There’s something about a book that will pull me back in time that I’ve loved more than ever this last year. As a reader, I tend to split my time between historicals and suspense (I know! Quite a blend, but there you have it.)
The Indebted Earl was an enjoyable Regency with a wonderful heroine and interesting hero. Captain Charles Wyvern is operating under the weight of guilt and a burden to make things right when his friend a major dies in part saving the captain’s life. Sophie is the major’s fiancee and finds her life upended in the worst way when the major dies. The captain longs to get back on his ship, with his men, and Sophie just wants a safe place to grieve.
That ends when the captain learns he’s now an earl. An earl with three wards. At this estate, they find themselves in a marriage of convenience, caring for the wards and on the hunt of a mystery. The book is engaging, the characters well-developed, and the plot interesting. I’ve been on a Regency binge, and this was a satisfying addition to the reading list while also an enjoyable conclusion to the series. It’s one that will leave lovers of Kristi Ann Hunter and Sarah Ladd satisfied!
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Can Captain Wyvern keep his new marriage of convenience all business–or will it turn into something more?
Captain Charles Wyvern owes a great debt to the man who saved his life–especially since Major Richardson lost his own life in the process. The best way to honor that hero’s dying wish is for Wyvern to escort the man’s grieving fiance and mother safely to a new cottage home by the sea. But along the way, he learns of another obligation that has fallen on his shoulders: his uncle has died and the captain is now the Earl of Rothwell.
When he and the ladies arrive at his new manor house in Devon, they discover an estate in need of a leader and a gaggle of girls, all wards of the former earl. War the new earl knows; young ladies and properties he does not. Still wishing to provide for the bereaved Lady Sophia Haverly, Charles proposes a marriage of convenience.
Sophie is surprised to find she isn’t opposed to the idea. It will help her care for her betrothed’s elderly mother, and she’s already fallen in love with the wayward girls on the Rothwell estate. This alliance is a chance to repay the captain who has done so much for her care, as well as divert her attention from her grief. When Wyvern returns to his sea commission, she’ll stay behind to oversee his property and wards.
It sounds so simple. Until the stalwart captain is arrested on suspicion of smuggling, and Sophie realizes how much he’s come to mean to her. Now she’ll have to learn to fight, not only for his freedom but also for his love.
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Erica Vetsch is a New York Times best-selling and ACFW Carol Award–winning author. She is a transplanted Kansan now living in Minnesota with her husband, who she claims is both her total opposite and soul mate.
Vetsch loves Jesus, history, romance, and sports. When she’s not writing fiction, she’s planning her next trip to a history museum and cheering on her Kansas Jayhawks and New Zealand All Blacks.
A self-described history geek, she has been planning her first research trip to England.
Learn more about Erica Vetsch and her books at www.ericavetsch.com. She can also be found on Facebook (@EricaVetschAuthor), Instagram (@EricaVetsch)and Pinterest (Erica Vetsch).
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Thank you so much for reading and reviewing The Indebted Earl! I’m so glad you enjoyed the story!