Super cute regency romance that kept me entertained through the whole novel. Lord Randall is a supposed rake and Clarissa wants to find someone who wants her for more than her money. She has a list of requirements and one is he cannot be a rake like her father was. Can Clarissa ever trust anyone enough to agree to marriage?

Fun, easy read that will capture your heart. Thanks to NetGalley for an advanced copy for an honest review.

Anne Gracie’s flawless writing is something every reader should experience. Clarissa and Randall’s love story captured my heart and this is easily one of the HR book I have ever read!!

In The Heiress's Daughter, Anne Gracie explores how abuse and neglect as a child continues to affect the person who suffered through it into adulthood. The heroine, Clarissa Studley, had a father who was abusive and neglectful by turns and who did this to both Clarissa and her mother. It leaves Clarissa, who wants a husband and children, with difficulties in making decisions about suitors. She sees herself as plain and plump, as her father pounded into her repeatedly, and believes the only thing men find appealing about her is her fortune. She does not want a husband like her father, but seems unable to distinguish which of her suitors would not be like that. When Race, Lord Randall proves attentive, she cannot trust his sincerity because of his reputation as a rake, until he rescues her from what she believed to be a good prospect. This book is part of the Brides of Bellaire Gardens series and some of the characters from the previous books make an appearance which was fun. Strongly recommended.

Gracie creates wonderfully complex characters in her Regency Romances. The Heiress’s Daughter has Clarissa and Lord Randall.
I loved Lord Randall. He was so accepting of Clarissa from the beginning as he saw her value was not in her dowry and her beauty was beyond what was on the surface. He is a much better hero than his best friend Leo from the previous book.

Clarissa was so beaten down by her father’s verbal abuse that it took a while for her to trust her own judgment and to believe that someone could love her, just her, and she could be enough.

The first book in this series continues to be my favorite. I like that Lady Tarrant and her charming step daughters are included in this book.

There was a bit too much waffling back and forth with oh he’s a rake but I so desire him but he’s a rake, etc.
Also not sure the side story of finding a possible long lost half sister was essential.

All in all, another good book in this series.

Thank you NetGalley and Berkley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a super cute story about Clarissa, an heiress who struggles to believe she deserves the love and attention of a man, and Race, a rake who finds himself falling in love with a truly amazing woman for the first time. Lots of twists and turns, including a forced betrothal. Overall a fun read.

3.5 stars.

*I received a review copy from the publisher/author via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.