This was a fun and sweet read! I enjoyed all the characters, especially the children! Emmeline and Will are childhood friends who end up in a marriage of convince because Emmeline needs to marry. I loved going on the self discovery journey for Emmeline while her and Will also found their way to love! Seeing as they grew apart for 8 years. Will is so patient and has had feelings for Emmeline always. Emmeline couldn’t have children of her own, so she’s told her family about made up ones! So when she’s called to come home for her grandfathers birthday, she get two orphans to play the role of hers! Will and Emmeline are open to the children about what is going on. I really enjoyed the story of found family and love! All in all a good read!

I hate to say it but this one was a DNF for me at about 50%. I struggled to get into it. I felt the storyline was moving slowly with little excitement. Maybe it just wasn’t my cup of tea. I’d like to try reading this one again in the future because sometimes it just comes down to being in the mood for certain types of books. I did find the characters flawed in an interesting way, and even better they are aware of their flaws which is refreshing! I wanted to learn more about Emmeline and William’s past and where their relationship truly became more of a partnership. I did have a soft spot for the two little ones they borrow - they were sweet and sassy. Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin’s Griffin for the egalley in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press for providing me with an eARC for Something in the Heir. All of the following views are my own.

Something in the Heir centers around Emmeline and Will Pershing, childhood friends who agreed to a marriage of convenience in order to keep Emmeline's home, Winnover Hall. The catch is that in order to keep it for the remainder of their lives, they must have produced an heir within the first five years of marriage. Now eight years into their marriage, Emmeline reveals to Will that she's convinced their families (and most of the ton) that they are parents to two children, Malcolm and Flora. The only problem is they only exist on paper and with an upcoming milestone birthday for her grandfather, those make believe children must become real. They find a set of orphans, George and Rose, who closely match the made up descriptions and decide to train them for eight weeks so they can pull off their elaborate web of tales.

With witty dialogue, shenanigans to spare, and a renewed romance, Something in the Heir quickly became one of my favorite releases this year. This was my first Suzanne Enoch novel and because I quickly fell head over heels for her writing, it certainly won't be my last. I would recommend this for fans of The Parent Trap, The Sound of Music (George and Rose did remind me very much of the Von Trapp children), and India Holton's Dangerous Damsels series.

Very fun read! A few times I laughed, and I really enjoyed it. I think this book would be so fun to do as an audiobook! Easy read overall but still really fun.

3 stars!

Emmeline and William have had a marriage of convenience for the last eight years. Life is good. They get to live their separate lives. They don't really have to interact with each other. They both to get to benefit as Emmeline gets her family estate and William gets help with his political career. This is the way both of them want it, right? Wrong! William has secretly been longing for Emmeline's affections. When Emmeline's grandfather asks them to come to his birthday celebration, William is confused because the Duke asks them to bring their two children - who don't exist. It's okay! They can just improvise and find two orphans to act as their children.

I was so excited for this book because it felt like a regency era "You Deserve Each Other," which is one of my favorites. However, I did think this book fell short in many areas. The writing was really great, but the plot was just too crazy. I wasn't really rooting for our main couple, at times it was intensely repetitive,

Thank you to Netgalley and St Martin's for the ARC!

Aaaah I love fun reads! Such fun and lovely characters. Loved reading this. We need more fun books that will make you giggle and laugh and take away the madness of the world.

This was cute and the story was fun, but it wasn't really a romance as expected. I really wish that there had been more about the main characters' relationship, but it just wasn't there.

A delightful take on a historical arranged marriage! I enjoyed the characters and the plot. I also felt the language used was spot-on for the time I laughed hard at some it!

This book was fine... but that's basically all I can say about it. I think the plot was tilted so heavily to the kids, that it really lost the romance aspect. It slowed things down and kept me from engaging with the book. It wasn't bad, per say, it just really didn't connect with me in a meaningful way.

3.5 stars = Good+

This is marketed as a romance, but in my opinion, it's really not. It's a historical story with a romantic side plot, at best. The focus is almost solely on the kids and the charade the whole household is trying to accomplish, everyone for their own reasons.

The story is predictable, but I think predictable stories have their place. I enjoyed the kids as well as the growing warmth between Will and Emmie. I especially adored how the household staff protected the kids and the Pershings. The number of lies and attempts at subterfuge became almost ridiculous. But all in all, it was an enjoyable read.

