GRR Reviews Claiming Victory: A Romantic Comedy by Beverley Watts

Claiming Victory is a romantic comedy about a British woman falling for the American movie star that is filming at her family mansion. The problem is everybody in the book speaks proper British English, even the Americans! Also, the author seems a bit too much in love with her words and some of the details are superfluous.

Victory "Tory" Shackleford is 32, has no steady boyfriend, and lives with her eccentric retired Admiral, in a house called "The Admiralty". Father thinks of his daughter as "boring with no sense of adventure", while daughter thinks of her father as "old reckless kook who can't be trusted to look after himself". There's one problem... Dear Daddy wants to see Victory married off soon... and when the American film crew is about to shoot at their house "The Admiralty" for the new regency romantic comedy, daddy suddenly got the idea: he'll match his precious Victory with the star of the movie, Noah Ashbrook. And while Victory was definitely smitten... everyone was surprised that Noah liked Victory back... as there was supposedly some heat between him and his co-star, Gaynor... But can such a relationship last?

The comedy was typical British slapstick as it involved multiple pratfalls. The problem is the chemistry between the American star and the British woman was unexplained. The only explanation was the Tory wasn't a Hollywood plastic princess. Is that enough for "chemistry"? Doubt it.

Category: Contemporary / Comedy

Primary Plot: British Woman Falls for the American Film Star Doing a Movie In Her Family Mansion; Can it last?

Tropes: performer, different worlds, triangle

Overall Rating:  2/5