The sexy escapades are a little predictable but still electric, and Theo’s dates with Bonnie around London are the stuff of romantic fantasies. As their friendship deepens, Theo helps Bonnie work through her anger at her ex, ensuring their sweet, steamy relationship is more than a rebound. The scenes with Bonnie and Theo’s families and sassy, blunt Cassie and Logan are rollicking fun and provide excellent grounding for the romance. This irreverent tale turns several romance tropes on their heads while still delivering that sweet fairy tale ending that readers look for. (May)

Publishers Weekly

"Bonnie and Theo are kind, smart, and oh-so-deserving of each other. Their love is sure to melt hearts; the chemistry is titillating; fun literary references add to the charm; and the well-drawn secondary characters create additional depth and humor. Readers will be entirely smitten." — Booklist, Starred Review

"The sophomore effort from Johnson may be even better than her exceptional debut...Another delightful winner from an author on the rise." — Kirkus

"Rollicking fun ... This irreverent tale turns several romance tropes on their heads while still delivering that sweet fairy tale ending that readers look for." — Publishers Weekly

"Smitten by the Brit is aglow with sparks of attraction and a smashing romance." — Romance Junkies

"Another refreshing romance from rising star author Melonie Johnson." — Fresh Fiction

"Full of charm and romance." — Woman's World

"A wonderfully entertaining read from cover to cover by an author with a complete master of the modern romance genre...an immediate and enduringly popular addition to personal reading lists and community library Romance Fiction collections." — Midwest Book Review

From the Publisher

2019-02-17

After an English professor's fiance cheats on her, she accepts a summer teaching position in England and gravitates toward a sexy English nobleman, but as their affair heats up, the Anglophile finds herself in the midst of an Austen-worthy romantic drama.

Bonnie Blythe has been with her fiance, Gabe, "forever," so she's stunned when she finds him in bed with another woman. His betrayal opens the door to accepting a dream teaching assignment at Cambridge, though, and sends her into the arms of Theo, who's scheduled to be the best man at her best friend's upcoming wedding. Though they start slow, there's been an attraction since the second they met a year earlier, and acting on it has Bonnie wondering if her future lies with this sexy, intense duke, tucked in the Lake District cottage they both love. Theo's finances are precarious, however, a situation exacerbated by his overly developed sense of duty to his family and the many people who depend on them for their livelihoods. For once he wants to buck his obligations, because Bonnie makes him happy and life without her seems bleak, but his mother's demand to find a rich bride dims his hopes for a happy-ever-after. The sophomore effort from Johnson may be even better than her exceptional debut (Getting Hot with the Scot, 2019), and her navigation of betrayal, heartbreak, noblesse oblige, family pressure, disappointment, and the healing power of love add up to another terrific read. Along with the snappy dialogue, sizzling emotional and sexual tension (with a couple of very hot sex scenes), and full-blooded characters, Johnson weaves in references to art, literature, music, and other cultural touchstones that add depth and authenticity to the tale.

Another delightful winner from an author on the rise.

Kirkus Reviews