4 Stars!! This was a really good book. I enjoyed reading it! It’s the first book in a new series & can be read as a standalone book! I love the main male character, Benedict Wylde. The banter between the main characters is funny and witty and I wish I had witty banter with a man like this! Georgina Caversteed, the main female, is a smart, rich young woman and she runs her family’s shipping company! This was a really good book! I definitely recommend this book!
*I received this book at no charge from the publisher and I voluntarily left a review.*

Book Title: This Earl of Mine (Bow Street Bachelors #1)
Author: Kate Bateman
Pub Date: October 29, 2019

***ARC was provided to me by Net Galley and the Publisher for a fair and honest review***

Overall rating: 5/5 Accidental newlyweds turned lovers

Heroine (Georgiana Caversteed): 5/5 Georgie is the daughter of a wealthy shipping merchant and now runs the company herself. She fears she will never find someone that can look past her bank account from friends to lovers.

Hero (Benedict Wylde): 5/5 Ben is lucky if he has a shilling to his name at any given moment. He was in the army as a sharpshooter and now works cases involving the ton for Bow Street. His father squandered all of their money and Ben ships anything he has to his brother John to pay off debt and keep the estate running.

Plot: 5/5 Ben was not expecting to get married ever, but least of all while undercover working a case for Bow Street.

In an attempt to keep her cousin’s hands off her fortune, Georgie decides she will marry a convict that is to be hanged. The man she was intended to was hanged and so she is left with a man to be sent to Australia the following day.

Once they both become aware of who the other is and what skills they possess they decide they might just be useful in other areas of life. But can these two newly weds keep their hands (and hearts) to themselves as intended?

Personal Review: I really like this book and plan to read more from this author. Both Georgie and Ben were well written and the story kept me turning each page.

I really enjoyed the banter that the two leads share and the trust in the other’s abilities to get the job done.

This is a very good story. Georgina needs a husband to keep her independence and fortune out of the hands of her greedy relative. She heads to Newgate prison and marries what she thinks is a convicted felon. Benedict is the second son of an Earl and undercover at the prison. They bump into each other at society gathering weeks later. the romance and adventure begin. Benedict woos her and there is some adventure and excitement. This was a good regency romance. The story was fresh and well written I really enjoyed it. I voluntarily reviewed this book.

*I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. *
I loved Georgiana & Benedict. Their “meeting” was unconventional but when they meet again in the ton, the sparks fly. Both of their personalities are clear and consistent and neither tries to deny the attraction. I love that although there is a mystery and some drama, it is not overwhelming and it’s not based around constant miscommunication. I loved that Georgie is capable and smart without being labeled a wallflower. She runs the family business and is respected by the men she works with. Her knowledge is never minimized or mocked and not only does Ben respect her but his friends do as well.
Simeon’s bad poetry mad me laugh out loud, especially with Ben’s asides.
I really enjoyed this book and hope that other characters get stories if their own.

It was an absolute pleasure to read the sweet romance of Georgie and Ben and totally loved their witty banter. I devoured the book and finished it in one evening. I loved both the lead characters and thankfully they are not the regular stereotypes. It was good that the heroine here is a strong independent and intelligent female and the hero is not annoying/broken kind. I can’t wait for the next in the series! I expect two more for the friends of Ben :)

I received an ARC for my honest review.

This story was so GOOD. It sucked me in right off the bat. I instantly fell in love and shipped so hard for Ben and Georgie. The first time he calls her Georgie Girl, I couldn't stop smiling. This book has it all. Hot romance and adventure kept me going until the story ended. I JUST finished it and I want to start over and read it all again! You can not go wrong with this book!

This Earl of Mine by Kate Baterman was a twist on the usual Regency novel. Georgiana Caversteed is a headstrong young woman who is being forced into marriage by the terms of her inheritance and the times in which she lives. Her cousin feels she should marry him and she Georgie despises him. Her solution? Marry a convict who will hang in the coming hours. The twist? Her convict doesn't hang.

Benedict William Henry Wylde is the gentleman whom she marries, but she doesn't know that he pretending to be a convict...or that he's the second son of a man who left his Earldom in much debt. The hijinks that ensue from this unlikely pairing will keep you turning pages as Ben and Georgie get to know each other. Will they or won't they fall in love and make their marriage legal?

A fun novel, thank you to the author, St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Georgiana Caversteed is a wealthy heiress who runs her deceased Father’s shipping company. Georgiana wants to be independent and decides on a marriage of convenience to a criminal on death row.

Benedict Wylde, the man she does marry, is not on death row instead is a veteran of Waterloo and is now working undercover as a Bow Street runner.

There is humor, enjoyed the banter between Georgiana and Benedict. Lots of suspense. A delightful story.

I received an advance reader copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own.

What can I say, I enjoyed this book. I loved Georgie she’s very modern. She’s a relatable woman, she wants adventure. I really liked the flow of this read. It was easy to read and get caught up in. Thank you Net galley and publishers for the opportunity to read this.

