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A review by kimber_reads
Wager for a Wife by Karen Tuft
4.0
Wager For A Wife by Karen Tuft is a regency romance with a marriage of convenience style plot. Then again maybe I would say marriage of inconvenience.
Louisa is a well put together and respectable young lady of society who is being courted by a sought after Earl and heir to a dukedom. When the Earl proposes Louisa accepts and they decide to announce their engagement once the marriage contract is finalized. However their plans are derailed when a young viscount, William, shows up out of the blue claiming that a bet placed between their grandfathers allows him to claim Louisa as his bride. Will Louisa move forward with her engagement to the Earl ? Or will she honor the terms of the bet and marry the viscount?
I really enjoyed the unique plot for this book! The idea of winning/buying a bride isn’t used very often and it took me a while to decide whether or not I liked it. But I think I did end up liking it because Louisa still had the ability to say no to William, but she also had the ability to say no to the Earl. Although their courtship wasn’t traditional, William and Louisa still chose to be together and weren’t forced to.
It took me awhile to like William, but I found that the more Louisa got to know him and liked him, the more I liked him. It was kind of interesting that the Earl starts out as the hero and as the story goes on I liked him less and less, whereas William started out as the villain and as the story went on I liked him more and more. I think it just goes to show that people aren’t always what they seem, you have spend time getting to know them to see who they truly are.
Overall this is was an enjoyable read, it didn’t make my favorites lists but I still liked it. If you enjoy regency romance, love triangles, enemies to lovers, and strong capable female characters you should check out Wager For A Wife.
Louisa is a well put together and respectable young lady of society who is being courted by a sought after Earl and heir to a dukedom. When the Earl proposes Louisa accepts and they decide to announce their engagement once the marriage contract is finalized. However their plans are derailed when a young viscount, William, shows up out of the blue claiming that a bet placed between their grandfathers allows him to claim Louisa as his bride. Will Louisa move forward with her engagement to the Earl ? Or will she honor the terms of the bet and marry the viscount?
I really enjoyed the unique plot for this book! The idea of winning/buying a bride isn’t used very often and it took me a while to decide whether or not I liked it. But I think I did end up liking it because Louisa still had the ability to say no to William, but she also had the ability to say no to the Earl. Although their courtship wasn’t traditional, William and Louisa still chose to be together and weren’t forced to.
It took me awhile to like William, but I found that the more Louisa got to know him and liked him, the more I liked him. It was kind of interesting that the Earl starts out as the hero and as the story goes on I liked him less and less, whereas William started out as the villain and as the story went on I liked him more and more. I think it just goes to show that people aren’t always what they seem, you have spend time getting to know them to see who they truly are.
Overall this is was an enjoyable read, it didn’t make my favorites lists but I still liked it. If you enjoy regency romance, love triangles, enemies to lovers, and strong capable female characters you should check out Wager For A Wife.