The Story: New York City heiress, Winnifred Percy, has been very good about slipping through fortune hunter and marriage seeking fingers. A lie here or there and soon her suitors would disappear. This is exactly was Winn wants because in a few short years she’ll gain full control over the fortune left to her by an ex-prostitute. She longs to see the world and means to explore it with the funds as soon as she can.
That dream is snatched away when one day her father announces her engagement to the Earl of Wolshingham, David Knightbridge. This alliance was created in hopes that David’s peerage connections would do business with the father while at the same time providing David with the means to refurbish his moldering estate back in Great Britain. Like Winn, David is also angry, he was hoping for a loan, not a bride!
But when Winnifred tries to throw him off, David won’t budge. She can curse, smoke, and read all the naughty French diaries she wants, but she will become his bride, unless scandal marks them first.
Review: The premise of the story is cute, and I always like arranged marriages that force the hero and heroine together to work things out, but I found the execution lacking. I had a hard time reconciling both the hero and the heroine to their actions. David in particular at the beginning came across as a bullying beta male trying to be alpha. He gropes the heroine in the first meeting and forces on her a kiss. It wasn’t passionate as much as it was him trying to exert his authority over her, who he thought originally a well-loved tart, and the situation in general. It was a knee-to-groin worthy moment. He changes for the better eventually, but as a hero his first actions colored my view of him for the worse.
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Keira – who has written 1037 posts on Love Romance Passion.
Keira's favorite type of heroes are blind, scarred, and tortured... yes, she understands those should be separate, but all 3 at once is also nice! She enjoys historical romances best and adores audio books because great narrators turn books into auditory/mental movies (and she loves her romantic dramas like Pride and Prejudice/North and South!) Learn more about Keira in My Instant Turn Ons, Offs, and Ifs.
