Sebastian Sinclair, the Duke of Wessex, is not in love with Eliza Benton—nor anyone else, for that matter. But he must marry and produce an heir, and love is not required for either. His future duchess must be of high birth and good nature, a lady unlikely to snipe at him over breakfast. In short, the complete opposite of Eliza. So who better to help him find a bride?
Eliza Benton is not in love … not in love with the Duke of Wessex. He’s infuriating, arrogant, and an ass of the first order. Not that she has any intention of marrying anyone now that her secret dream is on the cusp of becoming reality. A husband would ruin all her careful plans. But she’s all for finding her nemesis the perfect bride, anything to get him from underfoot so she can focus on her writing.
Thank goodness Sebastian and Eliza aren’t in love. That would be disastrous.
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I have never read a book from Elizabeth Bright before and even though this book is the fourth in her “Wiked” series I just fell in love with the book and the characters. I hurried and bought the three other books because I was so intrigued with the characters and the plots that was laid out in this book.
This story is definitely a redemption story for Sebastian, The duke of Wessex.
Sebastian gets a fright after almost choking on a strawberry and since he is the only family member that remains alive in his family he needs a wife to secure an heir. Since he feels safe with Lady Eliza’s opinion, he immediately goes to her and ask which women she would suggest for him. He knows that she will not marry ever and they are friends so it can’t be her.
He invites guests to a house party for three weeks and here he will decide who he will propose to.
After weeks of fun, teasing, late nights and scandal who will he end up marrying, the singer, the woman groomed to become a duchess, the romantic or the woman who does not want to get married? And will they have a happy ever after?
There is also a second lovestory in this romance where Ruya, a Lady from India and Lady Elizas houseguest gets her HEA with the love of her life. She fled from India because of a scandal and her best friend finds her and sweeps her of her feet.
This story is so wonderful, funny, heartwarming, romantic but your heart also breaks for the main characters, because they have experienced So much heartache and they have had to fight to get to where they are and where they belong!
Sebastian has the reputation of a rake, a cold man, a puppeteer who knows whose strings to pull without doing anything himself but even so he is well-loved by the ton. On the inside he is a warm, sweet, gentle person who just wants to help the people he cares about find happiness. I just love him.
I can definitely recommend this book and it can definitely be read as a stand-alone.
I got this book from Entangled Publishing and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you very much for the opportunity.