Nathaniel Lawrence is American and works for his father's successful textile mill. After his father death, he receives a letter stating he is the heir to the Duke of Wembley. As far fetched as that seems, he is on his way to England anyway to take care of his father's last request. Lady Charlotte is the only child of the Duke of Wembley. A beautiful woman she has had more than her share of admirers. Her father's plan is for her to marry Nathaniel to keep ties to the family. What was planned as a marriage of convenience didn't quite turn out that way. A menagerie of birds and animals play a key role in the plot. A jousting tournament plays a key role in a husband and his wife. Bits of humor are welcome and the descriptive passion is very steamy. I've read books by this author before and haven't been disappointed.
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Again i live for men eating their words and being losers in love is my jam, it gives me life and this book gives me life, i cannot help but love it and i LOVED IT.

Nathaniel Lawrence is a Boston businessman that is contacted by the Duke of Wembley with a werid story. Apparently, he is the heir to the dukedom. Nate is already on his way to London after his own father's death, who left all his money to St. Lawrence Orphanage, so he agrees to meet the Duke and hear this story in order to make a decision. Of course, that's a lie. He believes the Duke is without penny and that's why he needs him. Little did he know, all his plans to reject the Duke will go to hell... as soon as he lays eyes upon his daughter, Lady Charlotte.

Knight of the Bleeding Heart by Margaux Thorne is a delightful historical romance that kept me flipping pages as fast as I could. It’s a tale as old as time, money talks, but money can’t buy love & happiness. Title’s in England seem to be one thing money can “buy” and these sought after titles are also used as a means to bait otherwise unsuspecting son’s and daughters happily into parsons trap.

“Boston businessman, Nathaniel Lawrence doesn’t have a dime he didn’t earn himself. So when he finds out that he’s the long-lost heir to a penniless dukedom in England, it’s easy for him to dismiss the undeserving fortune. Why pour money into a crumbling castle and meaningless title when his eye is set on the future in America? But when the current duke throws his lovely daughter’s hand in to sweeten the offer, Nathaniel rethinks his rash decision. He knows a good business deal when he sees one, and marriage to Lady Charlotte, the jewel of the ton, is the very best.

With a squandered dowry, Lady Charlotte only has one option that will keep her—and her father—living in the custom befitting their station. Marrying her father’s heir would make her a future duchess and allow her to retain control of her family’s ancestral home. A bargain is set. Nathaniel will accept the title and all the connections that come along with it, living the majority (or all) of his time in America, while Charlotte gets to raise their future son on their estate where he can learn to be a true English duke, cementing the family line for another generation. On paper, the agreement is brilliant and convenient, but in person, it’s something that neither of them expected.

Because the more Charlotte spends time with her new, brash husband, the more his enterprising and entrepreneurial American spirit rubs off on her. Soon, she begins to realize that maybe she didn’t need a knight in shining armor to come and rescue her family from bloodthirsty creditors and a title in abeyance.

Maybe she only needed a good idea, some alpacas, and a belief that she is more than just another passive branch on her ancient illustrious tree for a male heir to use to climb to the top.”

Nathaniel & Charlotte are put to the test through this story with the ultimate prize of love being closer than either realized. I enjoyed watching these two figure out what really matters in life and learning that all that glitters isn’t gold!

4 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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This is Book 4 of the Eglinton Knights series. Nathaniel is a successful self-made businessman in America. He is very proud of the fact that every penny of his fortune has come from his own hard work. What does he need a crumbling dukedom for? When he learns he has inherited a dukedom in dire financial distress, he has no desire to claim it and pour his hard earned money into restoring it. But when he finds out that Lady Charlotte is part of the deal, he begins to change his tune.
With her dowry lost and not many options, Charlotte has no other choice but to marry her father's new heir from America if she wants to maintain the life as she is accustomed to. A bargain is set between them where Nathaniel will take accept the title but live primarily in America. Once there is an heir, Charlotte will stay in England and teach them the responsibilities that come with inheriting a dukedom. But the more time they spend with each other they come to realize that their agreement that looks so favorable on paper, is not what either of them really desires. Despite the clashing of two very different worlds, when hearts get involved, love will get the final say.
A very different and enjoyable story with interesting characters. I have been enjoying the series thus far and this latest addition also did not disappoint.
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Knight of the Bleeding Heart by Margaux Thorne is part of the Eglinton Knights series. The Duke of Wembly was beside himself. He has located an heir to his dukedom. The young man, Nathaniel Lawrence, an American, was less than ideal but he was rich and money was all that was really necessary to save the dukedom. He had spend the dowry of his daughter, Lady Charlotte, to find him and now he had arrived. Nathaniel’s father had died recently, and in a surprise move, had left his vast wealth to various charities rather than to his son. Nathaniel had received the business that had made his father rich, but he wasn’t sure that was how he wanted to make his mark. The duke was unhappy about this newest development, but after pacing and playing his violin all night had come up with a solution: Charlotte and Nathaniel could marry, provide him with an heir, and Nathaniel could return to Boston and leave them in peace. There was just one problem. The two had fallen in love.

There were twists and turns in this romance that could not have been predicted. These made it all much more fun than it might have been. There was the re-enactment of a medieval joust for one: Charlotte was one of the ladies-in-waiting and had spent a small fortune on the gowns for the event. There was also the matter of disbursing Nathaniel’s father’s funds as he had wished. It all became a little complicated, but that certainly made for a better story. The plot was simple, but the twists and turns were not. It was a good read: good characters, good plot, plenty of fun.