Reading "Something in the Heir" by Suzanne Enoch was a true joy. From the beginning, Will Pershing and his disheveled mop of dark brown hair grabbed me by the heart. He's the quintessential charming, patient and kind boy-next-door, and Emmeline's creativity and self-depricating nature endeared me to her as well.

This story is a delightful comedy of errors. Concerned with his bloodline, Emmeline's grandfather, the Duke of Welshire, has conditioned residence within Welshire Hall upon marriage and children. When Emmeline is faced with the possibility of losing her childhood home to her scheming cousin after her mother decides to move to Bath, she enters into a marriage of convenience with her best friend Will. The only problem? They're unable to have any children.

Unknown to Will, Emmeline has taken care of things by inventing two sweet, if sickly, kids. When the Duke summons everyone to his estate for a family birthday party, the two of them must come up with real-life children to play the part. What follows is a story of found family, rediscovered love and enough hijinks to keep you laughing most of the way through.

The story is told through multiple points of view, which allows the reader to have a fuller picture of the story as it enfolds.

This book is for anyone who loves:
❤️‍🔥 Historical romance (FYI: Closed door)
👰🏻 Marriage of convenience
😍 Friends to lovers
🗣️ Multiple POV
😁 Light-hearted banter
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Plotlines involving found families
👑 A satisfying happily-ever-after

Note: Please be aware of the trigger warnings this book contains, including infertility, loss of parents (off-page), petty theft and dysfunctional families.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for allowing me the chance to read and provide an honest review of this book! I've posted this review to my social platforms, Amazon and B&N listings and on GoodReads.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a cute romance novel and it was a fun read.

This is a romantic story that happens backwards- the pair become engaged in the opening pages and spend the rest of the novel gently falling in love. However, the romance is done very subtly and it isn't the main focus of the book.

A few more sweet scenes between Emmaline and William to show a spark in their relationship would have brought my rating up to a five.

The heart of the novel is the relationship Emmaline and William develop with the two orphans they borrowed from the orphanage.
Rose and George are hilarious and totally adorable. I loved how they expressed themselves whether it was polite or not. It was heartwarming to watch them interact with William and Emmaline as well as the staff and slowly bring laughter and friendship back into the household. It was difficult not to like the children and hope that Emmaline and William would resolve their issues and find a way to adopt them and save their home.
There were a few twists involving the children's older brother that added extra drama. The inevitable HEA for the newfound family was heartwarming and uplifting. A really charming and delightful story that I found difficult to put down.

Something in the Heir was a fun historical novel about a couple who needed to have kids to keep their house but didn't. Will and Emmeline come up with a scheme to borrow two kids from an orphanage to try and fool her family. This book had a lot of really good side plots and other focuses but not enough of Will and Emmeline fixing their marriage. The fix and the solution all seemed so rushed while other plotlines were unnecessarily stretched out. Overall a good read and I look forward to reading more from Suzanne Enoch in the future!

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review!

I really enjoyed this historical romance! It's my first experience with the author and I don't think that it will be my last since I found this to be such a genuinely fun and delightful read. I am sure that some fans of the romance genre will not be as satisfied with this - as it is decidedly not steamy. But it does fall into the friends to lovers trope which I enjoy and I don't mind the bedroom scenes being left up to the imagination. I had a lot of fun reading this and found that all of the characters really grew on me!

Emmeline loves Winnover Hall where she grew up. But in order to continue living there, she must meet the conditions laid out her grandfather, the Duke. This leads to her to a hasty marriage and the eventual creation of two children who exist only on paper. As her grandfather's birthday approaches - and after all these years, he demands to have all of the generations surrounding him, Emmeline needs to come up with some children in order to keep her home.

The plot may follow predictable paths, but that doesn't in any way detract from the fun. It's a light-hearted read and one that I genuinely enjoyed a lot more than I expected to! There are a few head-hopping moments that grated on my nerves, but that's a real pet peeve of hime. And I appreciated the various perspectives - including those of the children. I imagine that an audio version would be equally entertaining (provided the reader doesn't over-do the children's voices). I laughed out loud in places here and there may have even been a moment where my eyes welled up! It's a satisfying read from start to finish! I just wish that the epilogue had gone a bit further out into the future... I just wasn't ready to say goodbye to these characters!

Emmeline and Will married hastily and very young, so that Emmeline could keep her family home. Their married relationship ended up being very formal. In fact, I wasn't sure about the book during the very first part, because it just didn't seem "fun".

