Review: The Complicated Earl - A Recency Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2014
Isabelle was a very independent woman which highly contrasted with contemporaries.  She had money of her own,inherited from her mother.  Her parents had a happy marriage and it was a love match.  That was what she wanted for herself.  She was disgusted with men who only wanted to marry for money and who cared little who it was.  She had a cousin accompany her and bought a home in Bath as she disliked London.  She received many proposals but declined as she did n' t love them.  Some of her proposals were from men who wanted access to her money.  She would rather be a spinster though she would like to have children.She then met an Earl Standish whom she enjoyed being with.  They teased one another and were witty.  She could live him, but he decided at 15 that he never wanted to love when he found his mother with a man in her room and his father was downstairs drunk and indicated he needed to get used to it as his wife would have lovers.  He resolved not to marry and never to love.  He did not share details of his mother's life with his sister who was born just before his mother died.  Sophia, his sister was engaged to James, Isabella' s brother but loved another and sloped toward Gretna Green with her brother and Isabella racing after them.This was an excellent story and quite exciting.  There was a kidnapping to try and force  a marriage.  There was bravery and loyalty.  There were marriages.  It gave examples of how women were treated and how badly they fared if they married the wrong man or if they were in a position to be compromised.  It didn't take a lot.  I recommend this highly.