Lady Belinda Featherstone was a young American heiress whose marriage didn’t exactly work out splendidly, with her husband both blatantly cheating on her and squandering as much of her money as possible before having the good grace to die and leave her a widow. Now supporting herself as a matchmaker for other young American heiresses wanting to make a successful match into English nobility, Belinda is determined that none of her charges ever end up making as disastrous a match as she.
So when she is approached by handsome as sin Nicholas Stirling, the rakish Marquess of Trubridge, who is perfectly forthright about his need to marry an heiress, and preferably as quickly as possible, his father having cut off all his funds, Belinda flatly refuses to aid him in any way. She’s convinced that Nicholas is as unscrupulous and dissolute as her husband was, and she’s not going to help him break the heart of some wealthy young woman. Instead she vows to make his quest for a wife as difficult as possible. Nicholas, baffled at the devious lengths Belinda is willing to go to in order to foil his courtship plans, determines to fight just as unfairly and sets his sights on the young heiress who’s currently Belinda’s main charge.
Mrs. Julien has already reviewed this. Here is my take on the book.
Yep. A Meh+. Strictly a library loan author.
In my case, I buy them when they’re on sale, or I have vouchers. The Oslo public libraries aren’t exactly well stocked when it comes to historical romance novels.
Too bad because it sounds like a solid premise. I’m always interested in female protagonists who are far enough outside of the ton to be able to do things beyond drink tea and write letters. But if you’re calling it a loan author then I’m giving it a pass.
Apparently Oslo is a lot like VT in that the libraries are almost void of historical romance.
Hey Alexis, have you read The Duke and I by Julie Anne Long? The hero is “magnificently disagreeable”.
Mrs. J speaks the truth. The Duke and I is such a good romance, and the hero is absolutely amazing. I’m giddy with delight that he’s a supporting character in Long’s new release, which I got onto my e-reader this morning.