The fun starts when the couple needs to come up with two children that Emmie has told everyone about (they needed to produce children in order to keep the house). The children they end up with (Rose and George) are adorable little hellions, and as soon as they came on the scene I started greatly enjoying the story. I loved how the servants from then butler on down dealt with the children, and I loved watching the love between Emmie and Will grow as they learn how to be parents and friends and not just business partners. Rose and George were alternately heart-wrenching and funny.

I'd recommend this book to people who like historical romance! I had a hard time putting it down.

A laugh-out-loud turn on a marriage of convenience, Suzanne Enoch's Something in the Heir will leave you laughing and happy sighing.

Emmie needs to get married and fast if she's going to stop her cousin from taking over her beloved childhood estate. There's just one problem, her cousin is already engaged and Emmie just debuted on her first season. Talking it over with her longtime childhood friend and neighbor, Will, the two decide to marry as quickly as possible. He'll have an advantageous marriage and Emmie will get to keep her estate. Eight years later, the two find themselves in a bit of a predicament, they are in need of two children that Emmie wrote to her reclusive uncle about for his upcoming birthday, two children that Will was not aware existed up until that moment. Deciding to borrow a brother and sister from a London orphanage, the two think they're going to pull off their forgery until it turns out the two children, Gorge and Rose, aren't as demure as the pair originally thought. What will our marriage of convince pair do, especially since after eight years of living parallel lives, they suddenly find themselves having feelings for one another?

I was sent a copy of this by St. Martin's Press as an ARC to review and I couldn't put it down once I started. I love regency era historical romance and the marriage of convenience is a trope I'm particularly fond of in this genre, but this marriage of convenience story was unlike any other I've come across. I was laughing on nearly every page and found myself rooting for the foursome from the beginning. Now I find myself wanting to read Suzanne's other books. A five-star read perfect for Bridgerton fans who particularly love younger Hyacinth and Gregory.

I have to be honest I went into this book thinking it was a historical fiction romance novel. I was slightly disappointed. I loved the small children in the book and the way that William took care of Emmeline. The overall plot was okay but not the best storyline I have read. I would have been so much happier with this book if there had been a bit more romance between William and Emmeline. Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Griffin for the e-ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I'm a huge Suzanne Enoch fan and usually enjoy her witty dialogue and exciting plots with steamy romance mixed in. This novel is a huge departure from her usual writing. I enjoyed it but not nearly as much as her other novels.

This novel is not really a romance and more a slapstick comedy with some tender family moments.
I don’t recommend this one, Enoch's other historical romances are better paced, a proper length, just as funny, and include steam. Also don’t put a bed on the cover if there’s no hot sex in said bed.

Special thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me an ARC of this book for an honest review.

Something in the Heir was an enjoyable read with an entertaining premise that was full of surprises.

Emmeline and William Pershing have enjoyed a marriage of convenience for eight years where they have been content to lead separate lives under the same roof. When Emmeline's grandfather, the Duke of Welshire, summons the entire family to his home for his seventieth birthday celebration, their perfectly ordered life begins to come crashing down. For Emmeline has invented two children to meet the requirement of having an heir to remain in their home who obviously cannot appear. Or can they? Enter George and Rose Fletcher, two orphans the Pershings take in to play the role of their children. What could possibly go wrong?

The premise of this story immediately intrigued me and I was curious how the characters would manage to pull off their ruse (if they'd be able to at all). I will admit I was a bit hesitant about the idea of "renting" two orphans but I was interested to see how the author would handle it. After George and Rose come to the Pershings' home, the couple begin to give them lessons so they would fit with how children of a well-bred couple would be expected to behave. The lessons were a great source of entertainment and I loved how the children kept everyone on their toes. I liked that the Pershings were open with the children about what was going on and that they negotiated with them to make sure both sides were happy with the arrangement. As the book goes on, it becomes clear that the Pershings have come to care for the children and I was happy with the way the author managed to wrap up their story.

The romance in this book is a very minor element to the story which I wasn't expecting based on my previous experience with the author's books. After Emmie had her debut, her parents let her know they would be moving which meant the home they lived in would go to the next eligible family member to marry. In order to remain in her beloved home Emmie proposed a marriage of convenience to Will, her childhood friend. Over the next eight years, the pair drifted apart to the point they were living separate lives under the same roof. After the arrival of the Fletcher children, the pair began to bond over the experience and they grew closer. I enjoyed getting to see their romance slowly build and I was happy that by the book's end they agreed to give their relationship a real shot.

Overall Something in the Heir was a fun read that I would recommend if you're looking for a great historical fiction book to pick up.