About the book:
Can Captain Wyvern keep his new marriage of convenience all business--or will it turn into something more?
Captain Charles Wyvern owes a great debt to the man who saved his life--especially since Major Richardson lost his own life in the process. The best way to honor that hero's dying wish is for Wyvern to escort the man's grieving fiance and mother safely to a new cottage home by the sea. But along the way, he learns of another obligation that has fallen on his shoulders: his uncle has died and the captain is now the Earl of Rothwell.
When he and the ladies arrive at his new manor house in Devon, they discover an estate in need of a leader and a gaggle of girls, all wards of the former earl. War the new earl knows; young ladies and properties he does not. Still wishing to provide for the bereaved Lady Sophia Haverly, Charles proposes a marriage of convenience.
Sophie is surprised to find she isn't opposed to the idea. It will help her care for her betrothed& elderly mother, and she already fallen in love with the wayward girls on the Rothwell estate. This alliance is a chance to repay the captain who has done so much for her care, as well as divert her attention from her grief. When Wyvern returns to his sea commission, she will stay behind to oversee his property and wards.
It sounds so simple. Until the stalwart captain is arrested on suspicion of smuggling, and Sophie realizes how much he's come to mean to her. Now, she'll have to fight, not only for his freedom but also for his love.
My thoughts:
This has been my
favorite book in this series penned by Ms. Vetsch. I honestly loved the other two books, but this
one had my undivided attention from the first page. The characters are engaging as they have been
throughout, he series, but I found myself drawn to Charles and Sophia much more
than I had anticipated. I couldn’t wait to find out what paths they would take.
A marriage of convenience
is always interesting to me so that piqued my curiously and had me reading as
fast as I could. This isn’t just a marriage of convenience story, there is so
many tender, fun moments involving three children who are suddenly without a
guardian and need to rely on Arthur and Sophia to help them. The secondary characters are just as
interesting and entertaining in this novel, too.
Overall, I thought
this is one of the best Regency novels I had had the pleasure of reading. The
characters are well developed, the storyline is interesting, the pace is
perfect and it’s just well worth the read.
About the author:
Erica Vetsch is a New York Times best-selling and ACFW Carol Award–winning author. She is a transplanted Kansan now living in Minnesota with her husband, who she claims is both her total opposite and soul mate.
Vetsch loves Jesus, history, romance, and sports. When she’s not writing fiction, she’s planning her next trip to a history museum and cheering on her Kansas Jayhawks and New Zealand All Blacks.
A self-described history geek, she has been planning her first research trip to England.
Learn more about Erica Vetsch and her books here
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Thank you so much for reading and reviewing The Indebted Earl! <3
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