Beatrice Huntingdon is in trouble. Her wicked uncle would marry her to a man she loathes but one he can control and thus gain her fortune. Bea must escape and so she runs to the one man she knows needs money, Justin Langley, the notorious Earl of Rutherford. Justin is a reasonable man and when she offers a marriage of convenience to make him wealthy, he accepts. Now he can repair his crumbling estate. A "marriage of convenience" leads to love...
I loved how the story began...a despicable uncle who wants to marry his niece to an old man he can control to get her inheritance for himself, and a daring heroine who concocts a scheme to keep her wealth but making a deal with a rogue who needs money. All this on a winter's night. Perfect.
The
concept was creative and drew me in. The first encounter between Bea and Justin
was very good. The back and forth between the two as their relationship
developed was engaging. The end was always in sight, of course, and the drama
kept at a low level throughout the story...a light Regency tale for the
holidays.
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