Review: A wonderfully sweet story.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 1, 2014
Originally Reviewed For: Bodice Rippers, Femme Fatales and FantasyImagine if you will... You are a young lady from a prominent family in Regency England. Your family is so famous an author is writing their stories. But you are simply their younger sister who likes to write stories, titillating, fascinating stories about live and romance. Stories you could never let anyone read, what would you do? Well Lady Esme went to author Jennifer Haymore and presented an idea...What fun, Ms. Haymore is writing a series of companion novellas to be read alongside her House of Trent Series. She even has one character mocking Lady Esme for always scribbling. The concept is almost as much fun as the novellas.One night with an Earl is Lady Esme's third story and while it is supposedly written by an innocent young miss from the earl 1800's, I think Ms. Haymore has been helping out a bit.Beatrice Reece, Lady Fenwick was practically sold into marriage by her father when she was only 17. Years later it was discovered that he abused her regularly. Finally someone had the decency to put her husband out of her misery. Of course the whole sordid tale came out and somehow everyone blamed her. That's right it was her fault he beat her, she must have done something to deserve it. Or how about she was exaggerating as only a female can do. Her family was mortified and kept her basically under house arrest. But two years of this is enough and Lady Beatrice has decided to attend a masked ball.Andrew Sinclair, Earl of Weston fell in love with Beatrice as a young man. Trying to figure out how to offer for her, he list her to the Duke of Fenwick. Life goes on and as the years pass Andrew moved farther and farther from society. But he rejoiced up in hearing of the Duke's death. If only Beatrice would brave the ton, he would be there. Manipulated into attending a masked ball he is stunned to see Lady Beatrice there. A woman he would know anywhere in any disguise. Hoping against hope he approaches her. Offering her an evening in anonymity.After a night if wonder, these two individuals still have miles to go. Can Drew manage to convince Be a to stand fir herself? To believe in him? In them? Will her odious parents hinder or help her?A wonderfully sweet story. Enjoy.ShauniThis review is based on the ARC of One Night with an Earl, provided by netgalley