Hot earl summer

Erica Ridley

Book - 2024

"Bold, curvy Elizabeth Wynchester loves cuddling hedgehogs almost as much as she adores vanquishing villains with the sharp blade concealed inside her cane. Despite others' opinions about her body and gender, nothing will stop her from seeing justice done. When her next mission drops her at the dastardly Earl of Densmore's castle, she's prepared to duel like gentlemen--only to be locked inside! Her trusty sword cannot defeat the castle's hidden traps... or protect her heart from the devilishly handsome rogue guarding the keep. When reclusive inventor Stephen Lenox agreed to impersonate his cousin for a few days, he didn't expect the earl to vanish altogether. Nor could Stephen predict mounting death threats... ...or the arrival of a beguiling, blade-wielding spinster who declares herself his new bodyguard. As the earl's enemies lay siege to the castle, Stephen fights his way past Elizabeth's defenses. She'll share his bed, but when the adventure concludes, she vows to sever their affair. Unless he can somehow convince a swashbuckling siren to surrender her heart."--

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Subjects
Genres
Romance fiction
Novels of manners
Novels
Romans de mœurs
Romans
Published
New York ; Boston : Forever 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Erica Ridley (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
pages cm
ISBN
9781538726150
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Review by Booklist Review

Elizabeth Wynchester would personally have preferred a more sword-intensive approach to dealing with the Earl of Densmore, but she promised her family she would try talking first. Tasked by her family with locating a missing will that will prove the Earl of Densmore is not the rightful owner of Castle Harbrook, Elizabeth sets out for Dorset. Upon arriving at Castle Harbrook, Elizabeth finds a way to breach its defenses only to discover that Densmore is gone, leaving his cousin Stephen Lenox behind to impersonate him. Prepped to do battle with the arrogant earl, Elizabeth instead finds her own defenses slowly weakened by the brainy and surprisingly buff Stephen. Ridley continues to successfully carve out a space for herself in historical romance with her fabulously fanciful and fiercely funny love stories. From its magnificently madcap plot to its wonderfully winsome characters, Ridley's (Nobody's Princess, 2022) latest perfectly calibrates every literary component of this dazzling romance to ensure maximum reading enjoyment.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.