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A review by cakt1991
The Bachelor Earl by Darcy Burke
4.0
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
I haven’t read the original Untouchables series (although I own the first several), just a few books of the spin-offs. However, while this is meant to be a prequel to that series and appears to relate most directly to the first book in the series, The Bachelor Earl is a wonderful story in its own right, also compelling me to bump the Untouchables books a bit further up my TBR.
I love the second chance love story between Genie, the widowed Duchess of Kendal and Edmund Holt, Earl of Satterfield, who once was infatuated with her.
One of the key hurdles for them is the issue of him needing an heir, something she can’t give him, and given the way some readers have reacted to baby epilogues, especially within the context of a heroine with fertility issues, I appreciated the way it was handled here, although I think it could also be for consistency with the already established world (something of which readers more well versed in the Untouchables will likely be more aware of).
Overall, this is a charming novella that serves double duty as a great starting point for newer readers and a sweet treat for those well versed in Darcy Burke’s backlist.
I haven’t read the original Untouchables series (although I own the first several), just a few books of the spin-offs. However, while this is meant to be a prequel to that series and appears to relate most directly to the first book in the series, The Bachelor Earl is a wonderful story in its own right, also compelling me to bump the Untouchables books a bit further up my TBR.
I love the second chance love story between Genie, the widowed Duchess of Kendal and Edmund Holt, Earl of Satterfield, who once was infatuated with her.
One of the key hurdles for them is the issue of him needing an heir, something she can’t give him, and given the way some readers have reacted to baby epilogues, especially within the context of a heroine with fertility issues, I appreciated the way it was handled here, although I think it could also be for consistency with the already established world (something of which readers more well versed in the Untouchables will likely be more aware of).
Overall, this is a charming novella that serves double duty as a great starting point for newer readers and a sweet treat for those well versed in Darcy Burke’s backlist.