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Never Fall for Your Fiancée
by Virginia Heath
‘The last thing Hugh Standish, Earl of Fareham, ever wants is a wife. Unfortunately for him, his mother is determined to find him one, even from across the other side of the ocean. So, Hugh invents a fake fiancée to keep his mother’s matchmaking ways at bay. But when Hugh learns his interfering mother is on a ship bound for England, he realizes his complicated, convoluted but convenient ruse is about to implode. Until he collides with a beautiful woman, who might just be the miracle he needs.
Minerva Merriwell has had to struggle to support herself and her two younger sisters ever since their feckless father abandoned them. Work as a woodcut engraver is few and far between, and the Merriwell sisters are nearly penniless. So, when Hugh asks Minerva to pose as his fiancée while his mother is visiting, she knows that while the scheme sounds ludicrous, the offer is too good to pass up.
Once Minerva and her sisters arrive at Hugh's estate, of course, nothing goes according to his meticulous plan. As hilarity and miscommunication ensue, while everyone tries to keep their tangled stories straight, Hugh and Minerva’s fake engagement starts to turn into a real romance. But can they trust each other, when their relationship started with a lie?’
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Never Fall for Your Fiancée is the first book in Virginia Heath’s new series, The Merriwell Sisters and is a historical romance. This is the first book by this author which I have read.
I thought this book had a lot of promise to start, but it began to unravel a bit in my opinion by the second half. I liked the premise, it was a bit silly, but amusing. I found that the fabricated engagement was dragged out far too long, creating unnecessary tension and misunderstanding between characters. There was also a bit of instalove at play here, which is a big pet-peeve of mine. There is a real resistance for both Hugh and Minerva because Hugh is supposedly a scoundrel, although we see absolutely no proof of this during the course of the book. In fact, all we see is evidence to the contrary. At around approximately the 75% mark this resistance makes a sharp turn into insta-love and I really wish it had been more organic
Hugh was obviously a bit ridiculous and outlandish in his storytelling, but that's how he got himself into this mess in the first place and I found it mostly entertaining. Overall the book as a whole can be described as a bit ridiculous but humorous, but I did found that it was trying a bit to hard to be humorous that it pushed more into being silly and frivolous, and at times even slowing down the progression of the plot as a result.
The book was amusing and pretty enjoyable to read and I’ll probably continue with the series.
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I would like to thank NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for sharing an eARC of Never Fall for Your Fiancée by Virginia Heath. This is my honest review.
Minerva Merriwell has had to struggle to support herself and her two younger sisters ever since their feckless father abandoned them. Work as a woodcut engraver is few and far between, and the Merriwell sisters are nearly penniless. So, when Hugh asks Minerva to pose as his fiancée while his mother is visiting, she knows that while the scheme sounds ludicrous, the offer is too good to pass up.
Once Minerva and her sisters arrive at Hugh's estate, of course, nothing goes according to his meticulous plan. As hilarity and miscommunication ensue, while everyone tries to keep their tangled stories straight, Hugh and Minerva’s fake engagement starts to turn into a real romance. But can they trust each other, when their relationship started with a lie?’
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Never Fall for Your Fiancée is the first book in Virginia Heath’s new series, The Merriwell Sisters and is a historical romance. This is the first book by this author which I have read.
I thought this book had a lot of promise to start, but it began to unravel a bit in my opinion by the second half. I liked the premise, it was a bit silly, but amusing. I found that the fabricated engagement was dragged out far too long, creating unnecessary tension and misunderstanding between characters. There was also a bit of instalove at play here, which is a big pet-peeve of mine. There is a real resistance for both Hugh and Minerva because Hugh is supposedly a scoundrel, although we see absolutely no proof of this during the course of the book. In fact, all we see is evidence to the contrary. At around approximately the 75% mark this resistance makes a sharp turn into insta-love and I really wish it had been more organic
Hugh was obviously a bit ridiculous and outlandish in his storytelling, but that's how he got himself into this mess in the first place and I found it mostly entertaining. Overall the book as a whole can be described as a bit ridiculous but humorous, but I did found that it was trying a bit to hard to be humorous that it pushed more into being silly and frivolous, and at times even slowing down the progression of the plot as a result.
The book was amusing and pretty enjoyable to read and I’ll probably continue with the series.
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I would like to thank NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for sharing an eARC of Never Fall for Your Fiancée by Virginia Heath. This is my honest review.