Reviewed by Mal
TITLE: To Beguile a Banished Lord
SERIES: Regency Rossingley #3
AUTHOR: Fearne Hill
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 300 Pages
RELEASE DATE: November 11, 2025
BLURB:
Rollo Duchamps-Avery, the high-spirited second son of the eleventh Earl of Rossingley, is not in his father’s best books. After one misdemeanour too many, the earl ruins Rollo’s idyllic summer by packing him off to the wilds of rural Norfolk, arranging for him to stay with the Duke of Ashington’s loathsome brother.
Lord Lyndon Fitzsimmons has an aversion to houseguests. Shunned by polite society for crimes far wickeder than anything Rollo could dream up, all Fitzsimmons wants is to drink himself into a stupor, tend his beloved hydrangeas, and take potshots at tin soldiers.
If only his inquisitive young visitor, with his pretty little head of wispy blond hair, his stupidly coltish legs, and his knack of always being where Fitzsimmons would rather him not, would leave him in peace.
This third book in the Rossingley Regency romance series features the fourteenth Earl of Rossingley’s lively second son, Rollo, and the Duke of Ashington’s disgraced brother, Lord Lyndon Fitzsimmons. This book can be read as a standalone.
REVIEW:
Fearne Hill writes spectacular stories. I love this series by her, it’s truly perfect. Memorable characters that you absolutely need to see get their HEA, lovely stories swirling with swoon and romance, beautiful prose painting vivid pictures of regency England of the Ton emoting feelings strong enough to draw you in and absolutely stunning humour that has you laughing out loud absolutely cheeky and acerbically witty and then there is the slow building burn, the passion the glances and the touches and the giving in. I love historical romances in general but I especially love the way Fearne Hill crafts them.
This story is possibly my new favourite in a series of favourites- Regency Rossingley is a phenomenal series if you like swooning witty spicy historical romance. I adore Rollo, truly the definition of Sunshine. His character development was excellent- he grew up in his short time in Norfolk but with his bringer countenance and soft innocence and good humour intact. He is the peril deft counterbalance to Fitz – Fitz whom we understand far more, Fitz who has dealt with a lack of love and light and loss that’s profound, Fitz who hides and guards his big heart like a dragon
This story is so perfectly told, the humour weighed perfectly against the genuine emotions written in page. The mental health rep is wonderfully addressed and the found family permeates all the parts.
The way Fitz and Rollo meet is ghastly, however the drama of Rollo’s inner dialogue is perfection. How he draws the cranky Fitz out of the dark into the light and into laughter and into love is just wonderful to witness.
I loved seeing everyone from the other books, it was marvellous and I loved the way the Earl loves his sons, the ending was very fitting and I loved the full house, perfection.
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