Passions of a Wicked Earl - London's Greatest Lovers Book 1
Sept 12, 2017 11:26:32 GMT -7
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Passions of a Wicked Earl - London's Greatest Lovers Book 1 - by Loraine Heath
2.75 / 5.0
Heat 6/10
Genre - victorian period romance (1850's)
The basic premise is that the h is very young and scared on her wedding night. She does something really stupid and the H ships her off to his country home without consummating the marriage. This is background that comes in bits and pieces through the first few chapters. Fast forward three years and the story begins with the H in the arms of this mistress. His estranged wife shows up that night. She wants to give her younger sister a season so she can find a husband. She also wants to be a real wife and to have a chance to have children.
1) the H cheats on his vows for three years, but the marriage was never consummated. He is angry, betrayed by the h and feeling very unloved.
2) He is not intimate with his mistress after the h shows up. He intends to but can't. He still has at least one dinner with her as well.
3) the H is a complete asshole to the h for about the first 200 pages.
4) the H wants a divorce. He plans to try to get one once the season is over. He tells the h this and she still tries to make things work.
As he starts to fall for the h, he treats her much better. They finally consummate their marriage (around page 200) and he gives up the idea of divorce. Then something happens and he becomes an asshole again but this time I could see why he was mad. He just needed to shut up and listen, which he wouldn't.
Because of the cheating I had a very hard time starting this book. But I've read other books by this author that were good so I persevered. Plus, I want to read the other two books in the series so I needed to finish this one. I would give the first 200 pages 2/5 and the last 150 pages a 3.75/5. I didn't hate it, but I wouldn't read it a second time.
2.75 / 5.0
Heat 6/10
Genre - victorian period romance (1850's)
The basic premise is that the h is very young and scared on her wedding night. She does something really stupid and the H ships her off to his country home without consummating the marriage. This is background that comes in bits and pieces through the first few chapters. Fast forward three years and the story begins with the H in the arms of this mistress. His estranged wife shows up that night. She wants to give her younger sister a season so she can find a husband. She also wants to be a real wife and to have a chance to have children.
1) the H cheats on his vows for three years, but the marriage was never consummated. He is angry, betrayed by the h and feeling very unloved.
2) He is not intimate with his mistress after the h shows up. He intends to but can't. He still has at least one dinner with her as well.
3) the H is a complete asshole to the h for about the first 200 pages.
4) the H wants a divorce. He plans to try to get one once the season is over. He tells the h this and she still tries to make things work.
As he starts to fall for the h, he treats her much better. They finally consummate their marriage (around page 200) and he gives up the idea of divorce. Then something happens and he becomes an asshole again but this time I could see why he was mad. He just needed to shut up and listen, which he wouldn't.
Because of the cheating I had a very hard time starting this book. But I've read other books by this author that were good so I persevered. Plus, I want to read the other two books in the series so I needed to finish this one. I would give the first 200 pages 2/5 and the last 150 pages a 3.75/5. I didn't hate it, but I wouldn't read it a second time.
Thank you for this review, btw.
