With This Ring
Celeste Bradley
St. Martin's Paperbacks, Jul 1 2014, $7.99
ISBN: 9781250016140
In 1818, Lady Elektra Worthington obsesses
with a deep desire to restore her family estate to its once glorious past. However that means money, which her
impoverish clan lacks. Her only
commodities are her beauty and her Worthington eccentricity to do whatever oddity
it takes regardless of what outsiders think.
After a decade in exile in the Bahamas due to a scandal he did not
cause but took the hit, Lord Aaron Arbogast heads to his grandfather’s estate
in a storm; he hopes to prove to the family patriarch that he is worthy of
being the Earl. During the trek Aaron exchanges
coats with his manservant Hastings to give his ailing companion a warmer
outerwear. They reach an inn where
Elektra waited for his arrival. She kidnaps
him, but Aaron insists he is not the aristocrat but instead the servant Hastings.
Chagrined over her plan’s failure, Elektra
and Aaron travel to London. While on the
road, they fall in love, but he must decide between the zany female he adores
and his grandfather’s demands.
The latest Worthington family madcap Regency frolic (see And Then Comes Marriage and When She Said I Do)
is a humorous screwball comedic romance, as Aaron plays the straight man to wonderfully
wacky Elektra. Readers will enjoy the inane
yet entertaining and amusing abduction (of his heart).
Harriet Klausner
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