Miss Leora Fairweather-Barnet-Smythe and her sisters, all talented swooners and hat makers, and all of marriageable age, are in want of husbands. Leora’s parents have promised her to a much older man, so when Richard Longsword, a handsome stable hand, joins the staff at Riddlingtonstoneway Abbey, he catches Leora’s eye. She imagines a life with him, a scandal of the worst kind.
Can she find a way to obtain her heart’s desire and avoid the shame it would cause? Can her sisters find husbands? And will there be enough feathers in Regency London to satisfy every member of the Fairweather-Barnett-Smythe family?
If you enjoy Blackadder or Monty Python, as well as Bridgerton or Jane Austen, this is the book for you!
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Reader Comments:
Kelly Evans brings her lighthearted and tongue-in-cheek sense of humour to this Regency Romance with a twist. I absolutely loved it!
All of our beloved old cliches slipped into this tried and true romance. The primary motive is marriage, of course! And the daughters keep finding unsuitable matches. The ground is littered with dead bodies from duels, and the girls take fainting to a fine art. Great fun!
References in A Stable Husband
Scattered throughout A Stable Husband are secret easter eggs and cultural references. If you wish to find them yourself, stop reading here. Otherwise, take a peek below!
| Reference | Source |
| 14 Daughters/No sons | Pride & Prejudice |
| Distant Cousin who will Inherit | Pride & Prejudice |
| Aetsisiht Darjeeling Tea | ‘This is tea’ backwards. |
| Feathers | Regency novels/films/tv |
| Swooning | The novel Clarissa. I read it years ago and just couldn’t forget the amount of swooning the main character does. |
| Family motto: Non Desistas. Non Exieris. | Never give up. Never surrender |
| Madame de la Fringues | Fringues = clothes. |
| Eccentric Living in Forest | An 18th century phenomenon. |
| Very Good Acquaintances | Friends |
| Visiting Prince from Small European Principality | Regency novels/films/tv |
| Captain Reynolds & Companion | Firefly |
| Lord JT Kirkus & Lady Nyota | Star Trek |
| Count Vladimir Tepesa & Countess Bathoria | Drucula & Lady Bathory |
| Mr and Mrs Jean-Luc Picardus | Star Trek Next Generation |
| Lord Fairweather-Barnet-Smythe’s club, Salutations | Cheers |
| Comedy of Errors | Play with Mistaken Identity (Like Richard Longsword). |
| Soldiers Billeted in Town | Pride & Prejudice |
| A Drunk Vicar | I just thought this would be funny. His parish is inspired by Vicar of Dibley. |
| Letti feeling the opposite of mindful & demure | Social Media |
| A rude garden implement | A rake |
| Lonely Clouds and Yellow Daffodils | William Wordsworth |
| An unwanted marriage to an older man | Regency novels/films/tv |
| Lycanthia | Is a werewolf |
| An expensive fruit | Pineapple |
| Leona’s lines about running away | Flock of Seagulls |
| Love for Ludvig | Beethoven Fan Club |
| Is the undertaker ill? | Dead Dualists |
| Korova Tavern | Clockwork Orange |
| Richard’s choked words at end | Rick Roll. Sorry. |
Surprisingly, the name of the company who published Frankenstein is correct: publishers Lackington, Hughs, Harding, Mavor, and Jones.
The names of shops were made up by, for the most part, names of friends and family. Be nice to writers otherwise you may find yourself in a book.
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