Sophia Rose Reviews: Regency Therapy by Lisa Catmull The Regency Therapy Book Tour sponsored by AustenProse PR

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Regency Therapy by Lisa H Catmull

#1 Jane Austen Vacation Club

Romantic Comedy

Publisher:  Saltair Press

Published:  278

Rating: 4 stars

Format: trade paperback

Source: Author

Sellers: Amazon

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GoodReads Blurb:

My publisher invited me to attend an all-expenses paid writing retreat at the posh new Hartfield Regency Resort in Loveland, Colorado. Carole isn't nice like that—there must be a catch.
There is. His name is Ryder Hawk, the outlaw leader of the all-male Western writers who work for the same publishing company. He thinks he’s agreed to attend an all-expenses-paid week at a dude ranch.
Yeah, no. Carole has other ideas. She wants to break into the cowboy romance market. If I want to renew my writing contract, I have to do more than put up with Ryder and his gang of cowboy cronies for a week. We have to write together.
The problem is, Ryder and I have a history.
And it’s more like war than peace.

 

Sophia Rose's Review:

Well, this is awkward… that sexy cowboy she was ogling, flirting with, and criticizing the book he recommended to her?  Yeah, he’s her top competition at their publishing house and now they’re stuck together at a writer’s retreat at a plum of a Regency-themed resort and the dude ranch next door.  Not even the Austen-loving, matchmaking resort owner can fix this mess, right?

 

Sparkling with humorous banter and guffaw-worthy mishaps, Lisa Catmull’s Regency Therapy presents a pair of opposites full of pride and prejudice tangled together by forced proximity and a tantalizing bet. 

This second in a series of standalones brings a Regency Romance writer, Lucy Bliss, to what she thought was a gals-only writing retreat at a swoony Regency-themed Resort, but her publisher has other plans and they involve her Bestseller List rival, Ryder Hawk, and his posse sharing their accommodations and activities.  Turnabout’s fair play and she and her gal pals must return the favor to visit with the gents at the dude ranch next door.

 

Rivalry, misunderstanding, and seeming betrayal keep things spicy when a bet of who will kiss whom first keeps them from doing much about a mutual attraction.  All the while, Lucy and Rider get to know each other and begin to respect each other’s writing as well as the person behind the books.  Perhaps she had him pegged wrong with her early snap judgment.  But, where bets and big contracts are involved, mischief will follow and Lucy knows exactly who to blame and she decides Rider’s exactly the villain she thought he was.

 

I appreciated the fun RomCom feel of light and fun banter that was anchored by the developing characters and their romance all told from Lucy’s point of view.  Lisa Catmull found a clever way to shade in her own fun story with strong nods toward Pride & Prejudice.  Lucy’s snap judgments and Rider’s cockiness as well as a few extras playing the roles of familiar-feeling antagonists show just how universal and timeless are the classic’s story elements. 

I was moderately fond of Lucy, but as the reader, I was allowed to see more than she did about what was going down so I was deliciously in love with Rider throughout.  He really went the extra mile there in the end and had my romantic heart all a twitter.

 

Meanwhile, the people running the resort have a background story of their own going on.  I read the earlier book, Matchmaking Therapy, so found the mentions of Jillian and Axel as well as the other familiar resort worker faces a great extra cherry on top of the sundae.  Oooh, that reveal about Axel has me as intrigued as Jillian.

 

In summary, I blazed through the pages, highly entertained, and loving this frolicking good read.  Austen fans and RomCom lovers really must book a reservation for a Regency Therapy session.

PRAISE FOR REGENCY THERAPY

“Fun, sweet, slow burn. I was rooting for them!”— Liselotte, Goodreads

5 STARS “The romantic chemistry was off the charts with these two and the flirting was on another level!”— Ashley Johnson, Bringing Up Books

“You don't have to be an Austen fan to love this series!…If you're looking for a clean, well-written book with some truly laugh out loud moments, grab this one today!”— Lorie AH, Amazon, on Matchmaking Therapy

 

Author Bio:
Lisa Catmull writes sweet contemporary romances and clean and wholesome romances in the Victorian era. Her books have been nominated for Swoony, RONE, and Whitney awards.

She taught Middle School English and History for seven years before pursuing screenwriting and writing. She currently lives between a canyon and a lake in Utah with her husband, two cats, and two rambunctious children.

Her books can be found on Amazon and are always free for Kindle Unlimited readers.
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Sophia’s Bio:

Sophia is a quiet though curious gal who dabbles in cooking, book reviewing, piano-playing, and gardening. Road trips and campouts, museums and monuments, restaurants and theaters are her jam. Encouraged and supported by an incredible man and loving family. A Northern Californian transplant to the Great Lakes Region of the US. Lover of Jane Austen, Baseball, Cats, Scooby Doo, and Chocolate.

As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing. Sophia is a prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience so many wonderful books, authors, and narrators. Few genres are outside her reading tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and romance. Though, sorry, no horror or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby.

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