It was the desire of Valentine and Belle’s late fathers to join the families with a “sensible arrangement” (marriage) for the mutual benefit of both families.

Accompanying Valentine is Belle’s twin brother, Bonny Tarleton, his soon to be love interest. You wouldn’t think a historical novel set in 19th century England would contain a road trip but it does – the majority of the book consists of Valentine, the Duke of Malvern, chasing his runaway fiancée, Belle, through Surrey and Kent in the southern part of the country. There’s a harried road trip in a carriage, a few nights with only one bed, a duel, a duke kept captive in a cellar, and a virgin. Something Fabulous is a delightfully charming, magnificently ridiculous, extravagantly silly book. Even about which Tarleton he should be pursuing. Bonny is unreasonable, overdramatic, annoying, and…beautiful? And being with him makes Valentine question everything he thought he knew. And fully expects Valentine to ride out after Arabella and prove to her that he’s not the cold-hearted cad he seems to be.ĭespite copious misgivings, Valentine finds himself on a pell-mell chase to Dover with Bonny by his side. Bonaventure “Bonny” Tarleton, has also grown up…romantic. So romantic that a marriage of convenience will not do and after Valentine’s proposal she flees into the night determined never to set eyes on him again.Īrabella’s twin brother, Mr. But, unfortunately, too many novels at an impressionable age have caused her to grow up…romantic. It was always his father’s hope that Valentine would marry Miss Arabella Tarleton.

Valentine Layton, the Duke of Malvern, has twin problems: literally.

Something fabulous by alexis hall