A society gentleman with a secret. An art expert who can expose him. An attraction neither of them can deny.Alice Donnelly prefers paintings of medieval people to actual people, and classical art to the nonsense coming from contemporary artists. She also has a healthy disdain for the rich and ignorant who hire her to curate their collections. But her family depends on her paychecks, and so she … paychecks, and so she reluctantly accepts a commission to assess the collection of one of Britain’s most venerable aristocratic families.
When she meets the handsome and charismatic Geoffrey on her flight to London, she makes it clear she’s immune to his charms. She has no time for romance. Not when she’s starting the biggest job of her career.
Except it turns out it’s Geoffrey’s family who has hired her, and now Alice must spend all of her working hours trying not to fall for her new boss. But much like a master painting, Geoffrey’s layers draw her in against her better judgment.
As Geoffrey’s secrets unravel, can Alice trust the privileged aristocrat with an artist’s soul to see past her own baggage? Or is she just another way for him to rebel against his family?
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I loved the extra attention to detail in this book–very well written. It was fun to follow along on the main characters’ journeys–both individually and together. I highly recommend this book!
I really enjoyed this clean romance story from the imagination of Brenna Jacobs. It features a British royal, Lord Grey aka Geoffrey Grey-Chatsworth who was heir to a title and a huge debt on his family’s estate. Geoffrey falls for Alice, an American woman he hired to curate his family’s valuable art collection so that his family can turn the estate into a museum to raise money for its upkeep. Everything about the couple’s romance felt like it could actually happen in real life and it will make you swoon as you go through the story arc of their first meeting, the excitement of finding a kindred soul, hitting rough patches that amplify their different upbringings, to true love. Sigh. I loved it! You will too! (Heads up to those who are sensitive, there is a little bit of stronger language sprinkled in.) I received an ARC and this is my voluntary and honest review.
I love a good contemporary romance! Brenna Jacobs books are some of my very favorites. You can find all of this series in my what to read next box below. You can’t go wrong with any of them. And they can be read in pretty much any order. What a great thing!
This book starts with Geoffrey on an airplane to England. I loved the first chapter, there were so many things that made me laugh. Geoffrey is used to the finer things in life and he ends up sitting by Alice on the very last row of coach. So FUNNY!
And Alice is not just any random person that he’s sitting by. She happens to be on her way to have an interview in England with Geoffrey and his mom. I loved the way Geoffrey knew who Alice was, but Alice didn’t have any idea who he was. And later in the book things flip-flop to where Alice knows something about Geoffrey that he doesn’t know she knows.
This book made me smile, laugh and forget where I was for a while. I loved that!
I borrowed a copy of Gambling on a Gentleman using my Kindle Unlimited subscription. All opinions are my own.
First of all, isn’t that the cutest cover?? I’m an art major so I enjoyed the plot and details about curating and discovering masterpieces. The setting in England was my fave! I traveled abroad for the first time last summer and now I enjoy books with European settings even more. The meet-cute seemed too coincidental for me, but it made for a fun setup as Alice and Geoffrey embark on restoring his family’s financial situation and saving the estate. For some reason the chemistry fell flat for me- I think it had to do with not enough anticipation and romantic tension. There was also more telling than showing when it came to analyzing and reassessing their feelings for each other. Overall it was a pleasant diversion to read and see how the complicated family dynamics throw wrenches into both their relationship and professional goals.
(I received a complimentary copy of the book; all opinions in this review are my own)
G is for Gratifying
Another gratifying read by author Brenna Jacobs who continues on this ABC dating road with the 7th book in this series. You’ll want to carve out time in your day to read, or if you have to be somewhere on time, make sure you set an alarm. You’ll get caught up in the book and lose track of time! I enjoyed the down to earth characters of Alice and Geoffrey. While from two very different backgrounds, they have a lot in common. Take away the wealth of one, and their families aren’t so very different. When things get tough and Geoffrey could lose it all, will he listen to Alice and the hard things she has to say? Are THEY worth fighting for?
(Quite a few fun facts in the books as well… I didn’t know the story of the River Thames.)
This is my honest review in exchange for an early copy of the book.
This book was a sweet & clean romance that kept me interested from start to finish. I enjoyed both of the main characters, & I liked the different perspectives they brought to their relationship & how they forgave one another & worked together to solve their personal & professional problems. I highly recommend this book for a feel-good, entertaining, light & easy read. I received an advanced copy of this book from the author & am giving my honest opinion.
Thoroughly charming story, from the meet-cute to the gratifying ending.
It was easy for me to fall in love with smart, strong, and capable Alice, a heroine who had learned the hard way to stand up for herself and fight for what’s important to her. And it was equally easy to be charmed by kind, funny, and swoon-worthy Geoffrey – even though his occasional waffling (and, of course, him messing up a perfectly good thing) made me sometimes want to shake some sense into him.
Overall, this is a lovely, well-written story of redemption and of hope that made me equally smile and swoon. Although it’s not *quite* my favorite of the series (as of today, that’s still “Embracing Her Ever After”), it’s a close second. 🙂
Overall this book was an enjoyable read and had me turning the pages to see what would happen next. I thought once “hey, this is like a modern regency romance with the gentlman falling for the middle class lady” I think the interactions with the H & h were well done and good dialogue throughout. The ending was nice and nothing was on the nose. I really appreciate the romance is kept clean. This had everything for a nice, fun, relaxing, enjoyable romance: dialogue, characters & development, flow, tension and resolution.
Gambling on a Gentleman is Brenna Jacobs at her finest! I have enjoyed most of the books in this series, but this one definitely just rose to the top. The humor is great and the plot was such a fun setting and real. Alice is super into art and hoping to get her dream job of curating a medieval art collection for a British aristocratic family. Little does she know the random gentleman seated next to her on the plane is none other than THE gentleman she hopes to land the job from. I love how the characters’ relationship felt like it could actually work in the real world. The story didn’t have this perfect resolution, but it was full of sweet romantic moments, humor, and struggles. The happy ending is there though and I love the way the story ended.