Dear Bartleby

Meddle & Mend: Regency Fantasy, Book 4

By: Sarah Wallace

Narrated by: Gregory Maupin

Dear Bartleby, Tutting-on-Cress is so small as to be idyllic. Hate it already.

Sent down from Oxford for playing one prank too many, Sebastian Hartford is well aware that he’s a disappointment to his family. Ordered to stay with—and learn from—two of his more respectable older siblings, Seb is prepared to be miserable in the country.

Saddled with extracurricular schooling to keep him out of trouble, Seb can only let his mischievous mind run loose on the pages of his journal, “Bartleby”. But when he is offered a job as a spellcaster’s assistant to the enigmatic Lord Finlington, Seb’s creative flair finds a place to flourish.

Soon, he is at the center of a search for a new Royal Spellcaster to the Crown—and falling in love with one of the contenders.

But right as a future with a man who loves him starts to unfold, Seb’s past mistakes threaten to bar him from securing happiness. And jumping through social hoops may prove his growth to everyone—except himself.

©2023 Sarah Wallace (P)2023 Sarah Wallace

Another sweet story in this series

What a charming tale! Loved Seb’s character development from his insecure first entries to the glowingly confident end.

Cute

Definitely a good clean read though I definitely prefer letters to half moon street but it is sweet I love to the style of her writing and as always these novels make me as queer person feel normal which is so nice but i feel like seb wasn’t my favorite character (because some of his flaws hit home lol) but I think it’s more of personal taste thing and Lawerence could have been more characterized outside of his domesticity but definitely worth the read