Those stars are intended solely for An Enchanted Affair, which is sweet and hopeful, if not altogether satisfying. Lady Whilton's Wedding deserves no stars for its series of cringeworthy events and a hero and heroine who are incapable of actually communicating with one another. ( )

****½ Lady Whilton's Wedding.
Written in omniscient POV, which is highly unusual, but very cool. Reminiscent of Arsenic & Old Lace _with a dead body that keeps disappearing, and some hilariously bumbling petty criminals. This would make a fabulous movie.

****½ An Enchanted Affair.
Again with the omniscient POV, though it's not quite so pronounced as in the previous one. Another unusual Regency, in a different way from LWW. The heroine in this one can see fairies, which makes people think she's odd. She's an heiress, her parents die, & her greedy uncle takes over, alternately punishing her and ignoring her. She routinely escapes to the "haunted" woods, but this is threatened when the impoverished duke who owns them decides to sell the timber. She proposes marriage to him as beneficial to both--saving her woods & getting her out from under her uncle's thumb, and paying off his debts. Surprisingly complex for such a short book (228 p.). ( )