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The Devil and the Heiress by Harper St. George
5.0
I received an ARC of this title from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Having barely escaped a first unwanted marriage into the English noble class, American heiress Violet Crenshaw is relieved to know that her remaining time in England is coming to an end and she can return to her fiancé and focusing on her writing, thinking that her parents are now satisfied now that her older sister, August, is a happily married duchess. Except her fiancé terminates the engagement, her novel was rejected, and it turns out her parents still plan to marry her off to one of the most odious men she has ever met. In a mad-dash scheme, Violet flees London for the English countryside to hide and write. The only thing she didn't plan for was to encounter the devil...
Christian Halston, Earl of Leigh, has a reputation and he's in no rush to repair it. He is The Devil and he likes it. And he really likes Violet Crenshaw, and her inheritance is just an added bonus. A bonus he very much needs in order to restore his Scottish estate. So when he does a bit of scheming that involves the two of them in a carriage bound for the north, he is sure he can convince Violet to choose him, to make her fall in love with him.
Both Violet and Christian have a plan. But plans quickly go awry. And, they also find, so do their hearts...
Fantastically steamy and deliciously devious, "The Devil and the Heiress" is a phenomenal second book in the Gilded Age Heiresses series, following up the fabulous "The Heiress Gets a Duke". Brilliantly crafted, with lush descriptions and two amazing characters, "The Devil and the Heiress" is a tantalizing addition to the summer romance line-up!
Having barely escaped a first unwanted marriage into the English noble class, American heiress Violet Crenshaw is relieved to know that her remaining time in England is coming to an end and she can return to her fiancé and focusing on her writing, thinking that her parents are now satisfied now that her older sister, August, is a happily married duchess. Except her fiancé terminates the engagement, her novel was rejected, and it turns out her parents still plan to marry her off to one of the most odious men she has ever met. In a mad-dash scheme, Violet flees London for the English countryside to hide and write. The only thing she didn't plan for was to encounter the devil...
Christian Halston, Earl of Leigh, has a reputation and he's in no rush to repair it. He is The Devil and he likes it. And he really likes Violet Crenshaw, and her inheritance is just an added bonus. A bonus he very much needs in order to restore his Scottish estate. So when he does a bit of scheming that involves the two of them in a carriage bound for the north, he is sure he can convince Violet to choose him, to make her fall in love with him.
Both Violet and Christian have a plan. But plans quickly go awry. And, they also find, so do their hearts...
Fantastically steamy and deliciously devious, "The Devil and the Heiress" is a phenomenal second book in the Gilded Age Heiresses series, following up the fabulous "The Heiress Gets a Duke". Brilliantly crafted, with lush descriptions and two amazing characters, "The Devil and the Heiress" is a tantalizing addition to the summer romance line-up!