This Earl of Mine is the first book in the Bow Street Bachelors. This is the first book I read by this author and I really enjoyed it. I liked her style of descriptive writing and well developed characters. I liked how the MCs were not perfect, but were perfect for each other.
This first book is about Benedict Wylde, Bow Street Bachelor number one and Georgiana Caversteed. Georgie is a shipping heiress in need of a husband of convenience in order to keep/control her money and business. She was given a shipping business by her late father. Due to her hard work and dedication she has made it a great success. Therefore, Georgie finds herself in Newgate looking for a husband who will soon be hanged. Her plan is to become a widow and therefore be able to have more freedom in society. Especially because her cousin Josiah is intent in marrying her to get his hands on her money. It is while she is there that she ends up getting married to Benedict. While she thinks that he is soon to be sent to another prison far away, he is there working undercover for the Bow Street Runners.
Benedict is a war hero in need of funds due to his late father gambling debts. Though he is a second son he helps out his brother to pay off the debts. I liked this story line. It is usually the other way around. Rich hero, poor heroine. In this story roles were reversed.
When Georgie later realizes that her husband was not sent away they decide to help each other out. Luckily for Georgie she has the funds to help Ben and at the same time gets to go on investigative adventures along with him. I liked how Ben liked to live his live day by day to the fullest and that the most priceless gift he could afford was one that Georgie was in need of...love. That was what she was missing in her life.
I highly recommend this story and really look forwards to the next in the series!!

Thank you to the publisher for the ARC provided through NetGalley for review.

Georgiana is loaded and single. And that's the problem. Fortune hunters. Benedict is broke and single. He is a war veteran who picks up extra change as a Bow Street runner. Ben runs a gambling establishment with his two close friends and his earnings go to help his brother who inherited the estate and all the debts. Georgie has a fortune-seeking cousin who wants her money. His attempts to compromise her reputation force her to drastic action: marry and become a widow. Fast. With help Georgie lines up a groom about to be hanged. Unfortunately he is unavailable when she arrives at the prison and Ben, posing as a prisoner, is forced to take his place. All the fun begins when Georgie finds her husband alive and well at a ball. This was a fun story!

Like an overstuffed fruit basket, this first in Bateman's new series is spilling over with crowd-pleasing tropes. There's the sensible, independent-minded heiress, Georgiana Caversteed, who, wishing to escape the distasteful courtship of her worthless cousin Josiah, decides to take herself off the market by marrying, in darkest night, a condemned convict from Newgate Prison. Because that is *exactly* the best strategy for eluding money-grasping kin.

The ruggedly healthy-looking "convict" she marries is Benedict Wylde, war hero, rogue about town, partner in a fashionable new gaming club co-owned by two other handsome war heroes (lending themselves immediately to series potential), and younger brother to the impoverished Earl of Morcott, whose fortunes he is trying to help repair by doing odd jobs for the Bow Street Runners. Thus the reason he is undercover in Newgate, trying to find out about a smuggler he's been tracking. So, just to recap: nobility AND war hero AND rogue AND spy. But not a convict, as Georgiana will find when she spots him across a crowded ballroom and realizes her husband is not in Australia after all. And they are legally, bindingly married.

The tropes are familiar and just keep coming; it feels like Bateman has rifled all my favorite supporting characters from all my favorite Georgette Heyer novels. There's the widowed Mama who obsesses about her daughters' marriages and her nerves. There's the pin-up younger sister who is also funny and smart. There's the weedy young man who produces terrible poetry. There are the loyal sidekicks who are brave and handsome, the clever street rat who bites coins he is given in exchange for information. There is the conventional villain, who violates all sense of family loyalty or morality and proves himself capable of kidnap, burglary, attempted murder, and threats of sexual predation. And there are also ballrooms, nighttime hijinks in libraries to steal blueprints, secret assignations at the club, a submarine, and a secret plan to spring Napoleon from exile. There are so many borrowings from all my favorite romance-spy books that one feels, at some points, breathlessly dragged along by it all.

But it's a fun ride. For all their familiarity, the tropes in Bateman's book feel fresh in their combination. Georgiana is feisty and intelligent, loving and loyal to her family, and doesn't mind being the sensible older sister, though she does mind all the fortune hunters. And she loves being a shipping heiress. The antics at the docks, when Georgiana shows Benedict her boats and warehouses, are one place where the historical setting feels real and vibrant.

And Ben, or Wylde, or Benedict, hits all the right notes as the hero; he's sexy, and he thinks Georgiana's sexy, but he loves her for her mind and her feistiness, not her money or her body. The sex is sensual, consensual, and--it goes without saying--there are showers of stars. All in all, as is characteristic of historical romance these days--and thank goodness for it--the characters are uninhibited by real Regency attitudes about women and sex and are refreshingly, delightfully modern in their equality, respect, and mutual enjoyment of passion. Bateman's book is fast, fun, not too dark, and puts its poignant emotional beats in all the right places. It has all the appeal of a bestseller & I already can't wait for Book 2.

