Time for book two of Lisa Kleypas’s The Wallflowers series! In It Happened One Autumn, Lillian Bowman takes centre stage with Marcus, Earl of Westcliff, who knows he needs to marry and wants to marry a ‘proper’ British lady. And Lillian is mischievous, doesn’t follow the rules, and is…. American. 

I think this is my fave of the series. Lillian is just so much fun and she knows how to poke at Marcus to get on his nerves. They both have strong personalities, but in very different ways such that they balance each other out wonderfully. 

In book one, we learned that Lillian and Daisy are in England to find aristocratic husbands, preferably also wealthy, at the behest of their parents. In book two, we learn more about their family dynamics, including how much Lillian and Daisy have grown to support one another given their parents combination of disinterest, demands, pressure, and lack of understanding. 

The friendship of the Wallflowers continues to be an important part of the series, with the group turning their attentions to securing a husband for Lillian, while also celebrating and supporting Annabelle in her new marriage to Simon. 

Another banger of a book!!