Alcott Hall is for Lovers (Snobs need not apply!)
Alcott Hall
Second Sons (Book 3)
History Romance, Regency Romance, Polyamory Romance, MMF Romance, Historical Polyamory Romance
Kensington Books
April 8th, 2025
ebook, paperback, audiobook
548
A spicy, smart, standalone “Why Choose” Regency romance set three years after the events of the Second Sons duology from New York Times bestselling author Emily Rath.
The Lady has an offer. The Vicar has a confession. The Game Warden has a secret.
When her late aunt leaves her a generous fortune, socially awkward Lady Madeline Blaire believes she’s finally found a way out of the high society husband hunt. There’s only one problem. To claim it, Madeline must marry by New Year’s Eve . . . which is now only 3 weeks away!
Determined to claim her financial freedom, Madeline slips away from her overbearing family and races off to Alcott Hall. Madeline needs a husband. Now. She’ll be generous, providing him with a comfortable living. She doesn’t even care if he takes other lovers. All he must do is agree never to claim his rights as her husband.
3 years ago, vicar Charles Bray left the town of Finchley and never looked back. When duty calls him home, he returns heavy hearted, desperate to avoid one man—John Warren, game warden of Alcott Hall. As Charles does his best to evade Warren’s snare, he starts an unlikely friendship with Lady Madeline, who soon makes him an offer too good to refuse. Charles and Madeline could have everything they want . . . if only Warren will stay out of way.
But Warren holds a secret that could up-end all their careful plans. Does Madeline want a comfortable life married to a kind vicar? Or will she dare to risk it all on the penniless warden? Perhaps there’s a third option none of them dreamed possible. An option where no one has to choose . . .
“One little word, John, and we will worship you over and over. The sun will rise, and still we will shower you with our love. We’ll give you everything, if you but only ask.”
Emily Rath continues to bring the polyamory and spice to Regency England with her
third installment and standalone to the Second Sons series with Alcott Hall. When it
comes to love not even propriety can withstand a hailstorm of emotions from Madeline,
Charles and Warren.
Charles and Warren grew up together. Playmates, friends, and then more, Warren is the
lighthouse beacon to Charles’ tumultuous ship on the seas. As a man who is meant to
take over his aging father’s duties as vicar of the local church, Charles is torn between
the love he has for his friend and the duty he feels he must pay to his father.
Madeline is a woman who must marry. She is desperate to find someone that will suit
her so she can gain her rightful inheritance. She turns to her friend, Rosalie, who is now
a happily married wife and mother, to help her find a quick match. What Madeline
doesn’t realize is that while she thought she would find one, she ultimately ends up with
two very willing men.
“I want him too. He is as much a part of me as my own two lungs. You are both mine, Madeline. I will marry you both and love you both and never be parted from you again.”
I always enter Emily Rath’s books with an open mind and just go along for the ride. Rath
always delivers stories that are inclusive, ahead of their time in progressiveness, but
when you get down to the bones of each romance the theme is the same: who cares
about what society thinks when love conquers all? Charles, Warren, and Madeline
portray that theme perfectly. I loved the drama, the emotion, the pining (My goodness!
The pining! Ah!), and the inclusion of Rosalie, James, Burke, and Renley as they
traverse some drama themselves.
If you read The Second Son, and His Grace, The Duke then you will immediately love
Alcott Hall. Emily Rath has brought spice and drama to this story in a way that will make
even the stuffiest of readers swoon for this MMF romance. I highly recommend getting
your very own copy!
Jes is a self-proclaimed bookworm, who recently moved from the PNW back to the Midwest. When her nose isn’t in a book, she’s spending time with her husband, two kids, and her three fur babies, or exploring the globe. She also firmly believes that you should start the day with coffee, and end the day in bed with a good book.
