But Rumsford, the fiance, isn’t really a villain, just a fairly typical aristocrat with a bit on the side he’s a foil to get Christian and Annabel together. He falls head over heels with Annabel almost at first glimpse he’s then fixed on helping her avoid her no-good fiance at all costs. A fortunate endowment from her long-absent and now-dead father means that she can buy her way into the nobility, and so she settles for a man who will provide her with the firm position in society that all poor girls dream of.Įnter Christian, a man who is hell-bent against marrying after the disaster that happened to his first wife. With a little sister to look after, Annabel’s mission ever since has been to ensure that nothing like that ever happens again.
Annabel is a heroine who has been hurt before, suffering from a man who took serious advantage of her and then left her to fend for herself. I’m so pleased that yellow seems to have taken over historical romance covers temporarily, as it’s my favorite color and it suits them well.Īnyway, this book ticked all the right boxes for a wonderful romance. On a shallow note, just look how gorgeous that cover is. As with the first two in this trilogy of books about being abandoned (or doing the abandoning) at the altar, I just loved the emotional journey of this book and I’m thrilled I had a chance to read it. How could such an awesome author have been writing books for longer than I’ve been reading romance without me noticing? It doesn’t matter anyway I’ve discovered her now, and I’m quickly learning that I am going to simply inhale anything she writes. I can’t believe I only discovered Laura Lee Guhrke with this series. So he agrees, but finds himself longing for more than the money once he meets Annabel and realizes that she really belongs with someone better than Rumsford – himself.
He needs the cash to start investing and making money back. But that’s not enough for Annabel’s family, none of whom likes her fiance, and in act of desperation, her uncle pays Christian du Quesne, the duke of Scarborough, to persuade her to call off the wedding.Ĭhristian can’t turn down an offer like that, not with his estate in ruins and his refusal to marry an heiress himself. Growing up in a Mississippi backwater and learning that love doesn’t lead to anything other than heartbreak has taught her that status and contentment matter above all else.
Why? Because he’s an earl and he can finally confer upon her family the respectability she knows they deserve. Annabel simply cannot wait to marry her fiance, even though she doesn’t really love him.
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