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Earl of Oakhurst: Wicked Earls Club de Madeline Martin
de Madeline Martin - Género: English
Sinopsis
CAN A WOMAN WHO DOESN'T WANT A HUSBAND
When she had her come out, Lady Penelope Keats was one of the most sought-after debutantes of the season. But now, years later and by her own choosing, Penelope is still unmarried. She has little interest in love and prefers to spend her time at St. Thomas's hospital in pursuit of medical knowledge and helping others. However, staying unwed when one's mother is a notorious matchmaker is no easy feat.
AND A MAN WHO DOESN'T WANT A WIFE
Through unfortunate circumstances, James MacKenzie is the new Earl of Oakhurst, a title he never expected or wanted. When he is summoned by his only living relative, his grandmother the Dowager Countess of Oakhurst, to attend to her in London so that she might instruct him on his duties as earl, including finding a bride, he reluctantly complies. Upon arrival, he finds the older woman ill and in need of medical attention. When his grandmother proves difficult and resistant to help, he allows Lady Penelope's aid in treating her.
MAKE THE PERFECT MATCH?
When both learn of the other's lack of desire for love, they know the best chance to escape those seeking to wed them is to come to an agreement—one that will free them both from the pressures of matchmaking. But a marriage of convenience doesn't imply a marriage without passion. As their feelings eventually warm toward one another, old enemies emerge and threaten everything they have worked for. Will they be able to draw strength from their blossoming love to defeat those who seek to destroy them, or will they deny their feelings and lose one another forever?
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The bones of this slight book are good, but it's not fleshed out enough for it to rise above the average marriage of convenience HR. It's very predictable and the characters, although pleasant people for the most part, are not developed enough to stand out from any others plucked from Central HR Casting.
There is a slight variation on the reason why our heroine does not want to marry. It's not just the usual "I don't want my husband to control me and my money." There's an add-on: "I want to be a doctor." Of course, she can't quite be an actual doctor. The time period won't allow for that, but she has studied on her own and volunteers at a hospital. Naturally, she is better at what she does than many of the legitimate doctors working there. But then one of the doctors takes a dis to her and forces the hospital to say she can no longer work there because of her unmarried-woman status.
Then there's our hero. He recently came into a title and wants to avoid marrying the woman who had jilted him some years ago in favor of betrothal to his cousin who was first in line to inherit. Now that cousin is dead and this woman feels that our hero should inherit her along with his new title. Well, he's not having any of that. So he and our heroine enter into that marriage of convenience.
Turns out it's not quite a business- agreement when both H and h start feeling a little frisky around each other. So we'll have the lust to love relationship to read (with some slightly entertaining bits about a joy-of-sex-type book the hero has in his library) and also a perils-of-Pauline element with that nasty doctor.
So, this is an okay read. It is perhaps too short and too sketchy in development but the author's writing ability is good enough for me to have finished the whole thing without skimming.9 s 🦉Maggie Whitworth2,950 97
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