How to Not Marry a Lord
Reviewed By Janet Mawdesley June 13, 2026
Author Emma Orchard
Distributor: Amazon
ISBN: 9781836338840
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Release Date: 13 June 2026
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Emma Orchard delivers a light-hearted Regency Romance How To Not Marry a Lord as she introduces the Constantine Sisters who have just discovered they are no longer boarder line poor, dependent on the legacies supplied by their already well married and connected sisters, but heiresses.
Once the shock wears off, and it was a serious shock, discovering not only an Aunt of whom they knew nothing at all, but that she had left to the three of them, in equal portions, a house, Albrey Hall, and a very sizable fortune, they rally and set out to travel to Suffolk to discover just what it is they have inherited.
Albery Hall turns out to be a delightful, if somewhat run-down red brick Tudor Style manor looked after by three staff, overgrown gardens and more sparsely furnished rooms than they had ever imagined.
It is not long before the three sisters, Beatrice, Cecilia and Bianca discover they are the subject of local gossip in the small town as well as the target of Lord Oliver Pallant and his siblings as they need a fortune before he is declared bankrupt.
Major Alistair Bartrum is healing from horrific wounds caused fighting Boney at Saint-Dizier; he is grumpy and in pain much of the time, trying to heal by walking on the sands at low tide, has shunned society and feels very sorry for himself. He does not want anything to do with the new arrivals.
And so, as each day slowly unfolds, the sisters begin to enjoy their newfound freedom with money to spend and the ability to live how they choose, so long as they abide by the two strict conditions of the inheritance.
Something disturbing occurs which makes them begin to wonder about Albery House, the history of the House and area in which they now live. Was there an intruder in the house and if so, who was it and why. It also raises a very salient point about the location of the house to the shoreline and whether this mysterious and charming house has hidden passages, secret tunnels and if so where are they to be found.
But in the meantime, Cecilia begins to fall in love, Beatrice discovers she has been played for a fool and Bianca is enjoying her freedom to paint and sketch, while darker forces are at work which could see them all in considerable danger.
How To Not Marry a Lord is a most enjoyable, light-hearted return to a time of Victorian England, where anything can and often does happen in the marriage stakes.