My Fair Lord
Liverpool, early 20th century. Florence Wakechild, daughter of a wealthy American industrialist, is here to snaffle an English aristocrat. But it is not her plan: it is her father’s. He has made a fortune in dollars but lacks social capital. He wants the prestige of a daughter married to an earl or viscount.
But Florence doesn’t want to be married. She wants to campaign for women’s rights, not be treated like livestock, breeding heirs. So she hatches a plan to pass an ordinary man off as an earl, and prove to her father that a title is worthless. In the street, she chances across Ned Blake, picks him to be her ‘ordinary man’, and begins instructing him in etiquette. Mr Blake, of course, proves not to be an ‘ordinary’ man. Bit by bit, his past – and true identity – is revealed.
Based on a re-working of the classic film My Fair Lady, this story is as entertaining and frothy as the champagne the characters drink at the balls they attend. Despite all Florence’s assertions, misunderstandings and arguments, the outcome was clear at the start. This is a story for those who enjoy easy-reading rom-coms.
