♥ A nobleman and a common girl♥ A trunkful of jewelry♥ A dastardly kidnapping♥ A close-knit, meddling family♥ Sweet romance!
From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Royal and her daughter comes the first novel in their beloved series featuring the “outrageously funny, loyal, and endearing” Chase family.
Amethyst Goldsmith makes dazzling jewelry, but her future isn’t nearly as bright … jewelry, but her future isn’t nearly as bright as the pieces she creates. Though custom dictates she wed her father’s apprentice, her heart rebels against the match. In mere days Amy will be condemned to a stifling, loveless marriage, and she sees no way out—until the devastating fire of 1666 sweeps through London, and tragedy lands her in the arms of a dashing young earl who knows a diamond in the rough when he sees it…
Colin Chase, the Earl of Greystone, has his future all figured out. He’s restoring his crumbling castle and estate to its former glory, and the key to its completion is his rich bride-to-be. But the Great Fire lays waste to his plans, saddling him with trouble—in the form of a penniless shopkeeper’s daughter with whom he’s most inconveniently falling in love…
PLEASE NOTE: This book is the SWEET & CLEAN version of “When an Earl Meets a Girl” by Lauren Royal. If you’d prefer to read the original book, which includes steamy love scenes and stronger language, look for “When an Earl Meets a Girl.”
Book Details
A complete, standalone story—no cliffhangers!
Series: The Chase Brides, Book 1
Style: Sweet historical romance
Length: 112,500 words (about 450 standard pages)
Bonus Material: Author’s Note, preview of next book, link to giveaway
Clean Read: No offensive language or explicit content*
* If you’d prefer to read a steamy version of this series, look for “When an Earl Meets a Girl” by Lauren Royal.
Awards
• Top 10 Bestseller on Amazon, Apple Books, B&N, Google Play, and Kobo!
• Finalist for the 2016 RWA Award of Excellence!
Reviews
“Captivating historical romance. Romance readers of all ages will love Lauren Royal & Devon Royal’s books!”
—Glynnis Campbell, USA Today Bestselling Author
“…will keep you up long after bedtime, laughing one minute and crying the next.”
—Love Romances.com
Connecting Books
While The Earl’s Unsuitable Bride can be read as a stand-alone novel, many readers enjoy reading it as part of a series. All of Lauren & Devon’s books feature Chase family members. Should you wish to read them in chronological order, this is the sequence:
The Chase Brides
1666 – The Earl’s Unsuitable Bride (Colin & Amy)
1667 – The Marquess’s Scottish Bride (Jason & Caithren)
1667 – The Laird’s Fairytale Bride (Cameron & Clarice)
1668 – The Duke’s Reluctant Bride (Trick & Kendra)
1673 – The Viscount’s Wallflower Bride (Ford & Violet)
1677 – The Baron’s Inconvenient Bride (Rand & Lily)
1677 – The Gentleman’s Scandalous Bride (Kit & Rose)
1651 – The Cavalier’s Christmas Bride (Joseph & Chrystabel)
1688 – A Chase Brides Christmas (A Family Reunion)
Regency Chase Brides
1815 – Alexandra (Tristan & Alexandra)
1816 – Juliana (James & Juliana)
1817 – Corinna (Sean & Corinna + Griffin & Rachael)
Specially Priced Boxed Sets
Chase Brides Boxed Set One: The Chases
Chase Brides Boxed Set Two: The Ashcrofts
Regency Chase Brides: The Complete Trilogy
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Couldn’t put it down
The different plot plans were great. Loved, loved the story. Great read
It kept me guessing I was never sure which way the story was going to go I enjoyed it very much.
True romance won.
It was heartwarming to find that true love wins out in the end and even way back when in time, characters chose their heart over circumstances.
Liked the characters and it was a light romantic read.
Amethiyst Goldsmith is determined to fulfill her father’s wishes to continue to make jewelry, but she refuses to marry Robert, an apprentice and her betrothed before London’s fire in 1666. Colin is the poor Earl of Greystone and needs an heiress. He rescues Amy and nine children from the fire. No matter how much they think they are not meant to be together, others plot to bring them to their senses.
A fun romance, part of a sreies you’ll want to read.
Discontinued after 3chapters. Grammar too much of the period.
What USA lady to do when her heart leads her in a direction different from expectations? Amy Goldburst shows strength of character as she strives for her own goals. Wonderful characters!
I enjoy book that make me laugh in the midst of events. Enjoyable read. True to English history and the acceptable society rules not being followed.
I enjoyed the read. It was romantic, and a little different from a lot of romances.
Honestly, it’s a fun (if predictable) read. Isn’t that why we read romance novels?
I admit, I’m a sucker for a Restoration Romance. I have a weak spot for Charles II and his rakish ways. I thoroughly enjoyed this story–loved the jewel maker heroine and the finely researched details of her life–and the reluctant earl who has to learn to follow his heart.
Enjoyed this historical. Likable, relatable characters and the goldsmithing/jewelry making was a delight to read about.
It was clean. Not full of sexual overtones.
This was a great story with wonderful characters. It was one to treasure for sure. Thank you. Judy
“I hate to write a bad review, but THE EARL’S UNSUITABLE BRIDE did not do it for me – it had an intriguing start but became bogged down with too many distracting anachronisms. For instance:
No one, apart from Amy and Colin, expresses any shock or horror at the thought of a commoner marrying an earl. This is England in the 17th century where class, rank, and status ruled.
An earl’s sister called Kendra – not likely, as the name doesn’t appear on records for another 100 years. Also, the names Colin, Jason and Ford were not common choices for the sons of the nobility at the time.
The language is peppered with blatant modernisms – I don’t expect forsooth and yea verily, but could do without phrases like “for real”, and saying gender when the word sex should have been used.
As for the two leads, Amy starts as a strong and intriguing woman but morphs into a whiney brat before finding herself again. And Colin, to use a Britishism, is a pillock whose treatment of his fiancée is horrible. He also enjoys playing practical jokes, which are not funny, but cruel.
Amy and Colin blunder around wanting and then not wanting each other until they finally marry, but this is not the end. The story trundled on with secret missions and money problems until I lost the will to live.
I wanted to like this book with its Restoration setting, but I didn’t. Maybe if you aren’t an anal fussbudget like me, you might enjoy it.
All the interest was stripped out of this book along with the sex.
It was a good read.
Completely anachronistic. Historical characters should act in a way that’s true to their time.