4.5

Book source ~ NetGalley

Colin Brockhurst, Earl of Ravenshire, is over 30 and his dad is sick of his shit. He wants his son to grow up and settle down. No more gaming, women, or partying. So he hits his son right where he knows it’ll hurt – he’s selling the family estate where Colin’s mother is buried. Well, that lights a fire under his ass and he does everything he can to keep that from happening, including trying to negotiate with his unreasonable pops. Get married? Heaven forbid! But there is no way he wants to lose Sommerall, so he scrambles for a plan. A plan that keeps evolving once Lady Angeline Brenham, longtime family friend and sort of nemesis, enters the arena. She agrees to help Colin with his plan, but neither of them expects the end results.

A bit different than your usual historical romance, this delightful read will have you sighing and grinning as well as wanting to shake these two main characters. Man. Talk about stubborn blindness. But it all works. Both characters grow and evolve throughout the book and secondary characters are more than mere props. If you like historical romances with some humor and heat then don’t pass this one up.