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Enjoyable Historical Romance

Nathaniel must go to London. His father's will states that he must give all his money to an orphanage, but he must not despair. He is not destitute; he still has his business, and he can still make money. He also finds out that he is a duke’s heir. When he arrives in London, he discovers quite a few surprises: an eccentric duke, a lovely lady, and an odd menagerie of animals. Nathaniel must learn to be a duke, not an easy task for an American who knows nothing about the ton. He also finds out he is expected to marry Charlotte and produce an heir. What Nathaniel and Charlotte do not count on is falling in love.

One thing that provides Charlotte with a new source of ideas, and us the readers, many chuckles, are the alpacas included in the duke’s menagerie. Can they be the answer to the duchy’s financial woes, or will Charlotte and her father still need Nathaniel’s help?

This is an entertaining historical romance. There is humor, plot twists, and a love story that will make you sigh. I especially love the unexpected surprises.

It took me a while to get into this book as I found Nathaniel's introduction to the Duke of Wembley was so bizarre, that it seemed unreal. I'm glad I persevered as the second half of the book began to develop into a plot that I could enjoy. It was just as well that Nathaniel's father left his money to an orphanage in England, otherwise the doddering old Duke would have tried to lay claim to it. Instead, Nathaniel discovered in Lady Charlotte a woman of substance and one that he could love. There is a certain amount of comedy and tragedy in this novel, but it does come to a good conclusion. I received a copy of this book as a gift from Dragonblade Publishing and NetGalley and this is my honest and voluntary review.

Great read! I loved the chemistry between the main characters, Nathaniel and Charlotte. The first few pages didn't 'hook' me, but then I couldn't put the book down.

Boston business man Nathaniel Lawrence gets some unexpected news in his father's Will. He now has no choice but to go to London to sort things out.

Lady Charlotte has been trying to keep the true state of her family's finances secret as long as she can. Her father has a plan of his own. Unfortunately most of the ideas he thinks of are rather excentric.

This historical romance is part of a series based around a medieval tournament being acted out in Victorian times. All the books happen at more or less the same time ,but are all very different. Because of the tournament you will see some of the names from other books but that will not spoil any of them.

This one has very unusual characters. Our hero is not the super confident man he first appears. Our heroine is not the self centered beauty that the Ton believes her to be. There are lots of surprises and more than a few giggles.

Great fun.

Gow can you not like a tall, hulk of an American hero who does not eat meat, drinks milk or tea and is a virgin at 28.

Nathaniel goes to England to donate money that his father bequeathed to an orphanage. While there he decides to follow up on a letter informing him he's an heir to a dukedom. He knows that it's an hoax.

Charlotte daughter of the Duke who is running the hoax, is trying to save her father estate and her future from doom.

The two are convinced to marry and produce an heir, with Nathaniel then returning to America and Charlotte remaining in England to raise the child.

What happens is a lot of insane attraction, Nathaniels consistent boost to Charlotte's mettle and strength and a slow development of love.

I like this story it was fun, different, and had a very sweet H and a lovely h.

The flamboyant and rather eccentric Duke of Wembley has taken a somewhat creative approach to finding his heir, and in doing so he spend his daughter’s entire dowry. Desperate to keep up appearances and the good family name, Lady Charlotte has taken over from her father when it comes to running the estate, but there’s only so much a Lady can do.

Boston businessman Nathaniel Lawrence isn’t naïve. He knows very well this might all be a ploy to lay claim on his father’s fortune. Except the penniless English duke apparently doesn’t know the entire fortune went to charity, and now Nate has to rebuilt his own. Delivering the last of his father’s donations to a London orphanage himself, he might as well pay a call to his so called relative who wants to hand him a title.

Somehow the Duke manages to convince Nate and then cleverly manoeuvres his long-lost heir and his daughter into marriage. Once their heir is born, Nate can return to America and Charlotte can stay to run the dukedom and raise the new heir. A perfect plan. Unless they let their hearts get involved…

📚 Watching these newlyweds conquer each other’s hearts is pure delight!
She’s more than capable of running the dukedom, but society keeps clipping her wings. That is, until her new husband teaches her to fly. The pomp and ceremony that come with peerage aren’t his thing, but business is… leading to some intimate and steamy classes on negotiation technics. They’re both virgins, but in for a penny means in for a pound. There’s banter, there’s wit and there’s the clumsy but fun discovery of intimacy.
The clash of two very different worlds is obvious but so well-written, and what starts as a an well-defined agreement grows beautifully - but not without a few bumps and bruises - into a romantic partnership of equals.
Like all the earlier books in this series, this was a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining read where things never quite work out the way they’re planned! An excellent book I would recommend to one and all!

A funny, generally cheerful story of Nathaniel, a man with a sudden title and Charlotte, a lady of the ton with an odd father and debts. The author sets the stage based on an old English event that wouldn't have taken place during this time period. That setting is the basis for the other stories within this series so we get to visit with old friends as well as new interesting characters. A well written piece of work, an enjoyable and steady paced romance that includes both the strengths as well as the vulnerability of the main characters.

A beautiful love story that had a lot of unexpected surprises along with deception and a suspense. It’s a fun read with great characters and a well written storyline. It is very entertaining and definitely worth reading. Glad to see that Mrs. Margaus Thorne is still on her game.

I enjoyed the book and I thought it was an amazing read. It was a quick read but it was really detailed.