Title: The Wicked Wager
Author: Anya Wylde
Stars: 4 out of 5
Review:
A regency romance with a comedic flair. The Honorable Earl
of Hamilton and Emma Grey are both smitten and wish to marry posthaste.
However her Uncle (the Duke) contrives to have them wait a year and
summons her to his country seat for an extended visit. The Earl also
goes in disguise and obtains employment as the head Gardner. While they
plot and conspire they become aware of blackmail in the Dukes household.
It is then topped off with the murder of the blackmailer. Who is guilty
and does love overcome the odds. To find the answer you will have to
read the book.
I thoroughly enjoyed the light relief provided by the
author and commend her for being able to write a story without including
any sex scenes.
I rated this book at 4 stars.
Synopsis:
The infamous rake, Lord Richard Hamilton, has finally chosen his bride—the very appropriate Miss Emma Grey.
The ton approves, Lord Grey is pleased, Lady Grey delighted, and Emma is over the moon, but her uncle, (the blasted) Duke of Arden opposes the match, and Emma is ordered to move to the duke’s estate to think things over.
Richard Hamilton refuses to take things lying down and concocts a plan. A plan that should have brought the lovers together and had them married within a month. It was a simple matter of masquerading as the duke’s gardener, compromising the lady, and then having the duke rush them off to Gretna Green.
Alas, he underestimates the duke’s intelligence and the tangled situation on the estate—never had he imagined that compromising a lady could be so difficult.
His endeavours lead to a comedy of errors, charades, and knotty love affairs. Yet he forges ahead in spite of pesky house guests, a flea bitten mattress, his lovesick best friend, and a blackmailer.
Just when things seem to be going well, someone is murdered (very inconvenient), and he happens to be one of the suspects (extremely inconvenient).
The ton approves, Lord Grey is pleased, Lady Grey delighted, and Emma is over the moon, but her uncle, (the blasted) Duke of Arden opposes the match, and Emma is ordered to move to the duke’s estate to think things over.
Richard Hamilton refuses to take things lying down and concocts a plan. A plan that should have brought the lovers together and had them married within a month. It was a simple matter of masquerading as the duke’s gardener, compromising the lady, and then having the duke rush them off to Gretna Green.
Alas, he underestimates the duke’s intelligence and the tangled situation on the estate—never had he imagined that compromising a lady could be so difficult.
His endeavours lead to a comedy of errors, charades, and knotty love affairs. Yet he forges ahead in spite of pesky house guests, a flea bitten mattress, his lovesick best friend, and a blackmailer.
Just when things seem to be going well, someone is murdered (very inconvenient), and he happens to be one of the suspects (extremely inconvenient).
Kindle Edition, 233 pages
Published
August 7th 2012
by Kindle
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