This was my first book by Kate Bateman and will not be my last. This Earl of Mine was sexy, sweet, and fun all rolled into one. Great characters and plot development. And that cover... so sexy! I received an ARC for my fair and honest review.

Georgie is an heiress who decides to marry for convenience after she was nearly compromised by a suitor intent on marrying her for her money. She devises a plan to marry a convict bound for the gallows. The convict turns out to be none other than our fearless hero Ben Wylde who is in Newgate disguised as a prisoner for reasons. Yes, the set up is bonkers and disbelief must be completely suspended. Especially in light of the fact that Georgie makes Ben sign a document stating he will never touch her money. I'm willing to bet that such a document in Regency England where women didn't even have rights to their own children would be completely unenforceable.

Anyway, soon enough Georgie realizes that the hairy prisoner she married, that she can't stop fantasizing about even though she spend all of an hour in his company while he was hairy, dressed in rags and probably stunk to high heaven, is none other than the scapegrace rogue Ben. Ben is not only a gambling den owner but also a Bow-street runner. Yes, he's some kind of investigator for the ton, and he is a terrible one at that. He tells Georgie everything all the sensitive details about his investigation after a few conversations. Let's not forget he doesn't know her from Adam and has only exchanged a few words with her. Did I also mention Georgie runs her own shipping business? I'm all for female empowerment and the fantasy inherent in reading romance but let's try to have some semblance of actual history in a historical. CEO heroines in Regency England are becoming as plentiful as rich gorgeous Dukes. I'm sure there were exceptions to the rule in reality but this is the second book I've read in a week where the heroine was running a huge business empire. I may have been able to suspend disbelief throughout if the main characters had been in any way interesting but they were both so bland. The hero was a by the numbers rogue. Supposedly a bad boy through and through but this is all told and no shown. Just like we never see Georgie using her business acumen. In the end, the one thing I couldn't get over was how mind-numbingly boring this book was and sadly I can't find one thing to recommend it. 1 star.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing a review copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I finally got around to finishing this book. I don't get alot of time to physically read books so it always takes me a little bit longer. So just because it took me awhile doesn't mean that it wasn't a good book. Because it was.. It wasn't the best book I've ever read but it was enjoyable.

The Premise of this book is pretty simple. Georgie needs to get married so she isn't forced to marry her nasty cousin who only wants her money. So her brilliant idea was to marry someone who was going to die so that she could become a widow and be in control of her life. Pretty good idea right?.. right?? Too bad the guy she married in newgate was actually an undercover spy.

Good story right? It was funny at times and sweet too. One of the things I actually liked the most about this book is the mother.. which almost never happens in historical romances. If you read it, you'll understand why I like her.

Anyways I liked it. I've never read anything by this author but I am going to be on the lookout for more.

Georgiana Caversteed is a very wealthy heiress to her father’s shipping empire ….. bringing her to the attention of fortune hunters , especially her cousin who is determined to compromise her and force her into marriage .
Fiercely independent and determined not to be married for her money she comes up with a plan to secretly marry a man on death row allowing her to pass as a widow ……………… but all does not go as planned for another man is substituted at the last moment .
Benedict Wylde is a Bow Street runner, undercover trying to obtain information from a man on death row . who upon his release contacts Georgina to inform her that the marriage is still valid . They decide to form a plan that will allow both the independence they crave but will also save face in the eyes of the Ton .
Their story makes for an enjoyable read …. I was drawn to the characters and their lives . I look forward to reading more books in this genre by the Author .

I was given an ARC of this book by Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Ms. Bateman's 'Earl Of Mine' is an engrossing tale of Georgie, a rich young woman, running a shipyard and trying to avoid getting married for her money. After being chased relentlessly by a cousin only interested in her fortune, she hatches a scheme in which she pays a convict on death row a sum to marry her. He gets money for his family, she gets the freedom of already being married, not disclosing her husband's death, therefore, no fortune hunters.
However her planned spouse passes the night before the wedding and a substitute is offered...well...coerced into marriage. She believes he's being transported, but he's working for Bow Street and his imprisonment's a cover.
He appears at a ball sometime later, and she finds out who he really is.
The story has intrigue, his assignment for the Runners...she is able to help, her rescue from evil cousin, Josiah, humor, sweet and steamy love scenes. They pair get in and out of scrapes and try to avoid the scrutiny of the ton.
I really enjoyed this tale. Georgie and Benedict are interesting and amusing characters. The scenes are easy to imagine with plenty of intrigue, humor and romance.
I requested and received a NetGalley ARC gratis and offer my opinion as my own.

This historical was perfect in every way. The character development and plot was adicting. I highly recommend you get it and read it.

Loved this book! This was a new to me author and I will definitely be reading her again. I thought it was a fun story. I loved Georgie and Ben. The writing was excellent and there was good character development. The ending was a little rushed but I still thoroughly enjoyed this book.

The story is well thought out and nicely written making this an exciting page turner and one which I am more than happy to recommend."