The Weaver Takes a Wife by Sheri Cobb South

Islandgirl2 · Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 270

After reading A Civil Contract by Heyer and not enjoying it as I had hoped and being in a funk admittedly I decided to hunt down something with an arranged marriage theme with a more satisfying ending.

Well I recommend The Weaver Takes a Wife. It was funny, sweet, light and enjoyable.

Sort of a light sweeter version of William Shakesphere's Taming of the Shrew. One of my favorites as well.

Here we meet Ethan Brundy a Tradesman who took himself out of the lower classes to become a quite wealthy individual through his hard labor in a cotton mill which he inherits from the original Mr. Brundy. A man who took him from an orphanage to work at his mill.

Ethan upon seeing the Duke's daughter Lady Helen in the theater; decides he must marry her as he is now in love with her after seeing her beauty. (that was shallow and fast) Laughing

But one can't help but root for Mr. Brundy in his sweet innocent way intruding on the Ton who just love to look down their noses on the mere commoners. Or as they love to refer to him a Cit...

Of course the Duke is a gambler who is out of luck and decides to allow this strange Weaver to propose to his daughter deciding that Helen with her harsh tounge lashings to all suiters will have to help her family by this union.

It has a sweetness in how Mr. Brundy slowly brings Helen out of her shrewish shell to fall in love with him in return.

Definitely a good read I thought.

Also anyone needing a break from the pages of sexual escapades or recommending it to younger ones as I know we had a few threads in search of something not as risque but still romantic.
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cawm · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 208 Location: Ontario, Canada

D Rogers · Joined: 31 Jul 2009 Posts: 147

The author has also written a couple of Regency mysteries worth checking out: In Milady's Chamber and A Dead Bore. The detective is young Bow Street Runner named John Pickett. There's a kind of sweetness to him, too.

I also liked the Ethan Brumby series.

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Islandgirl2 · Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 270

Aimee · Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Posts: 20

Does anyone know what happened to her? I've enjoyed her regency books and also the John Pickett Bow Street mysteries. I'm still waiting for book 3 of the Bow Street mysteries to come out!

D Rogers · Joined: 31 Jul 2009 Posts: 147

She has a new book coming out. It's set in 1930s Hollywood (I think). She also has a new Web site (See "Writer's News"). She also talks about her new book there.

www.shericobbsouth.com

She is working on a new John Pickett book, too. You can email her from her site (which is what I did because I was curious, too). She reads the forums, I think.

Denise

Rosie · Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Posts: 277

Cobbsouth · Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 57 Location: Loveland, Colorado

Islandgirl, I'm so glad you enjoyed The Weaver Takes a Wife! Thanks for your lovely comments.

I can't really think of anything to add that others haven't already said: the other book of the Weaver trilogy, and the two Regency mysteries with John Pickett and Lady Fieldhurst.

I'm currently working on the 3rd John Pickett mystery (funny how nobody ever refers to it as another Lady Fieldhurst mystery!), but it's just getting started, and as I'm a notoriously slow writer, it will probably be awhile!

In the meantime, I hope readers will try Babes in Tinseltown, another mystery, this one set in 1936 Hollywood. It also has a romance thread, humor, and of course, movies!
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"John Pickett...is a sweet man, a little young, but wholly delectable....Ms. South's name deserves to be spread as a buried treasure."
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Rosie · Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Posts: 277

Ms. Cobb South, for nostalgia's sake, I thought I'd ask ... do you have any plans to self-publish your Sweet Dreams books? I can't tell you how many times I read and re-read "Wrong Way Romance" when I was in 8th grade! Smile

It's a shame that there don't seem to be books written in that style for young girls anymore. (Everything is way more mature and/or paranormal.)

Cobbsouth · Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 57 Location: Loveland, Colorado

Rosie,

I wish I could self-publish my old Sweet Dreams titles, but they were sold as work-for-hire, which means the copyright belongs to the publisher. Some of those Sweet Dreams books are still around as foreign language editions, and in the spring I often get emails from girls in France or the Netherlands wanting information about the author for book reports. I've got some of the covers up on my website.

I do sometimes think of e-pubbing a YA book that never sold to Sweet Dreams, and was my favorite of all my YA novels--if I remember correctly, it was in the pipeline there when the series was cancelled.
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Sheri Cobb South
www.shericobbsouth.com
"John Pickett...is a sweet man, a little young, but wholly delectable....Ms. South's name deserves to be spread as a buried treasure."
--All About Romance

Rosie · Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Posts: 277

Islandgirl2 · Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 270

Cobbsouth · Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 57 Location: Loveland, Colorado

Cobbsouth · Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 57 Location: Loveland, Colorado

Islandgirl, a couple of others that have not been mentioned are Miss Darby's Duenna and Of Paupers and Peers, both stand-alone Regencies. Both have been reviewed at AAR.
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Sheri Cobb South
www.shericobbsouth.com
"John Pickett...is a sweet man, a little young, but wholly delectable....Ms. South's name deserves to be spread as a buried treasure."
--All About Romance

Islandgirl2 · Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 270